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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.

Carbon-aware computing: Measuring and reducing the carbon footprint associated with software in execution - Microsoft Switzerland News Center

Carbon-aware computing: Measuring and reducing the carbon footprint associated with software in execution - Microsoft Switzerland News Center

https://news.microsoft.com/de-ch/2023/01/10/carbon-aware-computing-whitepaper/

Green software is software designed and implemented to have the lowest possible carbon emissions. The Green Software Foundation (GSF) is a cross-industry consortium that is building a trusted ecosystem of people, standards, tooling and best practices for Green Software.  A foundational principle of Green Software is known as carbon-aware computing, which involves shifting compute to […]

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Foundational basic Patterns

Combine activities

Combine small activities into composite activities

Assign cases

Let workers perform as many steps as possible for single cases

Appoint case managers

Assign a responsible individual for handling each case type

Isolate exceptions

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

Establish standardized interfaces

Consider a standardized interface with customers and partners

Specialist-generalist

Consider to deepen or broaden the skills of resources

Human Process Performance

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

Cost-based task assignment

Delegate tasks according to resource cost

Teamwork-based assignment

Allocate task based on collaborative experience: handover time, interactions, diversity

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Shift Workload

Execute tasks when the grid is powered by renewable energy

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