BAY AREA AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT
A New Headless Website on Sitecore XP Boosts Performance By Over 20%
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) is a regional air pollution control agency that regulates stationary sources of air pollution in the nine counties surrounding San Francisco Bay.
- Services
- Visual Design
- Technical and Design Assessment
- Build for Sitecore
- Quality Assurance
- Technologies
- Sitecore XP - Headless
- Figma
Oshyn sets BA AQMD up on Sitecore XP and Azure as the first phase of a multi-step transition to a composable architecture on XM Cloud.
The Challenge
BAAQMD is a key environmental and regulatory agency serving Bay Area residents. As part of their Strategic Plan, which charts priorities for the next five years, they wanted to improve the relationship with their constituents by showcasing their goals and long-term mission in an engaging way.
Unfortunately, the plan's current presentation was lackluster and did not effectively communicate these goals to constituents. To create a more engaging experience, they contacted Oshyn to help them refresh their digital presence with a new website showcasing their strategic plan.
The Solution
BAAQMD selected Oshyn due to its extensive experience working with Sitecore and building headless websites. Using that experience, Oshyn directed the new website project from start to finish with early and frequent communication with the BA AQMD marketing team.
Oshyn built a headless website on the existing Sitecore XP implementation on Azure, taking advantage of Sitecore Experience Accelerator (SXA) to speed up and reduce development costs. Using SXA would also ensure a responsive design so customers can view the website on multiple devices.
By building the site headlessly on Sitecore XP, BAAQMD can more easily transition its other sites to a composable architecture using Sitecore XM Cloud. This will allow them to realize benefits such as reduced maintenance costs, no longer upgrading manually, and improved scalability.
The Outcome
BA AQMD unveiled its new Strategic Plan website with much fanfare from staff and constituents. Thanks to Oshyn, Bay Area residents now have a clearer idea of how funds generated by BAAQMD from fees and other sources will be spent in the coming years. Also, with the headless site, BAAQMD achieved a 20% increase in performance and an improved reliability score compared to its existing primary website as it embarked on the first stage of the transition to a composable architecture.
“The site was previewed for the Deputies. There was much fanfare and thanks and Kudos to Oshyn. Thank you so much for all you did/do for the Air District and our communities,” said Patricia Roman - Director of Software Development, BAAQMD.
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