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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

Establish a case-based mindset

Remove batch-processing and periodic activities from your business process

Reduce touchpoints

Reduce the number of contacts with customers and third parties

Isolate exceptions

Design business processes for typical cases and isolate exceptional cases from the normal flow

Resequence activities

Move activities to more appropriate places

Use eco-friendly resources

Replace underlying resources with eco-friendly alternatives

Human Process Performance

Consider whether it is eco-friendly to let humans work over machines

Offer Customer self-service

Offer customers the possibility to serve themselves

Expertise-based task assignment

Match tasks to experts' specialized skills for efficiency

Experience-based task assignment

Delegate task according to experience: execution frequency, case involvement, interactions

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Shift Workload

Execute tasks when the grid is powered by renewable energy

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