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A specification that describes how to calculate a carbon intensity for software applications.
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Intensity should be measured at a specified and recorded time and place #344

Closed seanmcilroy29 closed 1 year ago

seanmcilroy29 commented 1 year ago

Discussed in https://github.com/Green-Software-Foundation/software_carbon_intensity/discussions/330

Originally posted by **adrianco** October 6, 2022 Carbon Intensity varies, so when an SCI value is reported, it should be labeled with the time and place that the Intensity was obtained for. In most cases, a month and a region will be sufficient (January 2022, us-east-1) but where 24x7 data is available, the time of day in local timezone is needed (10:00-10:59am 10th January 2022 us-east-1). This allows normalization of SCI comparisons, and allows for older data to be recognized and disregarded as the grids decarbonize over time.
seanmcilroy29 commented 1 year ago

Submitted as a project proposal in the OS WG