# Related Documents | Embodied Emissions methodology
Source: https://greenpixie.com/docs/methodology/cloud-embodied-emissions/related-documents

Standards, research, and sources referenced by the methodology.

## Greenpixie Methodologies [#greenpixie-methodologies]

* Greenpixie, [*Methodology for Cloud Emission Measurement*](/methodology/cloud).
* Greenpixie, [*Methodology for Cloud Compute Energy Measurement*](/methodology/cloud-compute).

## Standards and Protocols [#standards-and-protocols]

* World Resources Institute and WBCSD, *The Greenhouse Gas Protocol: A Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard*, Revised Edition, 2004.
* World Resources Institute and WBCSD, *Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Accounting and Reporting Standard*, 2011.
* World Resources Institute and WBCSD, *Product Life Cycle Accounting and Reporting Standard*, 2011.
* International Organization for Standardization, *ISO 14040:2006*.
* International Organization for Standardization, *ISO 14044:2006*.
* International Organization for Standardization, *ISO 14064-1:2018*.
* International Organization for Standardization, *ISO 14067:2018*.

## Regulatory Sources [#regulatory-sources]

* European Parliament and Council of the European Union, *Directive (EU) 2022/2464 as regards corporate sustainability reporting (Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive)*, 2022.
* HM Government (UK), *Environmental Reporting Guidelines: Including Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting Guidance*, 2019.
* Securities and Exchange Commission (US), *The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors*, 2024.

## Lifecycle Assessment and Embodied Emissions [#lifecycle-assessment-and-embodied-emissions]

* Boavizta, *BoaviztAPI*, accessed September 2026.
* Falk, S. et al., *More than Carbon: Cradle-to-Grave Environmental Impacts of GenAI Training on the Nvidia A100 GPU*, arXiv:2509.00093, 2025.
* Gröger, J. et al., *Green Cloud Computing: Lebenszyklusbasierte Datenerhebung zu Umweltwirkungen des Cloudcomputing*, Umweltbundesamt (German Federal Environment Agency), TEXTE 94/2021, 2021.
* Gupta, U. et al., *ACT: Designing Sustainable Computer Systems With An Architectural Carbon Modeling Tool*, 49th Annual International Symposium on Computer Architecture, 2022.

## Hardware Life Cycle Assessments [#hardware-life-cycle-assessments]

* Cisco, *N9324C-SE1U ISO-Aligned Life Cycle Assessment Report*, 2025.
* Dell, *Life Cycle Assessment of Dell R740*, 2019.
* Dell, *Life Cycle Assessment Dell Servers R6515, R7515, R6525, R7525*, 2021.
* NVIDIA, *Product Carbon Footprint Summary for NVIDIA HGX H100*, accessed September 2026.
* NVIDIA, *Product Carbon Footprint Summary for NVIDIA HGX B200*, accessed September 2026.
* Seagate, *Nytro 1551 Sustainability Report*, 2019.
* Seagate, *Exos X18 Sustainability Report*, 2021.

## Semiconductor Specification and Die Analysis [#semiconductor-specification-and-die-analysis]

* Handy, J., *64-Layer 3D NAND Chips Revealed at ISSCC*, The Memory Guy, 2017.
* TechInsights, *Micron 176L 3D NAND*, accessed September 2026.
* TechInsights, *Industry-Leading DDR5 Technology*, accessed September 2026.
* TechInsights, *Comparison: Latest 3D NAND Products from YMTC, Samsung, SK hynix and Micron*, 2023.
* TechPowerUp, *TechPowerUp CPU Database*, accessed September 2026.
* TechPowerUp, *TechPowerUp GPU Database*, accessed September 2026.

## Cloud Provider Sources [#cloud-provider-sources]

* Amazon Web Services, *Amazon EC2 Instance Type Specifications*, accessed September 2026.
* Google Cloud, *Machine Families Resource and Comparison Guide*, accessed September 2026.
* Microsoft Azure, *Azure Virtual Machines Sizes Documentation*, accessed September 2026.