Green Software Foundation
A nonprofit organization dedicated to standardizing green software engineering practices and norms, with a focus on software energy measurement, carbon emissions accounting, and sustainable development best practices.
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Green Software Engineering is beginning to attract attention as an emerging discipline, with organizations such as the Green Software Foundation promoting the standardization of related standards and development practices.
In 2019, Microsoft co-founded the Green Software Foundation together with companies including Accenture, GitHub, and ThoughtWorks.
The Green Software Foundation defines carbon awareness as one of the three pillars of green software, the other two being carbon efficiency and hardware efficiency.
Microsoft launched the Carbon-Aware SDK and the Green Software Foundation initiative in 2022.
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Green Software Engineering is beginning to attract attention as an emerging discipline, with organizations such as the Green Software Foundation promoting the standardization of related standards and development practices.
50%UnverifiedThe Green Software Foundation defines carbon awareness as one of the three pillars of green software, the other two being carbon efficiency and hardware efficiency.
50%UnverifiedIn 2019, Microsoft co-founded the Green Software Foundation together with companies including Accenture, GitHub, and ThoughtWorks.
50%UnverifiedMicrosoft launched the Carbon-Aware SDK and the Green Software Foundation initiative in 2022.
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