ec0lint

Did you know that more than 250 000 websites are published every day? The majority uses too heavy fonts, too large/unnecessary images or utilises redundant libraries. These and other factors generate the carbon footprint. Actually, one view of an average website emits 4.6 g CO2 which sums up to 553 kg CO2 annually. Unfortunately, current solutions optimise only already existing websites. 

ec0lint is an open source tool for frontend developers that mitigates the carbon footprint of websites. It shows tips advising how to create a more climate-friendly code. Thanks to code optimization ec0lint can help in reducing CO2 emissions per one view from an average 1.8 g to ~0.2 g saving 192 kg CO2 annually for one single website. 

The Co-founder, Malwina and Katarzyna, met each other for the first time in 2018 during the scholarship program called "New Technologies for Women" organized by Intel and Perspektywy Women in Tech. In 2021, they participated in "LeaderSHEp in Tech Academy" and therefore, they were invited to take part in a hackathon about digital ecology. Katarzyna and Malwina won it by presenting ec0lint and here they are - developing the project further.