Evaluating the environmental footprint of an open-source software
summary
Study defines emissions boundary, uses operational data from Estonia and Finland and existing research to build an Excel-based carbon calculator for single security servers and whole X-Road ecosystems, converts CPU/memory, storage and data transfer through a PUE 1.58 default and local grid emission factors, and finds about 96% from server operations. Recommendations include modular installs to disable unused features and switching to efficient hardware or renewables; modularity is already implemented in the November release.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:18Background
- 2:45The study
- 3:31What is XRoad
- 6:52Carbon emissions
- 8:15The model
- 9:34PUE
- 10:21Emission Factors
- 11:49Calculator
- 14:59Estonia vs Finland
- 17:30Next steps
- 19:01Questions
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