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Navveen Balani Making systems intelligent, efficient & responsible

Around four years ago, the Green Software Foundation Standards…

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Around four years ago, the Green Software Foundation Standards Working Group started as a small group of us meeting every week. Through small, consistent actions, regular check-ins, GitHub updates, and collective thinking grounded in inclusivity and consensus, we shaped what would become the world’s first ISO specification for measuring the carbon emissions of software: the Software Carbon Intensity (SCI) standard.

What began as a modest effort steadily grew as more organizations came on board to contribute. Participation expanded, ideas multiplied, and today the Green Software Foundation has evolved into a thriving community of over 60 member organizations, all united by the goal of making software part of the climate solution.

Building on this foundation, we are now extending the specification to Artificial Intelligence through SCI for AI. We recently hosted the first SCI for AI workshop, bringing together over 20 contributors from across industries, all driven by the shared goal of creating consistent, transparent, and actionable metrics to measure the environmental impact of AI systems. Here is the link to the workshop report, which captures the key discussions, outcomes, and the path ahead: https://lnkd.in/di_8ebY5

To explain to my daughter what I do on these weekly calls, I tell her it’s like coming up with the formula for calories on food labels, which she related to instantly. Once something becomes visible, people become more aware and can make better choices.

A big thank you to all the members who have been participating, contributing their time and expertise every week, and to the organizations supporting them to help take this important work forward.

I am fortunate to chair the Standards Working Group and help steer the SCI for AI initiative. Together, we are making the invisible visible by exposing emissions that are otherwise hidden and unaccounted for in the digital systems we use every day, and by providing ways to reduce them. Making emissions measurable is the first step toward managing their impact and driving reduction.

Let’s make Sustainable AI the new norm.

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