[EN] ByteSized: Green(er) Continuous Integration/Deployment - Joe Wallwork

English Edition: In this edition of the ByteSized dRTP (STEP-UP) season Joe Wallwork from the Institute of Computing for Climate Science (https://iccs.cam.ac.uk/) is telling us why green computing matters. And in particular, how to make continuous integration/deployment more sustainable. 

Links:

• https://github.com/Cambridge-ICCS/green-ci  The Green CI/CD GitHub tool
  • https://cambridge-iccs.github.io/green-ci/  the documentation about it
• https://www.ebi.ac.uk/training/events/byte-sized-green-computing/ The whole set of courses on green computing by the EBML-EBI and Green Special Interest Group (see link below)
• https://socrse.github.io/green-sig/

Some literature:

• https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.18718 Carbon-Awareness in CI/CD
• https://lorojournals.com/index.php/emsj/en/article/view/1581 Carbon-Aware Continuous Integration: Reducing Emissions Without Sacrificing Performance
• https://zenodo.org/records/12754189 Environmentally-aware use of GitHub Actions
• https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.26413 Environmental Impact of CI/CD Pipelines

Tools:

• https://codecarbon.io Code Carbon
• https://www.green-algorithms.org Green Algorithms
• https://github.com/GreenScheduler/cats CATS scheduler
• https://www.nextflow.io Nextflow
• https://app.electricitymaps.com/map/fifteen_minutes Electricity Map app

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