Environment Variables

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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.

  1. Backstage: The Green Software Movement Platform

    6天前

    Backstage: The Green Software Movement Platform

    Producer Chris Skipper speaks with Gosia Fricze, Community Manager at the Green Software Foundation, about the launch of the new Green Software Movement Platform, a hub designed to connect practitioners, share resources, and turn conversations into real-world action. They discuss how the platform brings together tools, courses, events, and community spaces to help individuals and organizations adopt green software standards, foster collaboration, and build momentum toward a global movement for sustainable software.

    30 分钟
  2. The Week in Green Software: AI Energy Scores & Leaderboards

    8月21日

    The Week in Green Software: AI Energy Scores & Leaderboards

    Host Chris Adams is joined by Asim Hussain to explore the latest news from The Week in Green Software. They look at Hugging Face’s AI energy tools, Mistral’s lifecycle analysis, and the push for better data disclosure in the pursuit for AI sustainability. They discuss how prompt design, context windows, and model choice impact emissions, as well as the role of emerging standards like the Software Carbon Intensity for AI, and new research on website energy use.

    1 小时 5 分钟
  3. LLM Energy Transparency with Scott Chamberlin

    8月7日

    LLM Energy Transparency with Scott Chamberlin

    In this episode of Environment Variables, host Chris Adams welcomes Scott Chamberlin, co-founder of Neuralwatt and ex-Microsoft Software Engineer, to discuss energy transparency in large language models (LLMs). They explore the challenges of measuring AI emissions, the importance of data center transparency, and projects that work to enable flexible, carbon-aware use of AI. Scott shares insights into the current state of LLM energy reporting, the complexities of benchmarking across vendors, and how collaborative efforts can help create shared metrics to guide responsible AI development.

    1 小时 1 分钟
  4. Real Efficiency at Scale with Sean Varley

    7月24日

    Real Efficiency at Scale with Sean Varley

    Anne Currie is joined by Sean Varley, Chief Evangelist and VP of Business Development at Ampere Computing, a leader in building energy-efficient, cloud-native processors. They unpack the energy demands of AI, why power caps and utilization matter more than raw compute, and how to rethink metrics like performance-per-rack for a greener digital future. Sean also discusses Ampere’s role in the AI Platform Alliance, the company’s partnership with Rakuten, and how infrastructure choices impact the climate trajectory of AI.

    48 分钟
  5. Real Time Cloud with Adrian Cockcroft

    7月12日

    Real Time Cloud with Adrian Cockcroft

    Chris Adams is joined by Adrian Cockcroft, former VP of Cloud Architecture Strategy at AWS, a pioneer of microservices at Netflix, and contributor to the Green Software Foundation’s Real Time Cloud project. They explore the evolution of cloud sustainability—from monoliths to microservices to serverless—and what it really takes to track carbon emissions in real time. Adrian explains why GPUs offer rare transparency in energy data, how the Real Time Cloud dataset works, and what’s holding cloud providers back from full carbon disclosure. Plus, he shares his latest obsession: building a generative AI-powered house automation system using agent swarms.

    1 小时 19 分钟
  6. Backstage: Software Standards Working Group SCI

    7月3日

    Backstage: Software Standards Working Group SCI

    In this Backstage episode of Environment Variables, podcast producer Chris Skipper highlights the Green Software Foundation’s Software Standards Working Group—chaired by Henry Richardson (WattTime) and Navveen Balani (Accenture). This group is central to shaping global benchmarks for sustainable software. Key initiatives discussed include the Software Carbon Intensity (SCI) Specification, its extensions for AI and the web, the Real-Time Energy and Carbon Standard for cloud providers, the SCI Guide, and the TOSS framework. Together, these tools aim to drive emissions reduction through interoperable, transparent, and globally applicable standards.

    16 分钟
  7. Environment Variables Year Three Roundup

    6月26日

    Environment Variables Year Three Roundup

    It’s been three years of Environment Variables! What a landmark year for the Green Software Foundation. From launching behind-the-scenes Backstage episodes, to covering the explosive impact of AI on software emissions, to broadening our audience through beginner-friendly conversations; this retrospective showcases our mission to create a trusted ecosystem for sustainable software. Here’s to many more years of EV!

    25 分钟
  8. Open Source Carbon Footprints

    6月12日

    Open Source Carbon Footprints

    Chris Adams is joined by Thibaud Colas; product lead at Torchbox, president of the Django Software Foundation, and lead on Wagtail CMS. They explore the role of open source projects in tackling digital carbon emissions and discuss Wagtail's pioneering carbon footprint reporting, sustainable default settings, and grid-aware website features, all enabled through initiatives like Google Summer of Code. Thibaud shares how transparency, contributor motivation, and clear governance can drive impactful sustainability efforts in web development, and why measuring and reducing emissions in the Python ecosystem matters now more than ever.

    42 分钟
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关于

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.

信息

  • 创作者
    Green Software Foundation
  • 活跃年份
    2022年 - 2025年
  • 单集
    119
  • 分级
    儿童适宜
  • 版权
    © Green Software Foundation
  • 节目网站
    Environment Variables

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