Green Software and Green Software Engineering–Definitions, Measurements, and Quality Aspects
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Proceedings of the First International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Sustainability. ed. / Lorenz M. Hilty; Bernard Andersson; Aebischer Göran; Wolfgang Lohmann. Zurich: Universität Zürich, 2013. p. 87-94 (on Information and Communication Technologies).
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T1 - Green Software and Green Software Engineering–Definitions, Measurements, and Quality Aspects
AU - Kern, Eva
AU - Dick, Markus
AU - Naumann, Stefan
AU - Guldner, Achim
AU - Johann, Timo
N1 - Conference code: 1
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - The two big fields of sustainability and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) are Green IT (how can we make ICT itself more sustainable) and Green by IT (how can we encourage sustainability by ICT). Taking a deeper look, software links these two areas: Regarding Green IT, there are a lot of solutions to build and use hardware in a more energyefficient way. But the debate how energy-intensive software might be is just beginning. In contrast, Green by IT is often software-based, e.g. by tools that help to optimize logistics and automate processes to save energy. But until now there are noconsiderations about the energy saving potential of softwareitself. Therefore, it is useful to take a closer look at what greensoftware and green software engineering are. In our paper, wewill describe a reference model for green and sustainablesoftware, as well as its engineering and also give somedefinitions. Though, we will just give a short introduction of themodel itself and, to distinguish our work from our previousresearch, zoom in on the sub model “Sustainability Criteria forSoftware Products”. Additionally, we describe a model tomeasure the energy efficiency of software and give an exampleof measuring results in our contribution. The next step is toclearly differentiate from other measurement models to positionour approach within other efforts of software’s energyconsumption.
AB - The two big fields of sustainability and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) are Green IT (how can we make ICT itself more sustainable) and Green by IT (how can we encourage sustainability by ICT). Taking a deeper look, software links these two areas: Regarding Green IT, there are a lot of solutions to build and use hardware in a more energyefficient way. But the debate how energy-intensive software might be is just beginning. In contrast, Green by IT is often software-based, e.g. by tools that help to optimize logistics and automate processes to save energy. But until now there are noconsiderations about the energy saving potential of softwareitself. Therefore, it is useful to take a closer look at what greensoftware and green software engineering are. In our paper, wewill describe a reference model for green and sustainablesoftware, as well as its engineering and also give somedefinitions. Though, we will just give a short introduction of themodel itself and, to distinguish our work from our previousresearch, zoom in on the sub model “Sustainability Criteria forSoftware Products”. Additionally, we describe a model tomeasure the energy efficiency of software and give an exampleof measuring results in our contribution. The next step is toclearly differentiate from other measurement models to positionour approach within other efforts of software’s energyconsumption.
KW - assessment
KW - city
KW - ict
KW - information and communication technology
KW - methodology
KW - sustainability
KW - Sustainability Science
KW - Sustainability sciences, Communication
UR - http://www.ericsson.com/res/docs/2013/loevehagen-bondesson-evaluating-sustainability-of-using-ict-solutions.pdf http://e-collection.library.ethz.ch/eserv/eth:6558/eth-6558-01.pdf?pid=eth:6558&dsID=eth-6558-01.pdf#page=93
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/ba723ff0-700f-3e3f-94ac-9290a0a01255/
U2 - 10.3929/ethz-a-007337628
DO - 10.3929/ethz-a-007337628
M3 - Article in conference proceedings
T3 - on Information and Communication Technologies
SP - 87
EP - 94
BT - Proceedings of the First International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Sustainability
A2 - Hilty, Lorenz M.
A2 - Andersson, Bernard
A2 - Göran, Aebischer
A2 - Lohmann, Wolfgang
PB - Universität Zürich
CY - Zurich
T2 - 1st International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Sustainability - ITC4S 2013
Y2 - 14 February 2013 through 16 February 2013
ER -