Working Group
Software Standards Working Group
The Standards Working Group aims to develop a series of baseline specifications for Green Software and ensure that the specifications can be implemented in an interoperable fashion on the computing platforms in widespread use in both developed and developing regions.
The Software Standards Working Group aims to:
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This Working Group meets every 2 weeks on a Thursday at 15:00 GMT.
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Reach out to [email protected] for guidance on how to engage with the Working Group and information on the entire catalogue of projects.
Projects
Awesome Green Software
A database of research, tools, code, libraries and training for building applications that emit less carbon into our atmosphere.
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Carbon Aware SDK
An SDK to enable the creation of carbon aware applications, that do more when the electricity comes from clean low-carbon sources and less when it does not.
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Carbon Measurement Engine (Carmen)
Implement the SCI at scale to measure the carbon footprint of cloud-based software at both infrastructure and application levels.
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Green Software Patterns
A database of software patterns that, if applied, will reduce software emissions.
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Green Software Practitioner
Learn the basic concepts a software practitioner needs to know to build, maintain and run greener applications.
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Impact Framework
A framework to Model, Measure, siMulate and Monitor the environmental impacts of software
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Real Time Energy and Carbon Standard for Cloud Providers (RTC)
Establish a benchmark for measuring carbon emissions.
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Software Carbon Intensity (SCI)
A specification that describes how to calculate a carbon intensity for software applications.
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Software Carbon Intensity for Artificial intelligence (SCI for AI)
Extending the Software Carbon Intensity (SCI) to Artificial intelligence (AI). Addressing the challenges of measuring Artificial intelligence carbon emissions
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Software Carbon Intensity for OpenTelemetry (SCI for OTel)
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Software Carbon Intensity for Web (SCI for Web)
Extending the Software Carbon Intensity (SCI) to the Web. Addressing the challenges of measuring website carbon emissions
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Software Carbon Intensity Guide
How to understand the different methodologies available for calculating core components of the SCI Specification, such as, energy, carbon intensity, embodied emissions and functional unit values.
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Software Energy Efficiency (SEE)
Methodology for calculating the energy consumption rate of a software system
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Sustainable Organisational Framework for Technology (SOFT)
A framework for decision-making during the development, implementation, and operation of technology applications by incorporating all available methodologies and instruments.
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