diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 468642a56..a96f0c8c4 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,18 +1,18 @@ # Carbon Aware SDK -The Carbon Aware SDK is a toolset to help you measure the carbon emissions of your software, -in turn helping you **measure and reduce your software's carbon emissions**. +Carbon aware software does more when it can leverage greener energy sources, and less when the energy CO2 emissions are higher. + +The Carbon Aware SDK is a toolset to help you measure the carbon emissions of your software, in turn helping you **measure and reduce your software's carbon emissions**, and choose when and where you run your software to make it greener. ![Carbon Aware Software](./images/carbon-aware-software.png) -> TODO: Get the bigger image + By knowing the carbon emissions of the energy that powers your applications, -you and your organisation can make decisions on when and where to run your software, -and leverage greener energy sources. +you and your organisation can leverage greener energy sources to reduce your CO2 emissions by: -* Build your AI models when carbon emissions are lower -* Deploy software into the cloud in locations that have greener energy sources -* Run software updates at greener energy time windows -* Use data to run hypothetical models to understand how you could start driving impact and reduce emissions +* Building AI models when carbon emissions are lower +* Deploying software into the cloud in locations that have greener energy sources +* Running software updates at greener energy time windows +* Using data to run hypothetical models to understand how you could start driving impact and reduce emissions, drive business cases for change, and create a greener future. Companies including UBS and Vestas have already deployed the Carbon Aware SDK to build greener software, and you can too! @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Head on over to the [Getting Started Overview Guide](./docs/overview.md) to get Get started on creating sustainable software innovation for a greener future today! -![WebApi Screenshot](./images/what-is-green-software-asim-hussain-green-software-foundation1.avif) +![Green Software](./images/what-is-green-software.avif) # How Does This Work? You can reduce the carbon footprint of your application by just running things @@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ electricity is dirty, or runs in a location where the energy is cleaner, we call this **carbon aware software**. ![Carbon Aware Software](./images/types-of-green-software.png) -> TODO: Get a higher quality image - this was from a slide deck The Carbon Aware SDK helps you build the carbon aware software solutions with the intelligence to use the greenest energy sources. Run them at the greenest @@ -183,10 +182,12 @@ The following are those who are currently actively working on the SDK and have m - Senior Technical Program Manager - Sophie Trinder (Green Software Foundation) - Principal Contributor - Szymon Duchniewicz (Avanade) - Principal Contributor - Dan Benitah (Avanade) -- Contributor - Bill Derusha (Avanade) +- Contributor - Bill DeRusha (Microsoft) - Contributor - Yasumasa Suenaga (NTT Data) - Contributor - Damien Roux (NTT Data) +Please note that there are many others who have made contributions over time - these are all greatly appreciated, the project would not be where it is today without everyone's support. Thank you. + ### GSF Project Scope For developers to build carbon aware software, there is a need for a unified