Green Software Foundation

?? A BIG milestone achieved in Green Software ?? The Software Carbon Intensity (SCI) Specification, a measurement standard that emphasizes reducing carbon emissions, is now an ISO standard. With the approval and publication of version 1.0, the ISO confirms that the SCI Specification is a reliable, fair, and comparable protocol for measuring and reducing software's carbon footprint. The latest version 1.1 of the SCI Specification is also now available. Learn more ?? https://lnkd.in/dEBHvvZi -- GSF member organizations, including Accenture, AVEVA, CAST Software, Intesa Sanpaolo, Microsoft, NTT DATA, UBS, and others, made the SCI Specification actionable through various use cases. A big shout out to some of our core contributors and enablers of this project, Abhishek Gupta, Asim Hussain, Chris Lloyd-Jones, Gadhu Sundaram, Greg Rivera, Henry Richardson, Kin C., Navveen Balani, Pindy Bhullar, Sanjay Podder, Sara Bergman Sean Mcilroy, Srinivasan Rakhunathan, Tammy Adkins McClellan, and Will B. The GSF is led by Accenture, Avanade, BCG X, GitHub, Intel Corporation, Microsoft, NTT DATA, Siemens, and UBS. #greensoftware #ISOstandard #softwaredevelopment #greentech #greencomputing

?? SAVE THE DATE ? On December 3rd, join ClimateVoice and employees from LinkedIn, Meta, Microsoft, Pinterest, and Salesforce for a dynamic conversation about the crucial role of corporate advocacy in the fight against climate change, and how everyday employees are taking climate action at work! This first of its kind call will give you a behind the scenes look into how employees from some of the world’s largest and most influential companies are advancing sustainability and pushing their companies to do more. ?? Whether you’re an employee looking to get involved in climate action at work, or a business leader aiming to enhance your company's climate policy agenda, this webinar will provide you with the knowledge and inspiration needed to raise your climate voice at work at a time when it’s never been more urgent. ?? Register to join us: https://lu.ma/ve4s0ckb

Reducing AI's environmental impacts means asking not only how but also when AI truly adds value—and when alternative solutions are already in our hands.??? In the recent episode of Environment Variables, join host Anne Currie and?Stefana Sopco (PortXchange) for an insightful chat about decarbonizing the maritime industry, nuclear power as a potential ally in the climate fight, and mindful use of technology. Tune in now??? https://lnkd.in/eNkHZJ-M

Join us in welcoming Almaviva to the GSF ?? As a leading Italian ICT group, AlmavivA S.p.A. strives to support the sustainability goals of their customers worldwide through technological expertise and innovative products and services. In our Q&A, Stefano Andrea Capelli shares more about their "absolute digital" approach and initiatives aimed at developing sustainable IT solutions globally. Learn more ?? https://lnkd.in/gjRy9Dhr

Monday News Roundup! Check out the top three resources from last week's newsletter to explore: ?? Will the rapid growth in energy consumption of Gen AI exceed power utilities' capacity? ?? How to maximize the benefits of AI while minimizing its climate costs. ?? GWF's new project on how to make grid-aware websites a commonplace tool in web developer toolkits. Get the links to the top three Green News resources in the comments. Subscribe to our newsletter to get more insights and latest news on green software: https://lnkd.in/eeYTPXBr

As hyperscalers rethink data center design approaches to address the industry’s environmental impacts, swapping concrete for mass timber emerges as a solution that could help reduce software's embodied carbon. ?? Recently, on Environment Variables, Asim Hussain and Chris Adams discussed Microsoft’s innovative wooden data centers, hardware challenges of Gen AI, the Real-Time Cloud project’s dataset, and more. Listen to get insights into the latest news at the intersection of tech and climate action ?? https://lnkd.in/e7wuXA_r

?? We’ve got BIG news ?? We are excited to share a significant development to unify the software and hardware ecosystems and advance a more sustainable ICT sector: The Sustainable and Scalable Infrastructure Alliance (SSI Alliance) has joined the GSF to accelerate collaboration between the sustainable software and data center hardware domains and together address the climate challenges for an AI-driven future. Learn more about this strategic merge ?? https://lnkd.in/eGSn9t6z -- A big shout out to Christopher Liljenstolpe, My Truong, and Zachary Smith for their contributions to making this merge possible! We welcome Cisco to the GSF governing board as part of the merger with the SSIA. The GSF is led by Accenture, Avanade, BCG X, GitHub, Intel Corporation, Microsoft, NTT DATA, Siemens, and UBS.

The growing popularity of commercial AI products promises a unified approach to building ML models into technology. But, it comes at an environmental cost. The research offers a systematic comparison of the ongoing inference cost of various categories of ML systems, covering both task-specific and “general-purpose” models. Learn more about deploying multi-purpose generative ML systems and why their use should be more intentionally weighed against increased costs in terms of energy and emissions ?? https://lnkd.in/giyWhJD6 Dr. Sasha Luccioni Yacine Jernite

Green News Roundup!??? We share the top three resources from last week's newsletter: ?? Learn more and register for the Green IO conference in Paris to get the latest insights (and real-time feedback) on measuring and scaling Green IT. ?? How tech leaders address carbon emissions to align with the new regulations while balancing cost and environmental impact. ?? Learn about Green Coding and how it prioritizes energy efficiency and resource conservation. Get the links in the comments. Subscribe to our newsletter to get more resources such as these every week: https://lnkd.in/eeYTPXBr

As organizations are increasingly interested in making digital products and services more sustainable, building standards offers a vision of aligned progress. Yet, it's often adoption that stands in the way. In the recent episode of Environment Variables, join Alexander Dawson and Tzviya Siegman of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) as they discuss W3C's efforts to develop Web Sustainability Guidelines (WSG). Learn about the potential impact of these guidelines, the challenges in driving adoption across sectors, and the role of testability. Listen now ???https://lnkd.in/eyHKA-Sy