Sustainable digital studio - Ireland
Your website should cost the planet less.
We design and build fast, accessible, lower-carbon websites that help organisations communicate clearly and perform better online.
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Based in Galway
Working with organisations in Ireland and beyond.
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30+ years of digital experience
Senior-led projects from strategy to launch.
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Measured at launch
Performance, accessibility and estimated carbon, with the method stated.
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Lower-carbon by design
Efficient pages, responsible hosting options, no unnecessary weight.
The problem
Most websites carry too much weight.
Unnecessary pages, oversized images, unused plugins and slow scripts accumulate quietly. The result is a website that's slower, harder to use and more expensive to maintain than it needs to be.
Digital waste isn't only an environmental cost. It makes websites less effective at the one thing they exist to do: serve the people who visit them.
Remove what does not earn its place.
Conventional approach / Hummingbird approach
A clearer side-by-side view of how the two approaches compare.
| Conventional approach | Hummingbird approach |
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| Bloated pages | Lightweight page design |
| Everything for everyone | Lean, focused journeys |
| Features added by default | Functionality with a purpose |
| Bloated Page Builders | Lightweight Bespoke Themes |
| Unmeasured performance | Tested and measured delivery |
| Complex content systems | Simplified content management |
| Sustainability as an add-on | Sustainability built into decisions |
Services
Three ways we can help.
Focused support, from identifying the problem to designing and building the right response.
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Website Audits
Find out where your website is losing speed, users and energy. We'll give you a prioritised plan for improving it.
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Sustainable Websites
Strategy, design and development for faster, more effective, lower-carbon websites. From discovery and content to launch, measurement and ongoing improvement.
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Digital Product Prototypes
Turn early ideas into user journeys, interface designs and interactive prototypes. Test them before you commit to full development.
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Selected work
Clarity, usefulness and lighter delivery.
Why it works
Better for people, better for performance, lighter on the planet.
Sustainable web design isn't a green badge added at the end of a project. It's a series of better decisions made from the start.
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Faster
Lighter pages that load quickly, even on slower connections.
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Easier
Clear structures and purposeful content help people complete what they came to do.
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Accessible
Inclusive design removes avoidable barriers, and improves the experience for everyone.
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Manageable
A considered system supports clean publishing and simpler maintenance.
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Measurable
We test performance, accessibility and estimated carbon impact at launch.
Measured at launch
Evidence, not eco claims.
Every launch includes a recorded baseline and a stated method, so you can check the result and improve on it over time.
- performance target
- 90+
- Lighthouse mobile score, tested on representative pages.
- accessibility ambition
- AA
- WCAG 2.2 AA decisions designed and reviewed throughout.
- CO₂ per visit
- 0.15g
- Current site estimate, published with the testing method.
- cleaner than tested pages
- 93%
- A transparent benchmark, not a vague sustainability badge.
Our story
Doing what we can.
As a forest burned, the animals stood and watched. One hummingbird flew to the river, collected a single drop of water and released it over the flames, again and again.
“I am doing what I can.”
No single website changes the world. But every decision matters: what we build, what we remove, how much energy it uses and how well it serves people.
Read the Hummingbird StoryClient voices
“Hummingbird gave us the confidence to remove, simplify and focus. The result is faster, clearer and much easier to look after.”
“They made a complex website feel simple, for our visitors and for the team managing it.”
“Every recommendation was tied to a real user need, a clear measure or a lighter footprint.”
We're building a cleaner, faster, lighter web. Come and make something with us.
One project can ripple outwards. Let's make your next digital decision count.
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