Resource-efficient with image compression and lazy loading

For this project, it was very important to the Green parliamentary group in Saxony-Anhalt — and, of course, to us as well — to prioritize sustainability in the website itself, in order to live up to the party's goals. The particular challenge lay in the sheer number, size, and quality of the images on the site. 
To keep emissions as low as possible, we implemented several measures:

• The website runs on a server powered by green electricity.
• Images on the website are compressed in Neos and optimized for the output medium.
• We use lazy loading across the pages to conserve resources.

Two-factor authentication for Neos

Another feature developed as part of this project was two-factor authentication for logging into the Neos backend. This significantly raises the security standards for accessing the website's editing interface.

To implement image compression, we integrated our own custom-built Neos package for converting images. Through image linking, we were able to ensure that images are always delivered in the optimal format for the output device. This consistently minimizes resource consumption. The deliberate use of lazy loading, especially for long-form pages, likewise guarantees short loading times and thus keeps resource consumption as low as possible.

Because we used Neos as the CMS, the Green parliamentary group in Saxony-Anhalt benefits from the intuitive usability of the interface for managing content. Since Neos is an open-source product, all features developed in the context of this project flow back into the overall product in this case as well — including the image compression package and the 2FA feature. As such, this project made a significant contribution to expanding Neos.