Chapter 6
Become Carbon Aware
Here, the spotlight is on the criticality of understanding and acting on the carbon footprint of digital products. This segment equips you with the knowledge to measure, reduce, and manage your carbon impact, emphasizing a move toward greener technology and sustainable innovation. It’s a guide to going further than existing standards in the tech industry and setting the bar higher.
"You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make."
Jane Goodall, Primatologist and Environmentalist
In This Chapter
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34. Choose a sustainable hosting provider
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35. Promote green user behaviors
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36. Set up ultra eco-mode
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Case Study: Automated Server Decommissioning: Achieving Carbon Reduction at Scale for a Greener Future
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37. Optimize for clean energy
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38. Pause or deactivate services tactically
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Case Study: Illumina - Sustainable Cloud Storage for Genomic Data