The Green Web

Automatically check the sustainability of a website with The Green Web add-on.

What is The Green Web?

'The Green Web' is an innovative Chrome extension that lets you see the sustainability of a website at a glance. It does this by identifying the energy source powering the servers the website runs on. Additionally, this extension visually differentiates between sites run on renewable power and those run on fossil fuels in search results. The aim is to encourage users to frequent websites that opt for green energy solutions. The Green Web Foundation maintains an open database of green datacentres globally, which powers these insights. With an added feature of ethical filtering, it offers a eco-friendly browsing experience. It is an open-source platform with all its code available on GitHub.

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Extension stats

By: https://www.thegreenwebfoundation.org

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Users: 991 ▲ 24

Rating: 3.32 (19)

Version: 2.3.0 (Last updated: 2020-07-17)

Creation date: 2020-05-25

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

http://api.thegreenwebfoundation.org/
webNavigation
tabs
storage

Size: 307.20K

Email: su*****@thegreenwebfoundation.org

URLs: Website ,Privacy policy

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# 31406 ▲ 208

Other rankings

#577 in Social Networking ▼ 1 #152 in changelog keyword 17 ▼ 8 #230 in power keyword 25 ▼ 6

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Extension summary

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With the Green Web add-on, you can see the green (or not so green) status of a website at glance, based on what kind of energy is used to power the servers it runs on.

Is the site running on green power? Hurray! Smiley face! Is the site is still running on grey power, from fossil fuels? Boo! You'll see a sad face. Why not ask them to switch?

But wait! There's more!

If you search with Google, Yahoo, Bing or Ecosia, you'll see which sites in results run on renewable power - green links get smiley faces in the results.

Also, if you're on a page with links to external sites, you can see if the external site is hosted on green servers too. Links to green sites have a checked green underline on them.

The Green Web Foundation maintains an open database listing which datacentres around the world run on green power. We use this to present this information in this browser extension.

Both the platform, and the browser extension are open source, so if want, you can see what's happening under the hood when you use the service.

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Helps users identify environmentally friendly websites.
Great idea for promoting green hosting practices.
Easy to see if green-related sites are genuinely eco-friendly.

Cons

Lacks clear criteria for what constitutes a 'green' website.
Often displays misleading results, classifying harmful sites as 'green'.
No detailed classification system; only 'green' or 'grey'.

Most mentioned

No information on the criteria for determining green status.
Users experience issues with the extension not functioning properly.
Concerns about trust and accuracy in the extension's results.

Recent reviews

N'a pas l'air de fonctionner sur mon PC portable. Je n'ai tout simplement pas de pastille qui s'affiche devant mes résultats de recherche

Thibault Menz, 2021-09-02

There's no information on the criteria on which it draws its conclusion. Read Nichol Brummer's review, I completely agree with it. We don't know if it's even neutral or something, google and facebook green but not ecosia search? Right... Also, you only have "green" sites, but no way of knowing if a certain site is gray because they have no data on it or because it's actually "not green". Meh. No way of knowing if this thing is accurate.