Signal Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Low Carbon Computing (LOCO 2026)

Summary

Adrian Friday, Abdessalam Elhabbash, Ignatius Ezeani, and colleagues from Lancaster University published the proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Low Carbon Computing (LOCO 2026) on arXiv (cs.CY) on August 3, 2026. The workshop is scheduled to be held at Lancaster University, United Kingdom, on September 10-11, 2026, providing an interdisciplinary forum on reducing greenhouse gas emissions associated with computing. Topics covered in the proceedings include carbon measurement and reporting, sustainable software engineering, energy-efficient computing, carbon-aware systems, hardware longevity, embodied carbon, circular computing, and sustainable artificial intelligence. Full workshop papers were evaluated through a non-blind peer-review process by the LOCO 2026 Programme Committee based on originality, relevance, quality, and potential to stimulate discussion. Accepted lightning-talk abstracts were also included where authors elected to do so.