With climate change continuously dominating headlines, the topic of sustainability in the computer science industry is bound to come into play. With 5.03 billion people across the world using the internet it makes sense to create a more environmentally friendly way to continue our use of computers without sacrificing our beloved technology.
Through using ‘green’ web host providers to optimise your images you can participate in a more environmentally conscious way of using technology and web design together. In the attached article, Heriot-Watt University has designed a guide on how to implement these changes into your website effectively: (https://www.hw.ac.uk/uk/
If you’re preparing to head off to university to study computer science, you should familiarise yourself with “sustainable web design”. Climate change has now been in the news for 110 years, and, as we fall deeper into a climate emergency, we can expect the topic to continue dominating headlines for more years to come.
Get ahead of the curve now by understanding and implementing what’s necessary to learn and work in a way that’s environmentally friendly within the computer science industry.
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