Doing for Sustainability, What Open Source Did for Software
summary
An open source tool named Impact Framework converts observable metrics like CPU utilization, page views, installs and prompts into emissions (carbon, water, waste) using swap‑out model plugins in a pipeline described by a YAML manifest; outputs are stored as an impact manifest (IMP) file. Example results: Green Software Foundation website shows 2.4 kg CO2 in a month and an SCI of 0.129 g per visit; a 30‑minute five‑person Zoom call computes ≈0.5 kg total (≈84 g per participant).
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Introduction
- 5:39Talk and Foundation overview
- 8:29Power in sustainability
- 11:42Measurement for power
- 16:59Carbon reporting solution
- 17:23Impact Framework core
- 21:55Demo: YAML config
- 24:21Visualizing results
- 35:15Future as ISO standard
- 36:41Software carbon labels
- 39:49Call to first 10 watchers
- 42:19Q&A
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