Overview
Methodology for Regional Carbon, Energy, and Water Factors
Greenpixie's regional factors methodology produces the carbon, energy and water factors that determine the impact of running a workload in one cloud region rather than another, at hourly resolution for grid carbon intensity.
The factors cover the electricity grids serving public cloud regions on AWS, Azure and Google Cloud, built from the generation and intensity data that grid operators, market bodies, national inventories and modelled national datasets publish. The methodology also carries the data centre energy overhead each cloud provider publishes for its own estates or, where none is published, a value Greenpixie assigns. It carries a water stress category for the location of each cloud region as well.
The companion Cloud methodology and AI methodology apply these factors. Those documents describe how the factors combine with energy figures to produce emissions.
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1. Introduction
Purpose, audience, and context of the methodology.
2. Scope and Applicability
What is in scope, out of scope, and the evaluation boundary.
3. Definitions
Key terms used throughout the methodology.
4. Methodology Overview
How the methodology works at a high level.
5. Inputs and Evidence Sources
The data categories and evidence sources the methodology draws on.
6. Eligibility, Selection, and Inclusion Logic
What is included and how it is selected and mapped.
7. Assessment and Calculation
The calculation components and their outputs.
8. Monitoring, Updates, and Review Timing
How the methodology is kept current.
9. Quality Assurance and Oversight
Standards alignment, validation, and review controls.
10. Governance and Methodology Changes
Working group, review cadence, and version control.
11. Outputs and Interpretation
Primary outputs, intended use, and interpretation guidance.
12. Related Documents
Standards, research, and sources referenced by the methodology.
13. Notice on Intellectual Property and Permitted Use
IP notice and permitted use of this document.