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The Green Software Foundation Expands Efforts to Incentivize Decarbonization in the Software Industry
Latest tools from the Green Software Foundation provide organizations a concrete action plan to measure, learn and reduce carbon emissions of software.
That’s a wrap - CarbonHack22 a big leap in carbon aware computing
The hackathon engaged the most talented developers from around the globe in building the best carbon aware application using the GSF Carbon Aware SDK.
COP27 Book of News
The Foundation wants a future where software produces no harmful environmental effects. To make this happen, we need software to emit the least amount of carbon possible- read our Book of News to understand how the GSF intend to do this.
Our Theory of Change – Defining the strategy for the GSF
The article outlines the three main pillars of the GSF strategy: Knowledge, Tech Culture, and Tooling. Together, they build the foundation of the Theory of Change (TOC) and explain how we will reach our goals with respect to green software.
Texas State University deems GSF SCI an effective metric to evaluate the carbon impact of software
The Texas State University has just released its report on a study evaluating software carbon intensity of foundation models. Among other findings, the study confirms that the SCI is suitable for effectively measuring the carbon impact of software.
Meet organizational lead member Futurewei
We looked at sustainability from two perspectives. Global network infrastructure and data centers can have more greenhouse gas emissions than the airline industry if following the current energy consumption path.
Carbon Hack 22
A contest for developers to build the best carbon aware software application with a total prize pool of USD 80,000. Carbon aware software does less when the electricity is dirty and more when the electricity is clean.
Meet organizational lead member AVEVA
AVEVA is a global industrial software leader focused on sparking innovation to drive responsible use of the world’s resources. More than 20,000 enterprises across 12 diverse industrial sectors in over 100 countries rely on AVEVA’s platform-agnostic solutions to help them deliver life’s essentials: safe and reliable energy, food, medicines, infrastructure and more.
Meet Virginie Corraze, Associate Director, Engineering Quality & Sustainability, Amadeus
The travel technology solutions provider includes sustainability as an important pillar for its future and the future of the travel industry. Amadeus is developing various initiatives and taking concrete actions aiming to create a more responsible and sustainable travel industry, starting by reducing the impact of their own operations. Joining GSF comes as a natural move for Amadeus routed in the desire to do more when it comes to sustainability.
GSF Concludes First-Ever Global Summit
We reflect on our first global summit and how members in 14 different countries embarked on the 12-day journey to share the vision of changing the culture of how software is built to make sustainability a core priority.