The facilities energy team asks how AWS architecture guidance addresses carbon impact of workloads. Which Well-Architected pillar should they review first?
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Short Explanation
Carbon impact is the environmental scoreboard, and Sustainability is the pillar written for that scoreboard. It guides teams to design workloads that use less energy and fewer materials over time. Reliability, Security, and Operational Excellence matter hugely, but they are not the carbon-impact pillar.
Full Explanation
Sustainability in the AWS Well-Architected Framework provides guidance for understanding and reducing the environmental impact of cloud workloads, including energy and resource efficiency over the workload lifecycle. Reliability, Security, and Operational Excellence address availability and recovery, protective controls, and operational processes respectively. An energy team focused on carbon impact should start with the Sustainability pillar.