Potentials of Green Coding -- Findings and Recommendations for Industry, Education and Science -- Extended Paper

TL;DR

This paper reviews existing literature on Green Coding and Green Software Engineering since 2010, providing insights and recommendations for industry, education, and science to promote sustainable software development practices.

Contribution

It compiles and analyzes approaches to Green Coding and GSE, offering guidance for integrating sustainability into industrial processes and educational curricula.

Findings

Identified key approaches to Green Coding since 2010

Provided recommendations for industry adoption of sustainable practices

Suggested integration strategies for education and research

Abstract

Progressing digitalization and increasing demand and use of software cause rises in energy- and resource consumption from information and communication technologies (ICT). This raises the issue of sustainability in ICT, which increasingly includes the sustainability of the software products themselves and the art of creating sustainable software. To this end, we conducted an analysis to gather and present existing literature on three research questions relating to the production of ecologically sustainable software ("Green Coding") and to provide orientation for stakeholders approaching the subject. We compile the approaches to Green Coding and Green Software Engineering (GSE) that have been published since 2010. Furthermore, we considered ways to integrate the findings into existing industrial processes and higher education curricula to influence future development in an environmentally friendly way.