Digital Environmental Footprint

Our goal is to measure environmental impact of digital resources

We selected the relevant environmental impact indicators from the Life Cycle Assessment framework for Digital resources from the standard EN15804 +A2:

Environmental Impact Indicators

Resource Usage Indicators

Waste Indicators

Output flow indicators

A summary of our thesis

Summary of SDIA's Digital Environmental Footprint
Creating a digital environmental footprint: a Life Cycle Assessment approach Abstract With the Digital Environmental Footprint, the first activity on the Roadmap of the Sustainable Digital Infrastructure Alliance (SDIA), we aim to bring together experts and make fruitful connections to develop an...
Summary of SDIA's Digital Environmental Footprint

State of Conversion Formulas

Based on our thesis, the formulas are intended to be used in environments where there is no access to physical measures, e.g. RAPL or IPMI and serve as a best-effort estimate. Each formula makes transparent assumptions
To focus on few priority indicators right now, we further boiled down the list from above to these:
  • Climate change – total, fossil, biogenic and land use in CO2-eq (kg)
  • Depletion of abiotic resources – minerals and metals in Sb-eq (kg)
  • Use of fresh water in m3
  • Energy use
    • Primary renewable energy (energy) in MJ
    • Primary non-renewable energy (energy) in MJ

Energy use

Draft formula’s for energy use are here:

Tooling

Overview Tools & APIs

In depth information

🎯Our approach to validation🌿Why Life Cycle Assessment?DEF verification system📓Responsibilities across value chain🥅Goals1️⃣Principles📚Literature review💼Research paper on an applied LCA of a webpage (WIP) ⬅️SDIA’s previous work on the DEF🗒️Information for steering group participants | DEF