Sustainability-aware computing device behavior management

A method for generating a sustainability forecast for an energy grid providing energy to a computing device, the method comprising:

• receiving, from the computing device, a sustainability forecast request, wherein performing a functionality by the computing device is associated with an energy consumption having an impact on the energy grid;
• determining a location associated with the computing device;
• generating a sustainability forecast for the energy grid associated with the location, wherein the sustainability forecast comprises a set of entries and each entry indicates an estimated energy characteristic associated with the location for a period of time, and wherein the estimated energy characteristic indicates an estimated impact on the energy grid of performing the functionality by the computing device;
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• providing, in response to the received sustainability forecast request, the generated sustainability forecast, wherein the generated sustainability forecast is utilized by the computing device to manage performing the functionality at a time associated with a lower estimated impact on the energy grid.

A method for managing computing device behavior by a computing device based on a sustainability forecast, the method comprising:

• obtaining, by the computing device, the sustainability forecast that includes a set of estimated energy characteristics for an energy grid providing energy to the computing device;
• determining a functionality to be performed by the computing device, wherein performing the functionality by the computing device is associated with an energy consumption having an impact on the energy grid;
• evaluating the sustainability forecast to determine a time to perform the functionality BY the computing device, wherein the determined time has an associated energy characteristic that indicates a lower estimated impact than an energy characteristic associated with another time;
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• scheduling, by the computing device, the functionality to be performed at the determined time.