Carbon Footprint of Computing Resources - A Thought

 The carbon footprint of the computing device also taken into consideration while estimation of cost. 

(Energy) Carbon footprint of the hardware components   + 

(Energy)Depreciation of the hardware components + 

(Energy) Power consumption of the hardware components +

(Manpower) Effort or intelligence used to built software

Total Cost of Software build using Hardware = ECF + ED + EP + MS

Only Entity in the universe which will not use energy to destroy the Creation - Software

Raw Materials for a Program - A Thought

Every creation in the universe requires energy and raw materials. The product is a hardware or software components, we look into software components as cost or effort taken. The energy or raw materials used not in factor of cost or software cost is not accounted for the process, which is against the laws of the nature.

While developing the software hardware components are used, energy is used, and effort or manpower is used.  Every model discuss about the effort or intelligence used in the software.

The depreciation of the hardware components for example [Raw Material]

Personal Computer for 20K with life of 10 years

Cost of personal computer for one year is 2K

The span of software project to complete is 6 Months

The cost of personal computer for 6 Months is 1K

The power consumption of the hardware components for example [Energy]

Personal Computer uses 200 W/hour

Every day the personal computer used for 10 hours

The power consumption of software project in term of 6 Months is 12KW

The effort or manpower is calculated by well known cost estimation models in the software engineering. Here one form is converted to another form by part by part.