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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

Appoint case managers

Assign a responsible individual for handling each case type

Distinguish case types

Determine whether activities are related to the same type of case and, if necessary, distinguish new business processes

Fail Early

Order knock-outs by least effort and highest termination probability first.

Split responsibilities

Avoid shared responsibilities for tasks by people from different functional units

Green Compensation

Start implementing actions that can offset or counterbalance the environmental effects generated by business processes that cannot be changed.

Offer location flexibility

Let customers interact with the company wherever they want to

Offer temporal flexibility

Let customers interact with your organization whenever they want to.

Generalize your process

Explore whether a process can easily be used for additional products or services

Role-based task assignment

Assign tasks based on resources' roles in the organisation

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Shift Workload

Execute tasks when the grid is powered by renewable energy

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