Name: Open Standards for Measuring Carbon, Energy, and Water in Software and AI - Navveen Balani, Linux Foundation
Start: 2026-10-08T15:50:00+0200
End: 2026-10-08T16:30:00+0200

7-9 October, 2026
Prague, Czechia
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Open Standards for Measuring Carbon, Energy, and Water in Software and AI - Navveen Balani, Linux Foundation

Thursday October 8, 2026 15:50 - 16:30 CEST

Forum Hall (Floor 2)

Software’s environmental footprint, especially AI’s, is becoming a business, governance, and regulatory priority. The EU AI Act introduces environmental transparency expectations for general-purpose AI, while the CSRD expands sustainability reporting obligations to 50,000+ companies. As software and AI adoption accelerate, organizations are increasingly seeking consistent ways to measure carbon, energy, and water impacts across workloads and inference.

The Green Software Foundation, a Linux Foundation project, is helping shape the open standards foundation for this transition:

• SCI (ISO/IEC 21031:2024): the ISO-ratified standard for software carbon intensity
• SEE: measuring software energy efficiency across workloads
• SCI for AI: extending measurement to AI training, fine-tuning, and inference
• SWE: addressing the growing water footprint of software and AI systems

Drawing on direct experience chairing and co-leading these specifications, this session explores how these standards connect, align with emerging expectations such as the EU AI Act and CSRD, and help organizations build measurable, transparent, and sustainable software and AI systems.

Speakers

Navveen Balani

Executive Director , Green Software Foundation, Linux Foundation

Navveen Balani is the Executive Director of the Green Software Foundation and a technology leader with 25+ years of experience building exponential and responsible technology systems. He chaired the creation of the ISO-ratified Software Carbon Intensity (SCI) standard and leads SCI... Read More →

Thursday October 8, 2026 15:50 - 16:30 CEST
Forum Hall (Floor 2)

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Audience Experience Level Beginner

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Navveen Balani

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