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。*科技行业的温室气体排放量占全球排放量的4%左右，这与全球航空业类似。预计到2030年，这一比例将达到10%-30%。*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。*1.9万家公司自愿通过CDP报告排放量，排名前5位的可持续性信息披露机构每年从30,000多家公司收集信息。**设计缺陷：*目前，CED由拥有大量技术知识的利益相关者把关。*这使得可持续发展负责人(Hos)等技术含量较低的用户很难理解和使用数据。**项目合作：*GreenPixie和苏塞克斯大学的合作将把两个拥有互补技能和经验的组织的专业知识聚集在一起。*GreenPixie对云计算行业有深刻的理解，并具有构建可访问的CED解决方案的技术能力。*苏塞克斯大学在以地球为中心和设计领先的研究方面拥有专业知识，并开发解决方案，使复杂数据人性化。*结合这些功能，我们可以将以地球为中心的设计置于新兴的ESG数据市场的核心。**项目成果：*更好地了解HOS和其他CED技术较少的用户的需求。*以地球为中心、以设计为导向的CED方法，用户友好且可操作。*为企业设计新的CED平台，以跟踪和减少他们的云排放。**项目影响：*该项目将对企业管理其云排放的方式产生重大影响。*该项目将使CED对企业更容易访问，这将帮助他们减少排放，实现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.