BetterSoftware 2024
who it's for
sustainability engineers, cloud engineers, web developers, site reliability engineers, ux writers, data scientists, product managers, compliance managers
topics
carbon accounting for cloud; green CI/CD pipelines; kube-green operator scheduling; website carbon measurement; dark mode energy savings; WOFF2 glyph trimming; satellite biomass mapping; EN-ROADS climate simulation; ISO 5055 energy rules; per-request AI energy metrics; LLMs as first-draft copy
| title | author | length |
|---|---|---|
| Why Sustainability Matters | Adriana Versino, Francesco Fullone | 40m |
A live simulation using the EN-ROADS and Climate Leader tools shows that continuing current policies leads to about 3.3°C warming by 2100, while increased… | ||
| The Sustainable Lightness of Language | Luca Rosati, Letizia Sechi | 35m |
The talk argues that clearer language in user interfaces and documentation reduces user errors, support costs and customer churn, though specific… | ||
| Sustainable Web Design: Principles and Best Practices | Nicola Bonotto | 38m |
This talk explains how to reduce the carbon footprint of websites using measurable tools: it compares SitiGreen.it, Website Carbon and the CO2.js model and… | ||
| Smart Forestry: AI in the Service of Nature | N. Pagliuca, G. Di Bella | 27m |
Combines optical and Sentinel SAR satellite imagery with field inventory and a machine-learning model to produce 20 m-resolution maps of forest biomass and CO2… | ||
| Sustainability and Cloud Native: Strategies for a Green Future | M. Murabito | 28m |
Covers cloud-native sustainability tactics including the kube-green operator, which schedules and powers down test environments and noncritical nodes (an… | ||
| Measuring Emissions of Digital Services (and Beyond) | Ilias Bartolini | 37m |
Describes how to perform carbon accounting for digital services using concrete methods and tools: comparing cloud provider bills with CO2 estimates (which… | ||
| Software Sustainability in a Regulated Landscape | M.Crubellati, R.Marchiani | 36m |
A case study of Autostrade describes a sustainability workflow that scans a software portfolio using static analysis against ISO-derived rules (ISO 21031 / ISO… | ||
| Policies for Responsible Management of Digital Services | Pietro Jarre | 32m |
Argues that companies should implement Corporate Digital Responsibility across the full device and data lifecycle — from procurement to decommissioning — by… | ||
| Sustainable Digital | Antonio Baldassarra | 41m |
Provides measured per-request energy estimates for web-scale AI and search (e.g., ~0.2 W per Google search; ChatGPT ~3 W, Bloom ~4 W, next‑gen models ~9 W per… | ||
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