Why software is fuelling climate change
And what can be done about it
About
According to the UN, the information and communication (ICT) sector including AI, cryptocurrency and datacentres is predicted to generate between 6 and 23% of global carbon emissions by 2030. As software controls the hardware, it contributes indirectly to these emissions.
This webinar aims to show that most software is highly inefficient and so causes a significant quantity of unnecessary emissions. It also proposes incentives to academia and developer organisations to change their methodologies and tools.
The first objective shows the level of software inefficiency by examples.
The second, indicates the percentage of global emissions that can be saved by achievable software optimisations.
The third proposes an efficiency indicator for marketing purposes to encourage software optimisation.
The ability to eliminate up to 11% of global emissions is attainable if we make our software run on average an achievable 10 times faster.
Further emissions can be avoided if code and/or data size is diminished and embedded product software is optimised.
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Continuing Professional Development
This event can contribute towards your Continuing Professional Development (CPD) hours as part of the IET's CPD monitoring scheme.
22 Oct 2024
7:00pm - 8:15pm
Organiser
- Anglian Coastal Local Network
Speakers
Chris Watts
Software Engineer and Technologist
Chris started his career designing cutting-edge electronics for minicomputer CPUs and developing very high-performance software. At BT, he led a team developing software for
ISDN phones. During 23 years at 3Dlabs, he worked on efficient software development for pioneering 3D graphics chips. He successfully programme managed world-beating chip and software development projects. At Tactiq, Chris managed life-saving medical and automotive embedded software and hardware projects. Though retired, he is working on multiple high-tech and environment projects. He has a BSc (Hons) in Electronics, an MSc in
Computer Science, is a Chartered Engineer and a Member of the IET.
Programme
The event will be held Online, with a face to face to face audience in the University of Suffolk Atrium Lecture Theatre.
The presentation will start at 19:00. There will be opportunity for Q&A at about 19:45 with the event finishing at about 20:15.
For those online please allow at least 5 minutes to log in via Teams and checking your video and audio.