How to measure your software's impact on the planet
summary
The Green Software Foundation’s Impact Framework is a Node.js engine that runs a YAML manifest + plugins pipeline to turn cloud observations into energy and carbon numbers; examples show Internet ≈3.7% of global CO2, data centers 2% now rising to 8% by 2030 and IT hitting 14% by 2040. Thoughtworks’ cloud carbon footprint tool and mock-observation plugins feed the engine, the WhatTime API supplies grid intensity, and demand-shifting claims 45–99% carbon reductions depending on region and timing.
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chapters (14)
- 0:00Measuring software's environmental impact
- 1:48Engaging stakeholders on green software
- 4:16European Green Deal and software's role
- 7:28Three pillars of green software
- 9:18Gaming and data centers impact
- 13:38Business and legal cases for green software
- 16:31Why measuring impact matters now
- 17:36Cloud Carbon Footprint tool
- 19:04Impact Framework deep dive
- 25:50Setting up Impact Framework
- 31:13Running Impact Framework demo
- 34:46Impact Framework status and next steps
- 35:31Resources and community
- 36:38Call to action and storytelling
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