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Each episode we discuss the latest news regarding how to reduce the emissions of software and how the industry is dealing with its own environmental impact. Brought to you by The Green Software Foundation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. The Week in Green Software: Who Pays for AI’s Energy Footprint?

    6D AGO

    The Week in Green Software: Who Pays for AI’s Energy Footprint?

    Host Kate Goldenring is joined by Chris Adams and Tzviya Siegman for a news round-up on sustainable software. They dig into EnergyNet and the idea of routing electricity more like the internet, unpack the latest AI energy and greenwashing debates, and look at policy and research angles — from proactive water planning for data centers to a cap-and-trade style proposal for AI efficiency. Learn more about our people: Chris Adams: LinkedIn | GitHub | WebsiteKate Goldenring: LinkedIn | WebsiteTzviya Siegman: LinkedIn | Website Find out more about the GSF: The Green Software Foundation Website Sign up to the Green Software Foundation Newsletter News: EnergyNet Task Force [03:50]EnergyNet on GitHub [03:50]EnergyNet expands to 280 apartments in Lund (Warp News) [03:50]Is this EnergyNet thing legit? (Chris Adams) [03:50]Sam Altman / OpenAI energy use and data centers (The Guardian) [12:20]Big Tech says generative AI will save the planet - proof is thin (WIRED) [01:10]Big tech greenwashing report (Ketan Joshi) [13:20]Different kinds of AI in the climate context (Chris Adams) [15:00]AI's Never Just One Thing: Different FLOPS for Different Folks (Hugging Face) [18:20]Great Lakes region unprepared for increasing water use demands(Alliance for the Great Lakes) [30:10]AI Cap-and-Trade: Efficiency Incentives for Accessibility and Sustainability [36:20] If you enjoyed this episode then please either: Follow, rate, and review on Apple PodcastsFollow and rate on SpotifyWatch our videos on The Green Software Foundation YouTube Channel!Connect with us on Twitter, Github and LinkedIn! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    50 min
  2. The Week in Green Software: More New Hosts!

    FEB 26

    The Week in Green Software: More New Hosts!

    Asim Hussain introduces more new co-hosts on this episode of TWiGS as they explore the evolving intersection of AI, infrastructure, and sustainability. The discussion covers the growing energy demands of AI workloads, the tension between innovation and environmental impact, and the role of standards and policy in guiding responsible growth. From data center expansion to practical steps engineers can take today, the hosts share insights on how the tech industry can balance rapid advancement with measurable climate accountability. Learn more about our people: Asim Hussain: LinkedIn | GitHub | WebsiteAditya Manglik: LinkedIn | GitHub | WebsiteCarlos Pignatoro: LinkedIn | GitHub | WebsiteOli Winks: LinkedIn | GitHub | WebsiteValeria Salis: LinkedIn | GitHub | Website Find out more about the GSF: The Green Software Foundation Website Sign up to the Green Software Foundation Newsletter News: Why AI's water problem might actually be an opportunity | World Economic Forum [06:13]GreenOps - CloudBolt: Greener cloud usage multiplies with Kubernetes optimisation [23:51]Enabled emissions: How AI helps to supercharge oil and gas production [35:05] Events: Sustainable AI: Your 2026 Playbook | 19 Feb 18:00 GMT (Virtual) [45:31]Meme-tivism: Rethinking the Environmental Footprint of AI & ML | King's College London | 23 Feb (London) [45:54]Code Green London | 24 Feb 18:30 GMT (London) [46:13]Green Software Development Karlsruhe: How Apps Can Emit Less CO₂ | 03 Mar (Karlsruhe) [46:22] Optimizing AI Inference: How to Cut Costs, Latency & Energy | 12 Mar 18:30 CET (Barcelona) [46:35] AI, the ultimate green software challenge | 12 Mar 8:30 GMT (Virtual) [46:48]AI & Sustainability | 12 Mar 15:00 AEDT (Sydney) [47:02]Green Software Practitioner Study Day - Silicon Brighton | 13 Mar (Brighton) [47:12] If you enjoyed this episode then please either: Follow, rate, and review on Apple PodcastsFollow and rate on SpotifyWatch our videos on The Green Software Foundation YouTube Channel!Connect with us on Twitter, Github and LinkedIn! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    49 min
  3. The Week in Green Software: New Hosts!

    FEB 19

    The Week in Green Software: New Hosts!

    This Week in Green Software, Chris Adams is joined by new co-hosts Kate Goldenring and Tzviya Siegman to explore the latest stories on their radars. They unpack Microsoft’s community-first AI infrastructure pledge, the rise of gas-powered data centers, and the hidden embodied emissions behind AI models and storage hardware. The conversation also dives into the energy cost of AI prompts, new research measuring real browser energy use, and emerging models like billing AI by the kilowatt-hour. Together, they examine how transparency, standards, and smarter engineering decisions can shape a more sustainable digital future. Learn more about our people: Chris Adams: LinkedIn | GitHub | WebsiteKate Goldenring: LinkedIn | WebsiteTzviya Siegman: LinkedIn | Website Find out more about the GSF: The Green Software Foundation Website Sign up to the Green Software Foundation Newsletter News: Building Community-First AI Infrastructure - Microsoft [05:00]Microsoft Pledged to Save Water in the A.I. Era - The New York Times [08:29]Building Community-First AI Infrastructure - Microsoft On the Issues Betting big on data centers, U.S. now leads world for new gas power development - Global Energy Monitor [13:56]The Robles v. Domino’s Settlement (And Why It Matters) [21:56]From FLOPs to Footprints: The Resource Cost of Artificial Intelligence [23:53]The Cost of Politeness in AI [29:54]Green Coding Solutions: webNRG Released [36:50]Energy-Aware Hosted Inference | Neuralwatt Portal [42:35] Resources: Environment Variables Ep 62: Greening Serverless w/ Kate Goldenring [11:24]Environment Variables Ep 104: OCP, Wooden Datacentres and Cleaning up Datacentre Diesel w/ Karl Rabe [12:16]GitHub - Green-Software-Foundation/real-time-cloud: Real Time Energy and Carbon Standards for Cloud Providers [14:56]Web Sustainability Guidelines | W3C [20:14]WCAG 2 Overview | Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) | W3C [21:00] Software Carbon Intensity (SCI) Specification | GSF [23:22]Ecoinvent [27:06]Solar power in Finland - Energy [44:38]On using solar & batteries to provide 90% of the world population with 90% of their electricity demand for below 90 €/MWh | Chris Adams Solar and batteries can power the world How Did This State Become the Data Center Capital of the World?  Subsidizing the Cloud: U.S. State Incentives to Data Centers Scope True - Reality-Based Corporate Carbon Accounting For the Decarbonization webNRG GitHub - webNRG  If you enjoyed this episode then please either: Follow, rate, and review on Apple PodcastsFollow and rate on SpotifyWatch our videos on The Green Software Foundation YouTube Channel!Connect with us on Twitter, Github and LinkedIn! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    51 min
  4. Backstage: Carmen

    FEB 12

    Backstage: Carmen

    Chris Skipper hosts Florent Morel and Joseph Cook to discuss Carmen on this Backstage episode. Built at Amadeus and now part of the GSF ecosystem, Carmen helps organizations measure software carbon emissions at both infrastructure and application levels using existing observability and FinOps data, all powered by the GSF Impact Framework. They discuss why granular, team-level emissions data matters, how Carmen works in practice, and how standardized, transparent measurements can turn sustainability insights into concrete engineering action. Learn more about our people: Chris Skipper: LinkedIn | WebsiteFlorent Morel: LinkedIn | GitHub | WebsiteJoseph Cook: LinkedIn | Website Find out more about the GSF: The Green Software Foundation Website Sign up to the Green Software Foundation Newsletter Resources: Open‑Source Carbon Measurement Engine: How Carmen Advances Sustainable Engineering | Amadeus  [00:30] How Amadeus engineers are contributing to a carbon-aware software industry? | Amadeus [03:08]Impact Framework | GSF [05:30]Environment Variables Ep 96 | Backstage: Impact Framework [07:48]Software Carbon Intensity (SCI) Specification | GSF [17:13]GitHub - AmadeusITGroup/carmen: Open-source carbon measurement for cloud infrastructure and Kubernetes workloads. [20:48] If you enjoyed this episode then please either: Follow, rate, and review on Apple PodcastsFollow and rate on SpotifyWatch our videos on The Green Software Foundation YouTube Channel!Connect with us on Twitter, Github and LinkedIn! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    23 min
  5. Space and Commitment to Green Software

    FEB 5

    Space and Commitment to Green Software

    Anne Currie hosts Anna Forlati to discuss why sustainability is not a cost center but a business advantage. Drawing on her journey from UX designer to Head of Digital Sustainability and Impact, Anna explores how inclusive design, ESG strategy, and cultural change can make digital products more resilient, ethical, and profitable. From B Corps and EU regulation to GreenOps and AI efficiency, the conversation reframes sustainability as a mindset shift that aligns purpose, performance, and long term value. Learn more about our people: Anne Currie: LinkedIn | WebsiteAnna Forlati: LinkedIn | Website Find out more about the GSF: The Green Software Foundation Website Sign up to the Green Software Foundation Newsletter Resources: Why inclusive products are green products - TetraLogical [11:57] Green AI: Hype or Hope? | Harvard Magazine GenAI Ecosystems Are Software, Not Magic: What It Takes to Build Something You Can Live With | by Wilco Burggraaf | Medium   If you enjoyed this episode then please either: Follow, rate, and review on Apple PodcastsFollow and rate on SpotifyWatch our videos on The Green Software Foundation YouTube Channel!Connect with us on Twitter, Github and LinkedIn! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    54 min
  6. How to do Greener Prompting with AI and GreenPT

    JAN 29

    How to do Greener Prompting with AI and GreenPT

    In this episode, host Chris Adams is joined by Wilco Burggraaf and Robert Keus of GreenPT to unpack what greener prompting and transparent AI actually look like in practice. They discuss why most AI services hide their environmental impact, how GreenPT exposes real energy and carbon data to users, and why user behavior plays a major role in AI’s footprint. The conversation explores prompt length, session design, model efficiency, and the limits of chat-based AI, making a strong case for transparency, better defaults, and more purposeful use of AI if it’s going to scale responsibly. Learn more about our people: Chris Adams: LinkedIn | GitHub | WebsiteRobert Keus: LinkedIn | WebsiteWilco Burggraaf: LinkedIn | Medium | Website Find out more about the GSF: The Green Software Foundation Website Sign up to the Green Software Foundation Newsletter Resources: GreenPT [01:14] Green Software - The Netherlands | Meetup [02:34]Scaleway [22:40]Neuralwatt [29:23] If you enjoyed this episode then please either: Follow, rate, and review on Apple PodcastsFollow and rate on SpotifyWatch our videos on The Green Software Foundation YouTube Channel!Connect with us on Twitter, Github and LinkedIn! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    58 min
  7. Azure API Management

    JAN 22

    Azure API Management

    Chris Adams speaks with Tom Kerkhove of the Microsoft Azure API Management team about how thoughtful API design can reduce energy use and improve system efficiency. They discuss how API gateways, caching, throttling, and observability can cut unnecessary compute and data transfer, while also improving reliability and developer experience. The conversation shows how small architectural decisions at the API layer can have an outsized impact on cost, performance, and sustainability at scale. Learn more about our people: Chris Adams: LinkedIn | GitHub | WebsiteTom Kerkhove: LinkedIn | Website Find out more about the GSF: The Green Software Foundation Website Sign up to the Green Software Foundation Newsletter Resources: Solar Protocol [02:33]KEDA [04:37] Azure API Management [10:01]Grid-aware websites - Green Web Foundation [20:37]Electricity Maps [23:25]Real Time Energy and Carbon Standard for Cloud Providers [26:17]Azure API Management | Microsoft Azure Blog [30:01] If you enjoyed this episode then please either: Follow, rate, and review on Apple PodcastsFollow and rate on SpotifyWatch our videos on The Green Software Foundation YouTube Channel!Connect with us on Twitter, Github and LinkedIn! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    31 min
  8. The Green Shift: Transitioning .NET Services Across Architectures

    12/25/2025

    The Green Shift: Transitioning .NET Services Across Architectures

    Anne Currie is joined by Sara Bergman to explore what the shift to greener computing really looks like in practice, using .NET and modern CPU architectures as a concrete example. They unpack why moving from traditional x64 systems to more efficient ARM-based platforms can cut costs and carbon, how runtime environments like .NET make architectural transitions easier, and why staying up to date with platforms is essential for performance, security, and sustainability. Along the way, the conversation connects DevOps, modernization, and energy efficiency into a clear message: the green shift starts with building systems that are designed to change. Learn more about our people: Anne Currie: LinkedIn | WebsiteSara Bergman: LinkedIn | Website Find out more about the GSF: The Green Software Foundation Website Sign up to the Green Software Foundation Newsletter Resources: Building Green Software [Book] [03:17]Environment Variables Ep 115 - Real Efficiency at Scale with Sean Varley [09:06]Environment Variables Ep 107 - Cloud Infrastructure, Efficiency and Sustainability [09:47]RISC vs CISC - GeeksforGeeks Microsoft .NET  If you enjoyed this episode then please either: Follow, rate, and review on Apple PodcastsFollow and rate on SpotifyWatch our videos on The Green Software Foundation YouTube Channel!Connect with us on Twitter, Github and LinkedIn! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    45 min
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Each episode we discuss the latest news regarding how to reduce the emissions of software and how the industry is dealing with its own environmental impact. Brought to you by The Green Software Foundation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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