0.051 g
cleaner than an estimated 93.6% of pages on the web
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- F
A+ is 0.04 g or less per view, F is more than 0.359 g CO₂e.
The numbers
- 0.068 g CO₂e
- <0.001 g CO₂e
- unknown
- 404 ms
- 0.011
- 48 ms
At 10,000 views a month this page emits about 6.1 kg CO₂e a year, roughly 25 km in an average petrol car. The estimate assumes 75% new and 25% returning visitors, a measured cache reload ratio of 1%, and world-average grid intensity. How we calculate this
What to fix
apply everything → ~0.029 g/visit, rating A+
Convert and compress imagessave ~0.022 g/visit (197 kB)Medium impact · quick fix
13 images (437 kB) ship in legacy formats (JPEG/PNG/GIF).
Serve AVIF (or WebP) with responsive srcset sizes, and re-compress oversized files. AVIF typically halves JPEG weight at the same visual quality.
- IMG_0704-min_dithered.png60 kB
- heated-table-intro-image_dithered.png48 kB
- 0_32-clamp-MODIF_dithered.png41 kB
- oven-closed_dithered.png41 kB
- Vasili_Vasilievich_Vereshchagin_-_Arabs_in_th…40 kB
Verify your hosting energyMedium impact · moderate effort
This host has not published renewable energy evidence with the Green Web Foundation, so its energy source is unknown.
Choose a provider listed in the Green Web Directory, or ask your current provider to publish evidence (and a carbon.txt). This cuts the data-center share of every single page view.
- carbon.txtNo carbon.txt found at the site root; publishing one is the lightest first step.
Where the bytes are
- Images440 kB · 14 req
- CSS6.2 kB · 1 req
- HTML5.6 kB · 1 req
- JavaScript4.3 kB · 2 req
- Data (fetch)406 B · 1 req
Ten heaviest requests
| Resource | Type | Wire size | Cache-Control |
|---|---|---|---|
| solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2025/07/how-to-mount-a-balcony-awning/images/dithers/IMG_0704-min_dithered.png | image | 60 kB | max-age=315360000 |
| solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2024/12/how-to-build-an-electrically-heated-table/images/dithers/heated-table-intro-image_dithered.png | image | 48 kB | max-age=315360000 |
| solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2025/03/the-compressed-book-edition/images/dithers/0_32-clamp-MODIF_dithered.png | image | 41 kB | max-age=315360000 |
| solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2025/10/how-to-build-a-solar-powered-electric-oven/images/dithers/oven-closed_dithered.png | image | 41 kB | max-age=315360000 |
| solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2025/06/dressing-and-undressing-the-home/images/dithers/Vasili_Vasilievich_Vereshchagin_-_Arabs_in_the_desert_Koran_Study_dithered.png | image | 40 kB | max-age=315360000 |
| solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2025/10/how-to-build-an-electric-heating-element-from-scratch/images/dithers/p1_Large_dithered.png | image | 38 kB | max-age=315360000 |
| solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2024/09/communal-luxury-the-public-bathhouse/images/dithers/Hot-spring-pool-bathhouse_in_Beitou-Taiwan-1900s-museum_dithered.png | image | 37 kB | max-age=315360000 |
| solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2025/11/how-to-brew-solar-powered-coffee/images/dithers/solar-powered-coffee-maker-intro-image_dithered.png | image | 30 kB | max-age=315360000 |
| solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2025/11/winter-is-coming-build-a-solar-powered-foot-stove/images/dithers/0_ITEM_dithered.png | image | 26 kB | max-age=315360000 |
| solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2026/03/low-tech-magazine-the-uncompressed-book-series/images/dithers/uncompressed-volumes-14_dithered.png | image | 22 kB | max-age=315360000 |
Trend
| Date | CO₂e |
|---|---|
| 10 Aug 2026 | 0.051 g |
| 12 Aug 2026 | 0.051 g |
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