Making Software & Data Architectures Sustainable • Madeleine Malmsten & Nikhil Srinidhi • GOTO 2023

This presentation was recorded at GOTO Aarhus 2023. #GOTOcon #GOTOaar Madeleine Malmsten - Advocate for Functional Programming Nikhil Srinidhi - Passionate about Sustainability & Conscious Design ORIGINAL TALK TITLE Making Software & Data Architectures More Sustainable RESOURCES Madeleine Nikhil ABSTRACT The rising threat of climate change is leading countries to commit to ambitious carbon-reduction targets. For example, more than 70 have made commitments to achieve net-zero emissions. The private sector has also made reducing carbon emissions a top priority; almost half of Fortune 500 companies have commitments to reduce emissions by 2030. Technology represents a huge opportunity, but it has been largely overlooked to date. As digital continues to proliferate in all aspects of the human experience, software’s energy consumption will grow significantly. Consider that every interaction between applications and devices requires energy to complete. Multiply that by billions of transactions and the footprint of software and data quickly adds up. To date, sustainability in software and data architectures hasn’t been a priority for companies, due in part to several misconceptions. Many IT leaders believe that software’s energy footprint is somewhat negligible or already optimized, the development of energy-efficient software incurs more infrastructure costs, and the implementation of energy-efficient software increases costs through higher complexity and lower performance. Making progress on sustainability requires action at multiple levels. Software developers can reduce the carbon emissions from software and data by being aware of the effects of their choices. CTOs can make environmental sustainability a nonfunctional requirement for software development. And companies can incorporate the environmental effects of software as a metric when gauging the quality of a solution. The goal is to cultivate a culture that embeds environmental sustainability into standard software and data engineering practices. Now is the perfect time to start. Of course, improving sustainability in data and software alone won’t solve climate change. But with an understanding of technology’s contribution to carbon emissions, a focus on tech’s foundational elements can pave the way for more substantial reductions in the future. [...] Read the full abstract here: RECOMMENDED BOOKS Ioannis Kolaxis • 101 Green Software • Mehdi Khosrow-Pour • Green Computing Strategies for Competitive Advantage and Business Sustainability • Lässig, Kersting & Morik • Computational Sustainability • Zbigniew H. Gontar • Smart Grid Analytics for Sustainability and Urbanization • Katsoni & Segarra-Oña • Smart Tourism as a Driver for Culture and Sustainability • #BuildingGreenSoftware #Sustainability #SustainableSoftware #CarbonEfficiency #Efficiency #SustainableArchitecture #GreenSoftwareFoundation #Decarbonization #GreenCloud #GreenComputing #GreenCoding #Programming #GreenSoftware Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket at Sign up for updates and specials at SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL - new videos posted almost daily.