Green Software Foundation

🚨 Big Announcement in Cloud Sustainability 🚨 We’re thrilled to announce the ratification of the Real Time Energy and Carbon Standard for Cloud Providers! This marks a major step toward making cloud computing more transparent, measurable, and sustainable. Led by Adrian Cockcroft and Pindy Bhullar, the project sets a new standard for how cloud providers share energy and carbon data—supporting accurate reporting and empowering users and organizations to make more informed, greener decisions. Read our recent article to learn more ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eR8Qu2AQ --- The GSF is led by Avanade, BCG X, Cisco, Google, Microsoft, NTT DATA, Siemens, and UBS.

🌱 As software practitioners, we’re in a unique position to reduce tech’s environmental impact through our work. But knowing where to start can be tough. That’s why GitHub partnered with Speed & Scale, CodeCarbon, Electricity Maps, and ClimateTriage by OpenSustain.Tech—to help developers discover and contribute to opensource projects that reduce and measure carbon emissions. Alongside these key initiatives, the project highlights 60,000+ green software and climate-focused repositories on GitHub, all ready for adoption, contribution, and collaboration. Learn more about the Climate Action Plan for Developers ➡️ https://lnkd.in/esJS9tVr

Can nuclear power really be the solution to AI’s growing energy demands? 👀 Before we go all-in, we need to ask: Is it cost-effective? Can it be deployed fast enough? And what about the fuel—where it comes from, and where it ends up? In the recent episode of Environment Variables, host Chris Adams and Karl Rabe (WoodenDataCenter) unpack what sustainable data center design and operations look like today. They discuss the role of renewables, the use of innovative materials, and how modular, opensource hardware can make data centers more transparent and energy efficient. Listen now ➡️ https://lnkd.in/evvwdc-p

Monday News Roundup 📰 Start your week with these top resources from last week's newsletter: ➡️ Join a community advancing the standards and adoption of green digital technology. ➡️ Explore practical steps to reduce your tech carbon footprint while driving efficiency and innovation. ➡️ Gain insights from LOCO2024, covering energy efficiency, carbon awareness, frugal computing, and more. Links in the comments below! For more news and resources, subscribe to our weekly newsletter: https://lnkd.in/eeYTPXBr SICSA Technology Business Management (TBM) Council

Join us in welcoming 15 new Green Software Champions to the community.💚 Through their daily practice, community building, and expertise, these practitioners and tech leaders are promoting sustainable coding practices, working towards a future where software has zero harmful effects on the environment. Swipe through to learn more about their journey and contributions! Alessandro Stefouli-Vozza Arin Roy Bradford Roarr Henk van der Valk 🍀☁️🌍 Juliano Custódio Julian Gommlich Ko Turk Maarten Küppers Maikel Dollé Pini Reznik Saleh Bagheri Simon Leitl Sophie Vos Vasco Veloso Ville Nordberg --- Curious about the Green Software Champion Program? Learn more and apply today! https://lnkd.in/emW74kUF

How do software architecture decisions influence long-term sustainability? 👀 A recent study presents an enhanced Sustainability Impact Score (SIS)—a framework for evaluating architectural trade-offs across environmental, social, and economic dimensions. It highlights that technical quality concerns often have hidden sustainability impacts. By quantifying and prioritizing these impacts based on risk and importance, SIS supports sustainability-aligned design choices from the start. Learn more ➡️ https://lnkd.in/en3ND7yW Bram van der Waaij Iffat Fatima Patricia Lago Vasilios Andrikopoulos

Monday News Roundup 📰 Catch up on the latest in green software with these top resources from last week's newsletter: ➡️ Learn how finding the right balance is key to making AI technology more reliable, cost-efficient, and sustainable. ➡️ Explore empirical study on how different prompt and response characteristics directly impact LLM inference energy cost. ➡️ The authors of a recent White Paper warn about AI's power problem—find out more. Links in the comments below! Want more insights like these? Subscribe to our weekly newsletter: https://lnkd.in/eeYTPXBr Anna Heim Brigitte Tousignant Daria Smirnova Hamid Nasiri Marta Adamska Peter Garraghan Dr. Sasha Luccioni Yacine Jernite Zhengxin Yu

Cloud providers often report emissions in different "currencies," making it difficult to compare and understand the numbers. 📊 In the recent episode of Environment Variables, Chris Adams and James Hall (Greenpixie) dive into GreenOps—how operational practices can help reduce the environmental impact of cloud computing. Learn about the challenges of scaling cloud carbon measurement and how Greenpixie helps organizations make informed sustainability decisions with certified carbon data. Tune in now ➡️ https://lnkd.in/erFV2GD2

Will carbon-awareness be the new standard for sustainable IT infrastructure? We're thrilled to have Varun Mehra from Google and Dan Benitah representing the Green Software Foundation join our very own Pierre Segonne for a deep dive into the world of green IT in our next webinar. 🎬 We'll cover strategies to meet new sustainability demands in IT, explore how the next generation of data centers could address the challenges of increasing AI power consumption, and discuss how collaboration across the IT value chain can drive large-scale grid decarbonization. Save your spot and be part of the conversation: 📅  May 5th ⌚ 6pm CEST | 9am PST 👉 Register now: https://lnkd.in/df9iCVyr

We rarely talk about AI’s environmental impact and its social consequences together. But what if we did? 🤝 A recent study argues that only by addressing ethics and sustainability side by side can we fully understand the scope of AI’s impact. From model audits that overlook emissions to carbon analyses that ignore equity concerns, it highlights how the current siloed approach limits relevant progress. Drawing on insights from philosophy, sustainable development, and AI research, the authors propose best practices for integrating both ethics and sustainability—driving AI that is more transparent, equitable, and environmentally conscious. Learn more ➡️ https://lnkd.in/e3MWUNA7 Giada Pistilli Nyalleng Moorosi Raesetje Sefala Dr. Sasha Luccioni