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Reducing carbon emissions in a core system

Reducing carbon emissions in a core system

UBM and Microsoft shift computational tasks in CO2-reduced times

This whitepaper discusses the first enterprise-scale implementation of carbon-aware computing, a collaboration between UBS and Microsoft under the Green Software Foundation (GSF) umbrella. Using the GSF Software Carbon Intensity (SCI) specification and carbon-aware-sdk tooling, the partners implemented a time-shifting strategy for UBS's risk platform, running workloads during periods of lower carbon intensity in the grid. This approach is projected to prevent multiple metric tons of CO2eq from entering the atmosphere annually.

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Foundational basic Patterns

Automate activities

Consider automating activities

Combine activities

Combine small activities into composite activities

Assign cases

Let workers perform as many steps as possible for single cases

Work in customer teams

Form cross-department teams for end-to-end case handling.

Outsource activities

Delegate and optimize your operations

Apply triage

Consider the division of a general activity into two or more alternative activities

Role-based task assignment

Assign tasks based on resources' roles in the organisation

Performance-based task assignment

Allocate tasks based on past performance: execution time and success

Quality-based task assignment

Allocate task based on past feedback or quality metrics

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Shift Workload

Execute tasks when the grid is powered by renewable energy

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