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June 2021 - Sustainable Software

Measuring the carbon impact of web browsing

June 14, 2021 Jun 14, 2021 06/14/21
Pierre LAGARDE
Search, simple click, simple letter typed in the search box have an impact on the environment when browsing Internet. Under Windows, the user spends on average 60% of his time in the browser; all of his actions can be measured and therefore can be optimized to reduce carbon emissions. How can we change our behavior? How to know your ...

The current state of affairs and a roadmap for effective carbon-accounting tooling in AI

June 7, 2021 Jun 7, 2021 06/7/21
Abhishek Gupta
The societal case for carbon accounting of AI systems   Digital services consume a lot of energy and it goes without saying that in a world with accelerating climate change, we must be conscious in all parts of life with our carbon footprints. In the case of the software that we write, specifically, the AI systems we build, these ...