Net-Zero and Circular Economy Federation: Evidence-based Policy Roadmap for Carbon-Aware Compute in the Built Environment (NETZERO)
Final report of the NETZERO project, presenting an evidence-based policy roadmap for embedding sustainability within federated compute and data services. The report introduces a Harmonised Sustainability Vocabulary, a 124-KPI National Sustainability Framework, governance recommendations, the SustainFed decision-support platform, and a transferable engagement toolkit to support carbon-aware computing within the UK's National Federated Compute Services (NFCS).
Authors
- Alireza Bolhari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0189-4547)
- Tariq Umar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1197-8181)
- Alireza Moghayedi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4165-0777)
- A.M.D.B. Nawarathna (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3983-2344)
Institutions
- University of the West of England (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2026-07-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21709641
- Primary Topic
- Green IT and Sustainability
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council