Green IT Amsterdam Region and the Software Improvement Group (SIG) organized the first workshop of the Green Software Community, with as theme 'Green Software Architecture'. For more information, please visit www.greenitamsterdam.nl/greensoftwarecommunity/ This is a presentation by Patricia Lago / VU on pilots and next steps to further shape the Green Software Community and to develop metrics and best practices

1. A
Green
Knowledge
Incubator
Patricia
Lago
So7ware,
services
and
sustainability
www.cs.vu.nl/~patricia
p.lago@vu.nl
Patricia
Lago
©2011

2. Goal
• Gather
best
pracFces
on
green
strategies
that
– Op#mize
energy
consump#on
of
so7ware-­‐intensive
systems
(greening
IT,
service
awareness)
– OpFmize
the
way
so7ware-­‐intensive
systems
organize
processes
and
ac#vi#es
(greening
by
IT,
process
awareness)
– Change
the
mindset
of
people
and
organizaFon
toward
a
more
sustainable
society
(greening
opportuniFes,
people
awareness)
• Create
a
consorFum
green
knowledge
incubator
• Inject
co-­‐creaFon
of
innovaFve
business
+
sustainable
models
Patricia
Lago
©2011

3. green strategies
Green strategies
• A Green strategy (aka environmental strategy) is “a plan of action intended to
accomplish a specific environmental goal”
• An environmental goal is an objective that an organization sets itself to
achieve, and which is quantified where practical
source: www.gdrc.org/uem/ait-terms.html
Patricia
Lago
©2011

4. Example
of
Green
strategy
for
creaFng
service
awareness
Patricia
Lago
©2011

5. The
big
picture
business strategies
alignment
tuning tuning tuning
green strategies
supported by
influence
software software software
process product product
(agility) (runtime) (control)
inter-dependencies
measured measured used by
green green green
metrics metrics metrics
process service people
awareness awareness awareness
Patricia
Lago
©2011

6. Next
plans
• Upcoming
workshop
• All
interested
organizaFons
are
welcome
to
parFcipate
Patricia
Lago
©2011