Anomaly-Detected Carbon Avoidance
SustainabilityIntersecting Disciplines
Definition
Measures amount of carbon avoided as a result of identifying and correcting an anomaly.
Formula, as published
(Total emissions of the unpredicted & correctable amount of emissions) x (Projected Amount of Days the anomaly could have occurred if the underlying issue was not addressed)
- Data sources:
- Monitoring Tools, CSP billing data, Carbon emission data source
Calculate it
Example values to start with; replace them with yours.
Emissions avoided
1,000 kg CO2e
From the FinOps Foundation
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Definition and formula: Anomaly-Detected Carbon Avoidance, FinOps KPI library, FinOps Foundation, licensed CC BY 4.0, read 16 Oct 2026. Changed: HTML removed, dashes and British spellings changed, formula split from its data sources and examples. The calculator and the notes are Finitizer’s.
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