5. Sustainability as a guiding principle in software development

Software development life cycle (SDLC)

Energy efficiency of software

Method 1: Controlled energy measurement during development

Method 2: Measuring energy consumption in production

Challenges in measurement and standardization

Practical ways to improve software energy efficiency

Assessing Software’s Impact: LCA and Carbon Intensity

Ecolabeling of software

Sustainable system development

Green coding, programming and prompting

Green prompting

Benchmarking algorithms and AI

Optimization of data structures and algorithms

The impact of algorithms on sustainability

GREENER - principles of research software

Software architecture and design patterns

DevOps - where development and operations meet

Bringing it together: Key insights from this chapter