Eco-designed website

Our approach to designing our website with a special consideration for energy consumption and environmental impact.

redesign

5 times lighter

A complete redesign of the website (March 2023)

Internet activity accounts for 2% to 4% of the total greenhouse gas emissions worldwide. Digital industry has the highest growth of greenhouse gas emissions of all industries as it is projected to double by 2025 to reach 8%

A lot of this energy is wasted on features and bandwidths that people do not actually need. It is paramount that the Internet industry eliminates the waste of energy.

Hence, we have followed a sustainable web design methodology to keep the Questel’s carbon footprint as low as possible. This involves:

Streamlining navigation with clean and simple web architecture

Reducing the number and weight of fonts/images/graphics/media/animations on the website

Developing a static website featuring only essential functionalities

In fact, reducing these elements also reduces the loading time for pages, resulting in a smoother browsing experience.

Low energy mode

A “Low energy mode” to further divide by 20 the weight of the pages!

To go further and adapt our website to terminal performance we designed a “low energy mode”. This switcher based on the top menu allows the visitors to consult the website even lighter and therefore with an even lower environmental impact.

This mode can also be activated depending on the performance of the terminals (OS version, browser), or if the battery level of the device is too low. It replaces images with lightweight design keeping navigation smooth and user-friendly.

Once activated, this mode remains active throughout the user’s visits to the site.

A “Low energy mode” to further divide by 20 the weight of the pages!