The annual hackathon from the Green Software Foundation
In Carbon Hack 24, we explore groundbreaking ways to measure the environmental impact of software. Our focus is on the Impact Framework (IF), an innovative open-source project that assesses software's environmental impacts. Join us for a three-week challenge where engineers, designers and content creators will use IF to measure software's ecological footprint.
What is carbon hack?
In 2024, Carbon Hack is about how we measure the environmental impact of software. Until now, no single solution has managed to calculate software’s impacts across all components, across all environments. Impact Framework (IF), an open source project, attempts to do just that, be it for carbon emissions, water or land usage, or other chemical impacts. For 3 weeks in the early spring, developers and engineers will compete to showcase their best application of IF in measuring the ecological footprint of software.
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Sponsors
Community Partners
Timeline
22 January
Registration begins
18 March
Hackathon Starts
8 April
End of Hackathon & Project Submission
18 April
Awards Ceremony
Awards
Beyond Carbon
A plugin that enables people to measure impacts beyond carbon. The plugin must output an environmental impact (e.g., water, waste, air quality)
Best Plugin
A plugin that best supports and enhances the Impact Framework ecosystem
Best Content
Best educational content published about Impact Framework, a case-story applying IF to a domain, tutorial, or video
Best Contribution
Any software solution that helps makes Impact Framework easier to use, for users creating/running manifest file and developers building plugins. This does not have to be a plugin and can be a separate application entirely.
Best Undergraduate & Under 18
We are also keen to broaden the opportunities for those who are studying, so we have specific prizes for Undergraduate Students and Under 18s, drawn from across the main categories.
Judges
Bertrand Martin
CEO
Sentry Software
Bianca Butler
Technical Product Owner, Environments
Nedbank
Clifton Phua
Director of Labs
BizTech Group, IMDA
Daniel Lazaro
Senior Technical Program Manager
Aveva
Eleonore Gueit
Sustainable Engineering Advocate
Amaedus
Gadhu Sundaram
Vice President, Application Services
NTT DATA UK
Ioannis Kolaxis
Director, Technology Sustainability Innovation
Accenture
Navveen Balani
Chief Technologist
Accenture
Raghuram Krovvidi
Associate Director
BCG X
The Hack Experience
Carbon Hack is a dynamic competition that combines healthy rivalry with collaborative innovation. Hackers will push the limits of the framework, uncover potential weaknesses, and create innovations to enhance the tool. Solo or in small teams, participants must:
About Green Software Foundation
The Green Software Foundation is a non-profit organisation and part of the Linux Foundation. Our mission is to build a trusted ecosystem of people, standards, tooling and best practices for creating and building green software. Head over to greensoftware.foundation to find out more about our working groups and projects.
