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Web Sustainability Guidelines

Now in their ninth draft, the Web Sustainability Guidelines consist of 94 recommendations to help teams create more sustainable digital products and services. These guidelines were created by the World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C) Sustainable Web Design community group.

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2.1 Undertake Systemic Impacts Mapping

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2.2 Assess and Research Visitor Needs

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2.3 Research Non-Visitor’s Needs

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2.4 Consider Sustainability in Early Ideation

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2.5 Account for Stakeholder Issues

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2.6 Create a Lightweight Experience by Default

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2.7 Avoid Unnecessary or an Overabundance of Assets

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2.8 Ensure Navigation and Way-Finding Are Well-Structured

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2.9 Respect the Visitor’s Attention

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2.10 Use Recognized Design Patterns

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