Software going Green - from Edinburgh Uni

Come along to our first GSF Scotland Hybrid event, brought to you live from one of the Green Software Foundations Scottish Partners: the University of Edinburgh!

And wow have they been doing some brilliant things at the university, some of which we are pleased to be able to present to you at this meetup. We will have 2 presentations, plus food and drinks for those who attend in person at the Edinburgh Futures Institute, plus live streaming for those of you who attend online.

Here is information on our first presentation, answering a question we in green IT ask ourselves regularly, with more details coming soon on the second!

Images and videos – when do they add value, rather than just page weight?
by Katie Spearman, Content Design Assistant, and Dono Abdurahmanova, Green Digital Design Intern, both from the University of Edinburgh.
Every image or video on a university webpage carries a carbon cost often unnoticed by content editors. At the University of Edinburgh, we’re shifting the narrative about the perceived necessity for online media by asking editors to consider one question before they hit ‘publish’ – does it add real value?
We’ll share how we’ve:

• Worked with editors to quantify the impact of their media content and its effectiveness in supporting end-users needs.
• Reshaped image guidance to help editors make greener design decisions and increase digital sustainability awareness.

Join us to learn how your institution can think practically about improving digital sustainability one webpage at a time.