Avoiding Mass Extinctions Engine
Encyclopedia
Avoiding Mass Extinctions Engine (abbreviated AMEE) is a software project that is designed to create a standard for carbon dioxide
data, algorithms and profiling.
es ) relevant to business and consumer activity. It comprises of;
. AMEE Inc (US) and AMEE UK Limited were created in 2008, and AMEE then raised venture capital funding.
and others.
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Carbon dioxide
Carbon dioxide is a naturally occurring chemical compound composed of two oxygen atoms covalently bonded to a single carbon atom...
data, algorithms and profiling.
Overview
AMEE comprises of a scientific library and software API service to enable access to a wealth of information about emissions data (including Greenhouse GasGreenhouse gas
A greenhouse gas is a gas in an atmosphere that absorbs and emits radiation within the thermal infrared range. This process is the fundamental cause of the greenhouse effect. The primary greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere are water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and ozone...
es ) relevant to business and consumer activity. It comprises of;
- neutral aggregation of international, public and proprietary standards, models and data into a common platform
- standardised access to all data, content and algorithms
- a profiling engine to track any consumption and activity data (e.g. kWh, fuel, materials)
- a search engine to make the underlying methodologies discoverable, transparent and open
- linked data, provenance and authority metadata
Background
AMEE was initially developed by UK company d::gen in 2005, and from 2007 used for the UK Government's Act on CO2 Carbon Calculator, as part of a campaign against Global warmingGlobal warming
Global warming refers to the rising average temperature of Earth's atmosphere and oceans and its projected continuation. In the last 100 years, Earth's average surface temperature increased by about with about two thirds of the increase occurring over just the last three decades...
. AMEE Inc (US) and AMEE UK Limited were created in 2008, and AMEE then raised venture capital funding.
Users
It is used by the UK Government (Defra and the Act On CO2 campaign), SAS InstituteSAS Institute
SAS Institute Inc. , headquartered in Cary, North Carolina, USA, has been a major producer of software since it was founded in 1976 by Anthony Barr, James Goodnight, John Sall and Jane Helwig...
and others.
External links
AMEE references:- Main website
- Search engine
- Code and documentation
- Discussion
- d::gen network limited
- Series A funding news
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