Show Notes
This Week in Green Software, hosts Kate and Tzviya explore how green software is moving from theory to practice, highlighting new reference implementations for measuring Software Carbon Intensity in AI workloads and progress toward standardizing SCI for Web. They also examine the growing energy demands of AI and data centers, discuss the role of policy and awareness in driving change, and reflect on why practical tools and real-world examples are essential for turning sustainability goals into everyday engineering decisions. Learn more about our people: Kate Goldenring: LinkedIn | Website Tzviya Siegman: LinkedIn | Website
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News: Introducing GSF Reference Implementations | Green Software Foundation [04:13] An update on SCI for Web - a new standard for measuring software carbon intensity for the Web - Green Web Foundation [11:59] Web Sustainability Guidelines (WSG) [13:27] Scotland’s ‘green datacentres’ policy ignores emissions impact of AI, analysis shows | The Guardian [20:04] More than 100 UK datacentres plan to burn gas to generate electricity | The Guardian [21:11] New Gas-Powered Data Centers Could Emit More Greenhouse Gases Than Entire Nations | WIRED [24:46] Google, Meta, Microsoft, Amazon back new data center tech accelerator | Latitude Media [26:41]
Resources: Software Carbon Intensity (SCI) Specification | GSF [03:05] EV Ep145: Is Using LLMs for Tech Standards Work Actually Greener? (Harmony) [18:51] The Turing Lectures: Making AI (truly) sustainable (Dr. Sasha Luccioni) [22:04]
Events: Web Going Green | June 8 at 12:00 pm BST (Edinburgh, hybrid) [34:26] Green IO Amsterdam | June 9-10 (Amsterdam) [34:37] Green IO - Meetup Community Event | June 9-10 (Amsterdam) [34:53] Who's Going to Save Us From the Energy Use of AI? You Are | June 17 at 6:00 pm BST (Brighton, hybrid) [35:04] SustainableIT Impact Summit | June 23 (London) [35:15] Lean Agentic AI | June 23 at 6:00 pm CEST (Karlsruhe, hybrid) [35:21] Sustainable Tech in the Age of AI | June 29 at 6:00 pm CEST (Hamburg) [35:29]
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