Speaker
Daniele Massaro
(CERN)
Description
Environmental Sustainability of computing has garnered public attention. CERN IT is taking an active role to minimise its environmental impact. This contribution will describe how CERN IT assess its carbon footprint, reduces the impact through improvements of the infrastructure, conscious purchasing and lifecycle management. It will also cover the impact of the the improvement of the efficiency of some of the HEP communities' core software components, based on work conducted within the IT department. This contribution will include a comparison between the different activities and the overall impact of the LHC program and point out options for future activities related to sustainability and the limitations in this area.