Thoughtworks Technology Podcast

How to measure your cloud carbon footprint

Apr 4, 2024

Senior software engineers Cameron Casher and Arik Smith discuss Cloud Carbon Footprint, an open-source tool for measuring carbon emissions from cloud services. They explain its unique approach, importance of transparency, and challenges in implementation. The podcast also covers case studies, development hurdles, and the benefits of open-source projects in shaping sustainability solutions.

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Cameron Casher

Arik Smith

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Quick takeaways

Cloud Carbon Footprint tool measures carbon emissions from cloud usage.

CCF provides granular data for real-time estimations and supports multiple cloud providers.

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Introduction of Cloud Carbon Footprint Tool

The Cloud Carbon Footprint tool is an open source project launched in March 2021, designed to measure and monitor carbon emissions and energy usage from cloud services. It supports major cloud providers like Google Cloud, AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Alibaba Cloud. The tool offers a customizable dashboard for visualizing estimations and provides API and command line interface options for users. Its origin lies in the need for a transparent methodology to calculate emissions due to the lack of detailed data provided by cloud providers.

Introduction

2min

Measuring Cloud Carbon Footprint with CCF Tool

11min

Implementing Cloud Carbon Footprint in Organizations

15min

Challenges and complexities in developing CCF within ThoughtWorks

4min

Measuring Carbon Footprint and Open-Source Model

5min

Insights on Cloud Usage and Open-Source Maintainers

2min

If you've ever wondered how to measure your cloud carbon footprint, you can — thanks to a tool that's called, somewhat unsurprisingly, Cloud Carbon Footprint. Launched in March 2021 by Thoughtworks as an open-source project, it allows users to monitor and measure carbon emissions and energy use from cloud services.

On this episode of the Technology Podcast, senior software engineers Cameron Casher and Arik Smith join Alexey Boas and Ken Mugrage to talk about Cloud Carbon Footprint in depth. They explain why CCF is different from the measurement tools offered by established cloud vendors, how it actually works and how you can get started with it yourself.

CCF on GitHub: https://github.com/cloud-carbon-footprint

Learn more: https://www.cloudcarbonfootprint.org/