Our goal is to measure environmental impact of digital resources
Environmental Impact Indicators
Resource Usage Indicators
Waste Indicators
Output flow indicators
A summary of our thesis
Summary of SDIA's Digital Environmental Footprint.pdf
Summary of SDIA's Digital Environmental Footprint
State of Conversion Formulas
Based on our thesis, the formulas are intended to be used in environments where there is no access to physical measures, e.g. RAPL or IPMI and serve as a best-effort estimate. Each formula makes transparent assumptions
To focus on few priority indicators right now, we further boiled down the list from above to these:
- Climate change – total, fossil, biogenic and land use in CO2-eq (kg)
- Depletion of abiotic resources – minerals and metals in Sb-eq (kg)
- Use of fresh water in m3
- Energy use
- Primary renewable energy (energy) in MJ
- Primary non-renewable energy (energy) in MJ
Energy use
Draft formula’s for energy use are here:
DEF Formulas - Formula.pdf
Tooling