CO₂eq footprint for your browser based data consumption
eco₂rd Extension
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Website emissions?
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With every website you open, there is - simply said - data transferred from the hosting provider to your machine. This data transfer comes with the cost of energy usage from different angles: from the data center of the hosting provider, from the network over which this data is transferred
and from your machine as the end consumer.
eco₂rd is measuring this data transfer with the 1 byte model from \"The Shift Project\" that declares the energy impact of every byte transferred.
Within the extension you have a few options to modify your actual footprint in order to be more accurate.
Via the options you can:
- set the country to measure your footprint with country based grid emission factor
- set, whether you want to take into consideration \"complete system boundaries\" (this will take a bigger picture into account, e.g. energy needed for manufacturing the servers, constructing the cable and wireless network infrastructure and manufacturing end user devices) or \"narrow system boundaries\" (if you only want to know the energy required to make data flow through the cable).
Additionally you can
- pause the recording: the recording of your data consumption will pause until you restart it
- delete consumption data: this will delete all of the collected consumption data
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Data Center information
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If you pin eco₂rd to show up next to your address field in your browser, you will notice a color change of the icon from time to time.
The icon indicates whether the website tab you have currently opened is hosted on a data center that is certified by the Green Web Foundation as \"green\" data center (https://www.thegreenwebfoundation.org).
There are 3 different states:
- green: the data center is known as green data center by GWF
- red: the data center is not listed as green data center by GWF
- grey: eco₂rd does not have yet information about the data center.
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Historical data
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eco₂rd currently has 3 different time scopes that you can switch through when analysing your consumption:
Today - it shows the consumption and CO₂eq of today
This month - it shows the consumption and CO₂eq of the current month
Historical - it shows the consumption and CO₂eq that your browsing behaviour caused since the start of the extension over the months and years. This feature got introduced with version 0.1.4 (end of June).
You then have different ways to check out the different websites you visited in terms of the traffic they produced via clicking on the a field in the pie charts:
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Traffic chart
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- \"example.com\": you will see a detail page of the selected domain
- \"Others\": you will see a list containing all the other websites you visited in the selected time scope. From there, you can then visit the detail pages, too.
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Data center chart
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- \"green\": Clicking on this field will give you a list of all websites you visited that are hosted on a green data center declared by GWF
- \"grey\": Clicking on this field will give you a list of all websites you visited thats data center is not listed as \"green\" data center by GWF
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Feedback?
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Feel free to let me know about any bugs or ideas for improvements - ideally via email or directly via github.
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Further information
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All further information and explanation can be found via https://ecord.info
The code is open source and can be found via
https://github.com/grenzbotin/eco2rd
Source Manifest.json
How to download and manually install eco₂rd extension for Chrome
Looking for a way to install eco₂rd extensions for Chrome, you can search for them in the Chrome Web Store, clicking the "Add to Chrome" button, and following the straightforward process.
However, you may need to install eco₂rd extensions manually, this article outlines two simple methods to effortlessly install eco₂rd extensions, whether they come as unpacked folders in compressed formats like .zip or as .crx files.
Method 1: Download eco₂rd extension and manually install through Drag &Drop
If you ever need to manually install a eco₂rd extension for Chrome, don't worry, it's a simple process. Just follow these easy steps, and you will have your extension ready to use in no time.
Step 1: Download the eco₂rd Extension by clicking the "Download CRX" button on the website.
Look for the eco₂rd extension you wish to install. Go to the website and download the eco₂rd extension package, which is usually a .CRX file and comes in a zipped file. Here ".crx" file is the format for eco₂rd extension that contains all the data.
Step 2: Extract &Arrange Files
Once the file is downloaded, extract that file into its own folder. Similarly, give that extension files a permanent home. In other words, keep it in a folder that you don't accidentally delete it because these files will be needed to make that extension work.
Step 3: Go to the Chrome Extensions Page
Open Google Chrome and in the address bar, type chrome://extensions; it will open the Google Chrome extensions page. Make sure that "My extensions" is selected in the sidebar.
Step 4: Drag and Drop the Extension
Now, go to the folder where you extracted the eco₂rd extension and drag &drop the extension file from there anywhere onto the extension page within Google Chrome.
Step 5: Complete the Installation
Once you drag and drop the extension file, follow the steps that Google Chrome takes you through. Similarly, if the extension file is of .crx file format, you will be required to review the permissions and then add the extension.
Now, you can manage that added extension as you would like to with any other Chrome extension that you added through Chrome Webstore. Its icon will also appear in the Google Chrome Menu on the right side of the address bar once you activate it.
Method 2: Download eco₂rd extension for Chrome and install in Developer Mode
This is another method to install eco₂rd extension manually, but the twist is that here, you install by enabling the developer mode option provided in Google Chrome. This mode is commonly used for testing extensions or running unpublished tools.
Step 1: Download the eco₂rd extension file
Select and download the eco₂rd extension by clicking the 'Download CRX' button on the website.
Step 2: Extract the downloaded contents
Convert the file to a ZIP file if it is in CRX format then extract the eco₂rd extension zip file or folder that you downloaded. Make sure you extract it using the same folder name and keep it safely in another folder, so you don't delete it by mistake. The extracted folder will be needed to keep your eco₂rd extension running.
Step 3: Open Chrome Extension Setting Page
In the address bar of Google Chrome, type chrome://extensions and open the Chrome Extension Page.
Step 4: Enable Developer Mode
After opening the Chrome Extension page, look at the top right side, and you will find the toggle option of "Developer mode."Simply enable that developer mode option.
Step 5: Load the Unpacked Extension
Once you enable the developer mode option, you will see the menu of Load Unpacked, Pack Extensions and Update. From that, select the option "Load unpacked."
Step 6: Select the Extension Folder
Once the pop-up opens upon clicking Load unpacked, select the eco₂rd extension directory and click on the "Select Folder "button.
Step 7: Confirm and Install
After you select an extension folder of a Google Chrome extension you're installing manually, confirm its installation for the final time and let the installation complete.
Conclusion
Here we've made a step-by-step guide on How to manually install eco₂rd extension in 2 ways. We hope this guide proves helpful.
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