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A specification that describes how to calculate a carbon intensity for software applications.
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Terminology: "Carbon emission" or "greenhouse gas (GHG) emission"? #338

Closed patricekrakow closed 1 year ago

patricekrakow commented 1 year ago

Should you/we not replace the terms "carbon emission" by "greenhouse gas (GHG) emission"? For instance,

This specification defines a methodology for calculating the rate of carbon emissions for a software system.

could/should be replaced by

This specification defines a methodology for calculating the rate of greenhouse gas for a software system.

It would be more consistent with the usage of "CO2 equivalent" in units of measure.

atg-abhishek commented 1 year ago

That's a great point and certainly worth discussing @patricekrakow! @seanmcilroy29 we can add to the next meeting agenda?

In the meantime, thoughts on this @jawache @Henry-WattTime ?