Designing the Future of Cloud Emissions Data

** 设计云排放数据的未来 * 问题：* 世界需要迅速脱碳。技术部门占全球温室气体排放量的约4%，与全球航空业相似。预计到2030年将达到10-30%。在云中存储和处理的数据是排放的主要来源。包括伦敦在内的一些地区已经限制了云数据中心的建设，以减少电网需求。现有的云碳计算工具要么用户友好但不准确，要么准确但需要高度的技术知识。市场机会：* 准确、用户友好的云排放数据（CED）已经有很大的市场机会。19，000家公司通过CDP自愿报告排放量，五大可持续性披露机构每年收集超过30，000家公司的披露信息。设计缺陷：* 目前，CED由具有重要技术知识的利益相关者把关。这使得技术性较低的用户，如可持续发展主管（HoS），难以理解和使用数据。项目合作：* Greenpixie和苏塞克斯大学之间的合作将汇集两个组织的专业知识，具有互补的技能和经验。Greenpixie对云计算行业有着深刻的理解，并具备构建可访问CED解决方案的技术能力。*苏塞克斯大学在以行星为中心和以设计为主导的研究方面拥有专业知识，并开发了“人性化”复杂数据的解决方案。结合这些功能，使我们能够将以地球为中心的设计置于新兴ESG数据市场的核心。项目成果：* 更好地了解HOS和CED其他技术性较低的用户的需求。一种以地球为中心、以设计为主导的CED方法，用户友好且可操作。为企业设计新的CED平台，以跟踪和减少其云排放。**项目影响：* 该项目将对企业管理云排放的方式产生重大影响。该项目将使企业更容易获得CED，这将有助于他们减少排放并实现其NetZero目标。

**Designing the Future of Cloud Emissions Data****Problem:*** The world needs to decarbonise rapidly.* The technology sector is responsible for ~4% of global Greenhouse Gas Emissions emissions, similar to global aviation. This is projected to reach 10-30% by 2030\.* Data stored and processed in the cloud is a major source of emissions.* Some regions, including London, have already limited construction of cloud data-centres to reduce electrical-grid demands.* Existing tools for calculating cloud carbon are either user-friendly but inaccurate, or accurate but require highly technical knowledge.**Market Opportunity:*** There is already a large market opportunity for accurate, user-friendly Cloud Emissions Data (CED).* 19,000 companies voluntarily report emissions through CDP, and the top 5 sustainability disclosure bodies collect disclosures from over 30,000 companies annually.**Design Deficiency:*** Currently, CED is gatekept by stakeholders with significant technical knowledge.* This makes it difficult for less technical users, such as Heads of Sustainability (HoS), to understand and use the data.**Project Collaboration:*** The collaboration between Greenpixie and the University of Sussex will bring together the expertise of two organisations with complementary skills and experience.* Greenpixie has a deep understanding of the cloud computing industry and the technical capability to build an accessible CED solution.* The University of Sussex has expertise in planet-centric and design-led research, and developing solutions to 'humanise' complex data.* Combining these capabilities allows us to place planet-centric design at the heart of an emerging ESG data market.**Project Outcomes:*** A better understanding of the needs of HoS and other less technical users of CED.* A planet-centric, design-led approach to CED that is user-friendly and actionable.* A design of a new CED platform for businesses to track and reduce their cloud emissions.**Project Impact:*** The project will have a significant impact on the way that businesses manage their cloud emissions.* The project will make CED more accessible to businesses, which will help them to reduce their emissions and meet their NetZero targets.