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Emily ly Labra ram Senior Product Manager, Government Digital Service @emilylabram How much CO2 is is pro roduced by our r dig igit ital servic ices at GDS? GDS How much CO2 do we produce keeping sites like GOV.UK up and running?

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Emily ly Labra ram Senior Product Manager, Government Digital Service @emilylabram

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How much CO2 is is pro roduced by our r dig igit ital servic ices at GDS?

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GDS

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How much CO2 do we produce keeping sites like GOV.UK up and running?

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Why did id we do this is?

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Government has committed to reduce emissions to zero by 2050

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“We will need to be sure that we are using clean and gre reen digital and te technology se serv rvices and pra racti tices” The Greening Government Sustainable Technology Strategy 2016-2020

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Teams in government don’t have guidance on sustainable hosting

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Why do dig igit ital l servic ices pro roduce CO2?

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Websites like GOV.UK run

n computers

in data centres

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These computers are powered by electricity

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“ICT currently accounts for around 3.6% of global electricity use and 1.4% of greenhouse gas emissions”

The Energy and Carbon Footprint of the Global ICT and E&M Sectors 2010–2015, Malmodin and Lunden

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How did id we measure it it?

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We estimated overall CO2 based on:

1. Hosting costs per year (£)
2. Minus profit (-30%)
3. Minus costs that aren’t energy (-40%)
4. Converting that cost to electricity

(assuming 12p per KWh/month)

5. Converting electricity to CO2 (assuming

the average UK grid, or 0.352g CO2/kwh)

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What did id we le learn?

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GDS services produce up to 4,000 to tonnes

f CO2 a ye year As much as a village of 470 homes

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Or 700 cars

(photo by Ryan Searle

n Unsplash)

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How do we re reduce these emis issio ions?

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Zero carbon is possible!

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“The size of the average web page increased at least threefold from 2010 to 2018.”

www.httparchive.org

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Use less Waste less

Do we really need to build this? Have we switched off our tools overnight?

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“I reduced global emissions by an estimated 59 tonnes CO2 per month by removing a 20KB JavaScript dependency”

https://dannyvankooten.com/website-carbon-emissions/

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Simplify

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Simpler is better for everyone

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Show our Cloud Providers that we value sustainability

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Read more about Designing for Sustainability

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Join the ClimateAction.Tech community

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Thanks! Emily Labram @emilylabram