Software Power Consumption Measurement

Cardamon （\[Car\] bon \[Da\] board和\[Mon\] itor）是一个开源工具，供软件开发人员测量他们构建的系统的功耗和碳排放。它为开发人员和产品所有者提供了洞察他们的数字产品对环境的影响的方法。我们的软件咨询公司Root ＆ Branch Digital通过绿色软件的设计、开发和部署，帮助组织减少其数字碳足迹。但是，你不能减少你没有测量的东西。这就是卡达蒙的作用。豆蔻有两种用途。作为开发过程中使用的轻量级工具，允许开发人员看到他们的代码更改所产生的影响。作为生产环境的监视器，为产品所有者提供对其部署的产品的环境影响的洞察。但是我们为什么要关心绿色软件呢？计算机技术是温室气体排放的重要来源。IT行业排放的二氧化碳比航空、航运和铁路加起来还要多\[1\]\[2\]。虽然硬件造成了这些排放，但软件推动了需求。随着人工智能\[3\]等能源密集型技术的加速发展，这一数字还在不断增长。为了支持数字技术的可持续发展，我们必须改变软件的开发方式，Cardamon是这一变化的一部分。＿资料来源＿ \[1\]“ICT的真实气候和变革影响：对估计、趋势和法规的批评”（Freitag等人，2021）https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patter.2021.100340 \[2\]“各行业：全球温室气体排放从何而来？”（Ritchie, 2020） https://ourworldindata.org/ghg-emissions-by-sector \[3\]“IES：数据中心和数据传输网络”（2023）https://www.iea.org/energy-system/buildings/data-centres-and-data-transmission-networks

Cardamon (the \[Car\]bon \[Da\]shboard and \[Mon\]itor) is an open-source tool for software developers to measure the power consumption and carbon emissions of the systems they build. It provides developers and product owners with insight into the impact their digital product has on the environment.Our software consultancy, Root & Branch Digital, helps organisations reduce their digital carbon footprint through the design, development and deployment of green software. But, you can't reduce what you don't measure. That's where Cardamon comes in.Cardamon can be used in two ways.1. As a light-weight tool used during development, allowing developers to see the impact that their code changes are making.2. As a monitor for production environments, providing insight to product owners into the environmental impact of their deployed product.But why should we care about green software?Computing technology is a substantial source of greenhouse gas emissions. The IT industry emits more CO2 than aviation, shipping and rail combined \[1\] \[2\]. Although hardware causes these emissions, software drives the demand. And this is growing with the acceleration of energy-intensive technology like AI \[3\]. To support the sustainable growth of digital technology we must change how software is developed and Cardamon is part of that change. _Sources_ \[1\] "The real climate and transformative impact of ICT: A critique of estimates, trends, and regulations" (Freitag et al, 2021) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patter.2021.100340\[2\] "Sector by sector: where do global greenhouse gas emissions come from?"(Ritchie, 2020) https://ourworldindata.org/ghg-emissions-by-sector \[3\] "IES: Data Centres and Data Transmission Networks" (2023)https://www.iea.org/energy-system/buildings/data-centres-and-data-transmission-networks