Being green, saving energy, and sustainability are in the news a lot lately, but what does that have to do with digital accessibility?
It turns out that designing more accessible pages helps decrease the energy used by web pages. For example:
- Every time a video isn't loaded automatically, it helps folks with cognitive disabilities. It also reduces the power load of the page if that video isn't watched.
- Pages that use dark mode can help users with low vision. They also use less power than white web pages.
This may not seem like much of a savings, but when you compound it over all of the web users and devices world-wide, it makes a significant difference.
Designing for accessibility is also good for the planet!