Forecast Accuracy Rate for Carbon Emissions
Definition
This metric compares forecasted vs. actual cloud emissions over a specific period (e.g., day, month, quarter). While percentage variance is the primary metric, carbon differences can also be informative. Each organization defines its acceptable variance.
Formula, as published
((Forecasted Public Cloud emissions - Actual Public Cloud emissions) / Forecasted Public Cloud emissions)
- Data sources:
- CSP Billing Data, carbon emission data source, Organizational forecast documents
Calculate it
Example values to start with; replace them with yours.
From the FinOps Foundation
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Definition and formula: Forecast Accuracy Rate for Carbon Emissions, 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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