green110010

Green110010 is a project name used in this article to describe a framework for sustainable computing that combines software optimization with hardware-aware energy management. The suffix 110010 is binary for 50, used as a branding motif indicating milestone achievements in efficiency.

Origin and scope: The concept emerged in 2019 within a collaborative network of researchers and hobbyist developers seeking reproducible energy measurements for computing workloads. It defines a set of open-source components: a task-scheduling library, a power-measurement protocol, and a reporting format for energy efficiency.

Technical approach: The framework emphasizes dynamic voltage and frequency scaling (DVFS), clock gating, and cache-aware optimization to reduce energy per operation without sacrificing performance beyond a defined threshold. It prescribes a measurement protocol to quantify energy usage in joules per operation and a Green Score metric for comparisons.

Impact and adoption: Green110010 has been used in academic papers and some open-source projects as a baseline for reporting energy efficiency. Proponents argue it provides portability across platforms, while critics warn that results are highly workload-dependent and that the lack of standardized hardware measurement can lead to inconsistent results.

Relation to broader field: It intersects with green computing, sustainable software engineering, and energy-aware hardware design. While not widely adopted as a formal standard, the name has appeared in discussions of reproducible energy metrics in computing research.