Towards a Green and Sustainable Software


Acar H., ALPTEKİN G., Gelas J., Ghodous P.

22nd ISPE-Inc International Conference on Concurrent Engineering, Delft, Netherlands, 20 - 23 July 2015, vol.2, pp.471-480 identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Conference Paper / Full Text
  • Volume: 2
  • Doi Number: 10.3233/978-1-61499-544-9-471
  • City: Delft
  • Country: Netherlands
  • Page Numbers: pp.471-480
  • Keywords: Green Software, Green IT, Sustainable Software, Energy Efficiency
  • Galatasaray University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are responsible around 2% of worldwide greenhouse gas emissions [1]. On the other hand, the use of mobile devices (smartphone, tablet, etc.) is continually increasing. Due to the accessibility of the Internet and the cloud computing, users will use more and more software applications which will cause even an increasing effect on gas emission. Thus, an important research question is "how can we reduce or limit the energy consumption related to ICT and, in particular, related to software?" For a long time, proposed solutions focused only on the hardware design, however in recent years the software aspects have also become important. Our first objective is to compare the studies in the research area of energy efficient/green software. Relying on this survey, we will propose a methodology to measure the energy consumed by software at runtime.