workshop
Green HPC system use
A workshop introducing environmental sustainability principles for HPC, delivered at UCL on 2 July 2025
Keywords: ARCHER2, EPCC, HPC, UCL, carbon efficiency, green computing, sustainable HPC
Competency level: • Beginner
Target audience: Anyone involved in using or delivering HPC resources — users, software developers for HPC, HPC service operators, and those involved in procuring HPC systems. No prior knowledge of environmental sustainability assumed.
Resource type: workshop
Status: Active
Prerequisites:
Familiarity with key concepts in climate change and green software engineering (covered in the pre-workshop setup material)
Learning objectives:
- Appreciate embodied emissions associated with HPC hardware
- Be aware of frameworks for measuring and reporting carbon emissions in HPC contexts
- Gain practical advice on measuring and improving carbon efficiency of HPC use
- Know how HPC systems can potentially reduce emissions
- Understand carbon efficiency and its relationship to energy efficiency
- Understand carbon intensity of electricity generation and carbon-aware HPC use
Date published: 2025-07-02
Contributors: EPCC, Green Software Foundation
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