Sustainable Software

A dapper sustainability

PaolaJanuary 18, 2021Jan 18, 202101/18/21

How a runtime open source project like Dapr can help make applications more sustainable, and call to action for developers to contribute with their work to a sustainable microservice that can measure and optimize the carbon impact of a Dapr application.

Using software for sustainability – How Surfrider protects the oceans with AI

Christopher ManeuJanuary 12, 2021Jan 12, 202101/12/21

On the Sustainable Software blog, there have been a lot of great articles around reducing the environmental impact of software. This article covers a software platform built for helping sustainability. Discover how a team of Open-Source contributors helps an NGO

Does the Language You Choose Change the Carbon Impact of Client UI Apps?

Scott ChamberlinDecember 21, 2020Dec 21, 202012/21/20

In my previous post here, I went over how you can use the energy monitoring framework built into Windows (on battery powered devices) to estimate the energy consumption of your applications. In this post, I am taking it a step further and using the energy monitoring framework to evaluate application tradeoffs a developer might make to ...

How Azure.com uses Serverless Functions for Consumption-based utilization and reduced always-on electric footprint

Aaron HogueDecember 14, 2020Dec 14, 202012/14/20

In June 2020, we shared how Azure.com achieves a global scale and how Sustainable Software Engineering principles were at the center. In this post we discuss how serverless architecture helped us create more sustainable apps and saved us 10x in azure spend for our data pipeline middleware. By shifting our workloads from always-on to on-demand...

Adopting Azure serverless architectures to help reduce CO2 emissions – Part 1

Srinivasan RakhunathanDecember 7, 2020Dec 7, 202012/7/20

The article explains how serverless architectures can be used to enable sustainable software engineering principles. It takes a sample claim processing system and provides a thought process on how to use Azure serverless components like functions and Event grid to build out a reference architecture and showcase key design patterns.

Green Energy Efficient Progressive Web Apps

David RoussetNovember 30, 2020Nov 30, 202011/30/20

The average Windows user spends 60% of their time in the browser and therefore... on web pages. As a web developer, can we adjust our code to reduce its carbon footprint? This post discusses two ways to make web applications more energy efficient.

Examining the Carbon Footprint of Devices

Srilatha (Bobbie) ManneNovember 23, 2020Nov 23, 202011/23/20

Many of us are reliant on electronic devices but they come with a significant cost in terms of carbon and e-waste. With a little forethought and understanding of the carbon footprint of these devices, there are tangible and effective ways to reduce emissions with minimal adverse impact.

How To Measure The Power Consumption of Your Frontend Application

Sara BergmanNovember 16, 2020Nov 16, 202011/16/20

The second principle of Sustainable Software Engineering is to build energy efficient applications. The very first step in that direction is to measure the energy cost of your application. This post will answer the question "what is the best way to measure the energy consumption of your front end service?".

Carbon-Aware vs. Carbon-Efficient Applications

Asim HussainNovember 9, 2020Nov 9, 202011/9/20

If a user is aware a choice is being made to reduce carbon emissions, then the application becomes a carbon-aware application and not just a carbon-efficient application.

VLC Energy Optimization With GPU

Pierre LAGARDENovember 2, 2020Nov 2, 202011/2/20

For the past few years, sustainable software engineering has arisen as one of the major topics in the daily discussions I have with software developers. Due to the advancements in technology, as well as the increasing awareness we share on climate change and the overall impact of tech on the environment, sustainable software engineering is now...