Sohel Abbas Chungikar
Software Sustainability : Assessing the Environmental Impact of the Software Life cycle.
Rel. Massimo Santarelli. Politecnico di Torino, Master of science program in Energy And Nuclear Engineering, 2024
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Abstract
With the rapid rise of laptops, smartphones, and artificial intelligence, there has been limited attention paid to their environmental impact. This thesis presents a framework developed after extensive research into the green software domain, aimed at helping corporations with emissions accounting and reporting, while adhering to the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and similar policies. The core metric adopted within the framework is Software Carbon Intensity (SCI), which is measured through system utilization parameters. These parameters are calibrated using two benchmarking tools, Running Average Power Limit (RAPL) and Performance Counter Monitor (PCM). Two case studies were conducted to demonstrate the framework’s practical application.
In the first case, representing the software development stage, emissions of approximately 330 gCO2 eq were generated during typical office hours from 09:00 to 18:30, which extrapolates to 9.87 kgCO2 eq per developer per sprint
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