summer24-green-code

A tool for measuring the carbon emissions of a Python program, using live carbon intensity from Electricity Maps, and power measurements from pyJoules

The aim of this project was to create a tool to measure carbon emissions of a user's code. It is not fully fit for users at the moment, and needs further development. To measure emissions we need measurements for energy usage and carbon intensity

Emissions = Carbon Intensity x Power x Time

Carbon Intensity

• Carbon intensity is a measure of how clean our electricity is
• Units are in grams of CO2 released per kilowatt hour of electricity generated
• Lower is better (renewables < fossil fuels)
• Varies with - time of day, time of year, region

Currently it does:

• Allow the user to enter a filepath to a python file
• Run that file and measure the energy usage using PyJoules
• Allow the user to specify multiple regions for comparison
• Pull the live carbon intensity for specified regions from Electricity Maps
• Pull 24 hours historical carbon intensity to show effect of running at different times

Requirements

• python > 3.10