SSE - Sustainable Software

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

Abhishek Gupta June 7, 2021 Jun 7, 2021 06/7/21

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 ...

The Carbon Monkey

Paola May 24, 2021 May 24, 2021 05/24/21

applying chaos engineering to sustainable software to find a sweet spot that allows a differential measurement of the carbon impact of an application

How to measure the energy consumption of your apps

Sara Bergman April 22, 2021 Apr 22, 2021 04/22/21

The second principle of Sustainable Software Engineering is to build energy efficient applications. The very first step in that direction is to measure the energy cost of your application. This post will answer the question "what is the best way to measure the energy consumption of your apps?".

How do I start a sustainability community in my organization?

Sara Bergman March 22, 2021 Mar 22, 2021 03/22/21

This post will outline some tips and tricks on how to get a sustainability community started in your organization, no matter if it is a company, non-profit organization or an interest group on some technical subject. The focus is on awareness and skill building and how to put it into action.

How Can I Calculate CO2eq emissions for my Azure VM?

Sara Bergman February 15, 2021 Feb 15, 2021 02/15/21

The second principle of Sustainable Software Engineering is to build energy efficient applications. The very first step in that direction is to measure the energy cost of your application. In this post we will look at two different Azure virtual machines, run software on them and calculate the CO2eq emissions of the software.

How To Measure The Power Consumption of Your Frontend Application

Sara Bergman November 16, 2020 Nov 16, 2020 11/16/20

Reducing the carbon and financial cost of your cloud applications

Paola October 12, 2020 Oct 12, 2020 10/12/20

In my job as a cloud architect working with large enterprises, there has always been a specific “moment of truth” when the customer realizes that cloud costs are something that needs to be monitored daily to avoid unpleasant surprises with the end of the month’s bill. Enterprises can take several steps toward understanding cloud costs ...

Measuring Your Application Power and Carbon Impact (Part 1)

Scott Chamberlin September 14, 2020 Sep 14, 2020 09/14/20

Overview of using the built in Energy Estimation Engine to estimate the carbon impact of your application.

Balancing the Three Areas of Sustainability Engineering

Bill Johnson August 24, 2020 Aug 24, 2020 08/24/20

Sustainability in Software Engineering Software engineering has evolved over the years as new capabilities are discovered and new information introduced. Software developers and operations engineers were typically seen as two very separate roles. Once the cloud began to commoditize hardware these roles began to blend together into a new ...

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