ecometer

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For decision-makers and IT professionals, ECOMETER assesses the environmental impact of your online service on all phases of its life cycle.

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ECOMETER tests 115 ecodesign best practices from the reference book published by Eyrolles, with contributions by more than 34 business experts.

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Internationally intended, conducted with ADEME's financial support, ECOMETER is community driven, open-source, free and pedagogically oriented.

The results given by this tool are for educational and diagnostic purpose only, it is not intended to compare websites.
This tool is in beta version and still in active development, all given informations may change in the future.

Best pratice examples...

From design to hosting, 115 best practices are tested and explained. Here are some examples, but be sure to check the other ones:

Design #110

Precisely specify the need

The ‘dimensions’ for each feature must be precisely and entirely specified. It may be the image compression rate for the graphic interface, the maximum response time for a HTTP request or the number of items displayed in a list.
By ensuring the ‘dimensions’ and requirements for each feature best fit its purpose, you can avoid unnecessary quality. This is the opposite to usual convention. If it is not specified, the minimum quality or quantity should be used. For example, if the number of items in a list to be displayed is not specified, then it should be limited to 5, or the maximum number of items that can be displayed on the target application’s smallest screen.

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Development #32

Keep DOM access via JavaScript to a minimum

Accessing the DOM (Document Object Model) via JavaScript is a heavy process that uses a lot of processor power (CPU). Minimize this type of access as much as possible.
To do so, you can assign a node to variables that you will repeatedly use in the application’s lifecycle, which avoids traversing the tree each time the document is manipulated.
Libraries such as ‘Shadow DOM’ can also be used to optimize the tree though a batch system.

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The collaborative approach to EcoMeter's creation has been supported by ADEME Bourgogne Franche-Comté within the scope of the 2015 call for projects about Circular Economy.

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