SC4RC 2026

Session

Interactive Session

May 4, 2026, 4:30 PM

500/1-001 - Main Auditorium (CERN)

19. GreenDIGIT Tools for Environmental Sustainability in Digital Research Infrastructures: Assessment Methodology and Metrics Publication System

Damla Rowlandson, Shashikant Ilager (University of Amsterdam), Iida Lehto (Mandat International)

5/4/26, 4:30 PM

Interactive session

The GreenDIGIT project has developed a comprehensive environmental sustainability framework for digital Research Infrastructures (RIs). In this interactive session, we introduce and demonstrate two key tools delivered by the project. First, the Environmental Impact Assessment Methodology offers a structured, lifecycle-based framework for evaluating carbon emissions, energy consumption, waste,...

47. Power Measurement Techniques for Research Computing

Dr Jack Coker (University of Cambridge)

5/4/26, 4:30 PM

Interactive session

Software and hardware energy optimisation is one of the key levers to reducing the operational environmental impacts of computing activities. To support this, a granular understanding of how computers use power is essential but rarely straightforward. Confounding factors can arise from (1) differences between platforms (e.g. high-performance computing vs laptops), (2) variability in accessible...

17. IT in your research – what impacts?

Manuel Cubero-Castan (EPFL, VPS), Julia Paolini (EPFL)

5/6/26, 11:50 AM

Interactive session

This interactive workshop, “IT in Your Research – What Impacts?”, aims to raise awareness among researchers about the environmental footprint of their research activities. Targeting group of 20–30 participants, the workshop combines theoretical foundations with hands on practice, encouraging attendees to analyze their own research projects or publications. The session begins with an...

51. What’s Stopping Emissions Monitoring Across Compute Services?

Jessica Huntley (STFC)

5/6/26, 2:00 PM

Interactive session

There is a consensus in the sustainable computing community that understanding the carbon footprint of computing is vital. Despite this, wide-spread adoption of emissions monitoring has not yet been realised.
In this interactive session, we will share recent work from STFC’s Scientific Computing Department which has focused on measuring and reporting user carbon emissions in different...

56. Beyond the Dashboard: What Should Research Computing Carbon Monitoring Actually Do?

Navirah Kamal (University of Cambridge)

5/6/26, 2:45 PM

Interactive session

Building tools that monitor the environmental cost of computational work is only the first challenge. The harder question is: what should they actually show, and to whom, and in what form, to make a genuine difference?

This interactive session uses the Green Algorithms Dashboard—a daily monitoring tool for computational resource usage and estimated carbon footprint of HPC systems—as a...

46. Your planet needs you! Scoping a community of Sustainable Computing Ambassadors.

Kirsty Pringle, Loïc Lannelongue (University of Cambridge)

5/8/26, 10:45 AM

Interactive session

Sustainability work is often driven by individuals acting informally as advocates within their institutions, often without formal recognition, support, or career reward.

This interactive workshop will establish the foundations for a Sustainable Computing Ambassador network. Through facilitated discussions and breakout sessions, participants will map existing sustainable computing activities...