Patent ID: 8494889

Claim:
A method comprising: monitoring real-time condition data by a processor, the real-time condition data including environmental data that corresponds to an ambient environmental condition of a system; receiving a policy change threshold at the processor, the policy change threshold corresponding to the ambient environmental condition of the system; determining, by the processor, whether the real-time condition data has reached the policy change threshold; in response to determining that the real-time condition data has not reached the policy change threshold, generating, by the processor, a maintenance operation notification based upon the real-time condition data according to a maintenance schedule policy, the maintenance schedule policy corresponding to a first carbon generation rate produced by the system; and in response to determining that the real-time condition data has reached the policy change threshold, generating, by the processor, an alternate maintenance operation notification based upon the real-time condition data according to an alternate maintenance schedule policy, wherein the alternative maintenance schedule policy corresponds to a second carbon generation rate produced by the system that increases an overall time for the system to reach a maximum carbon footprint threshold.