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Premier Tech Digital and ecodesign

The redesign of the Plains of Abraham website was initiated by the National Battlefields Commission in 2024, with a focus on integrating digital ecodesign principles into the process. This focus even played a decisive role in selecting the website development agency.

Several digital ecodesign concepts are already well established as best practices within the Premier Tech Digital — Mirego team. So when the request came in, it was only natural for them to incorporate these principles into the design, development and operation of this new website.

Web ecodesign aims to optimize website design to improve performance, enhance user experience and reduce the environmental footprint — mainly from server hosting and cooling, data transfer, and the energy consumption of users’ devices.

A more energy-efficient, lighter and faster website

Ecodesign principles were applied in four different ways during the website development for the National Battlefields Commission:

An optimized source code

The source code can be optimized through minification and compression, reducing the amount of data browsers need to download by up to 75%.

A content delivery network

Hosting a website on content delivery networks (CDNs) closer to users accelerates web page load times and enhances energy efficiency.

A smart caching strategy

The browser can download and temporarily store images in its cache. During subsequent visits to the website, images are thus loaded directly from the cache, speeding up load times and reducing bandwidth usage.

Optimized loading techniques

Loading images, text or scripts progressively during browsing helps reduce bandwidth consumption by aligning it with the user’s actual usage.

These design practices improve the website global performance as well as the user experience, making it more seamless and responsive. They are therefore part of business strategic decisions while contributing to increasing energy efficiency.

Digital ecodesign is evolving, and our team is moving forward with it, supporting our clients throughout the journey of their digital products — from development to launch.

*This story is from the Premier Tech Report 2025.

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