There are many other frameworks describing sustainable products, services, and workflows in other areas of design, a few of which are listed here:<\/p>\n
However, there are many useful ideas in the following frameworks:<\/p>\n
One goal of the Sustainable Web Design Group is to adapt useful features from these frameworks into a sustainability framework specific to the web.<\/p>\n
Here is a possible breakdown of sustainable principles for the web, game and interactive world, adapted from the list developed by Nathan Shredoff<\/a> in his book, Design is the Problem: The Future of Design Must Be Sustainable<\/a><\/em>:<\/p>\n Another possible formulation<\/strong> for sustainable web design comes from the Permaculture movement<\/a>. Here is a list from the Staydiligent blog<\/a> with some additions by myself:<\/p>\n -Pete Markiewicz<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There are many other frameworks describing sustainable products, services, and workflows in other areas of design, a few of which are listed here: However, there are many useful ideas in the following frameworks: The 3Rs (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) Sustainability Helix Cradle2Cradle … Continue reading \n\n
\n General Sustainability Principle<\/th>\n Sustainable Web Design Goals<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n \n Make meaningful products<\/td>\n Make websites that are have real value, not fashion or tech-tricks<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Easy design rollback<\/td>\n Iterative or Agile design workflow<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Source Renewable Materials<\/td>\n Switch to a \u201cGreen\u201d webhost<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Design products to work in the future<\/td>\n Implement classic design strategies<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Design with the user in mind<\/td>\n Create effective User Experience (UX)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Ensure democratic access<\/td>\n Build accessible, responsive websites<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Interchangable Parts<\/td>\n Apply standards-based design<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Minimize energy and resource consumption<\/td>\n Web Performance Optimization (WPO)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Don\u2019t corrupt the virtual system<\/td>\n Search Engine Optimization (SEO)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n \n\n
\n Permaculture Sustainability Principle<\/strong><\/th>\n Sustainable Web Design Goals<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n \n Observe and Interact<\/td>\n Build sites as part of an interdependent community<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Catch and store energy<\/td>\n Cache information, update sites rather the build completely new ones<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Obtain a yield<\/td>\n The site should provide positive value to the client, and larger web community, not a time or money sink<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Apply self-regulation and accept feedback<\/td>\n The site should have \u201creporter\u201d technology for use, efficiency and ultimately carbon footprint can be tracked and used for revisions<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Use and value renewable resources and services<\/td>\n Use efficient virtual services (e.g. green webhosts)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Produce no waste<\/td>\n Sites should be steady-state, not causing an accumulation of e-junk (files, stored data) in themselves or on the Internet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Design from patterns to details<\/td>\n Start with group-design techniques like Progressive Enhancement<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Integrate rather than segregate<\/td>\n Connect your site to others, and create value by interconnection of websites instead of portal-style content provisions<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Use small & slow solutions<\/td>\n Design for the low end first, instead of starting with the bleeding edge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Use & value diversity<\/td>\n Use local designers, developers, webhosts of big \u201ccloud\u201d services with low green scores<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Use edges & value the marginal<\/td>\n Support communication at the edges \u2013 old browsers, platforms, slow networks<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Creatively use & respond to change<\/td>\n Use, don\u2019t avoid new technologies that promise sustainability, e.g. imageless design with CSS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<\/table>\n