Episode #61 - Scaling Green Software

"Topics of the episode were: - the Bundesverband Green Software's plans for rolling out a big Green Software project in multiple EU countries - neuland's process of certifying with the Blue Angel for resource-efficient software - the role specific Sustainable IT trainings I did for 300+ IT professionals of a corporate customer"

Panel discussion at Green IO conference Munich: "Is AI yet another software to eco-design?"

participated in the NGO panel on the topic "Is AI yet another software to eco-design?"

Munich Conference July 3rd 2024

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Shared Responsibility - How The Energy Transition Will Influence the Way we Build and Run Software

"The energy transition is in full swing: from reliable, always-on and dirty fossil fuel to volatile but clean renewable energy. Requirements for when, where and how much energy to consume will change and also affect IT. At the same time, the pressure for data center providers to decarbonize keeps rising as IT emissions and energy consumption increase at an unprecedented rate. This talk will explain why cloud providers alone won't be able to meet their climate ambitions and what role software and its architecture plays in this. You'll also learn how the future energy market will affect IT systems and what you can do today to make sure your products aren't just ready for, but can even profit from this development."

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Shared responsibility - how the energy transition will influence the way we build and run software

We're in the middle of the energy transition: from reliable, always-on and dirty fossil fuel to volatile but clean renewable energy. This means that requirements for when, where and how much energy to consume will change, in IT as anywhere else. In this talk, you'll learn what cloud providers' and software architecture's roles in this are, how the future energy market will affect IT systems and what software architects can do today to make sure their products aren't just ready for, but can even profit from this development.

Green IT: Erfahrungen aus der Praxis

Attending a Green Software meetup as a guest speaker to talk about my experiences with implementing Green Software principles in the daily work of IT companies - how to teach people and get them to act, where to start, what to do or not to do etc.

Green IT: Erfahrungen aus der Praxis - mit Anita Schüttler, Tue, Jan 14, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup

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Sustainable Tech – how the principles of the Circular Economy can transform IT

„Reduce, Reuse, Recycle“ – the Circular Economy is gaining traction for physical products, in many cases thanks to digital innovations. What’s still under-utilized, however, is the potential for reducing waste and emissions by applying circular principles to IT itself. In this talk, we will explore what „Design out waste“ or „Keep products and materials in use“ translate to for digital products. You will learn what the environmental footprint of tech is and why it’s still such a secret. And finally, Anita will present you with some tangible, real-world examples from her work with clients that will leave you inspired to start your own Sustainable Tech journey.

CSRD & Green Software

Wie die Nachhaltigkeit in die IT kommt

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Green Coding in der Praxis – how it started, how it’s going

Talk about how to go about Green Software in practice, with some theory about what's important, what hinders teams and prevents companies from starting at all, ending with a real-world example about measuring and how about 50% of a team's emissions were saved.

DWX 2025 Programm – Sessions, Workshops & DevSessions im Überblick | DWX Developer World

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Real projects - real problems to solve

Anita works as a Green Coding consultant with IT companies of different sizes. Some of them come seeking help because they have ESG based KPIs and want to reduce their IT’s emissions, others don’t even know yet that this is something they might want to do. Some run all of their workloads in the cloud, others have their own on prem data center. One thing they all seem to have in common, though: most of their devs are “sceptical” towards sustainability in IT. Anita will share insights and stories from her work: How to get clients to start Green Coding initiatives even if they’re not yet interested. Where to start looking for savings potential and how to go about estimating it. What to do if a measuring tool shows numbers that seem too small to be true. And how to make sure people not only cooperate for as long as you’re there but also keep on going after you’ve left - to guarantee this change will truely be “sustainable”.

Nachhaltige IT jenseits von Aktivismus: eine Head of Sustainability und ein Senior Software Engineer teilen Wissen und Erfahrungen

Unternehmen, die eine Nachhaltigkeitsstrategie für ihre IT haben, sind heute noch eine Seltenheit. Dabei sind die Zeiten vorbei, in denen Nachhaltigkeit nur etwas für Menschen mit einer Affinität zu Klebstoff oder Tomatensoße war. Anita Schüttler gibt in diesem Talk eine Einordnung, wohin die Reise in Sachen Sustainable IT geht, gesteuert durch Gesetze der EU, des Markts und der Physik. Sie zeigt die Eckpfeiler einer IT-Nachhaltigkeitsstrategie auf und hat eine reiche Sammlung von Maßnahmen der nachhaltigen Softwareentwicklung für verschiedene Gewerke im Gepäck, ergänzt durch Quellen zum Selbststudium und Tools, die bei der Berechnung der Emissionen von Software unterstützen können. Olaf Sebelin hat eine große Affinität zu guter Architektur und wird deshalb erzählen, welche dieser Maßnahmen aus dem Bereich Architektur wir bei neuland bereits selbst ausprobiert haben und wie das so gelaufen ist.

SEACON 2023 | Programm

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Keynote Debate - The way forward for Green Coding in Europe

On this panel we discuss two key questions: What are the barriers to the wider adoption of Green Coding practices and what can we do to reduce or remove those barriers? Participants: Anita Schüttler (neuland), Max Körbacher (Liquid Reply), Atanas Atanasov (Intel) and Janne Kalliola (Exove)

#ClimateActionNow! Wie nachhaltige Software-Entwicklung den Weg in deinen Programmieralltag finden kann

Das Thema Nachhaltige Software-Entwicklung hält langsam, aber sicher, Einzug in die IT und wird, neben Generativer KI, eines der wichtigsten Themen der kommenden Jahre sein. Im Vortrag begründet Anita, warum jetzt ein guter Zeitpunkt ist, sich mit dem Thema Nachhaltige Software-Entwicklung zu beschäftigen, welche regulatorischen Anforderungen auf Firmen zukommen und welche Rolle die IT beim Einsparen von CO2 spielen kann. Sie zeigt Wege auf, bei den eigenen Kolleg:innen Interesse und Lust auf das Thema zu wecken und einen sanften Einstieg zu finden. Und natürlich hat sie auch einige konkrete Tipps für den Programmieralltag, Quellen fürs Selbststudium und Tools zum Ausprobieren im Gepäck.

XP Days Germany 2023 - Extreme. Together.

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#ClimateActionNow! How Green Coding can find its way into your daily programming routine.

The topic of sustainable software development is slowly but surely finding its way into IT and, alongside generative AI, will be one of the most important topics in the coming years. In this presentation, Anita explains why now is a good time to address the topic of sustainable software development, what regulatory requirements companies will face and what role IT can play in reducing CO2 emissions. She shows ways to get your colleagues interested in the topic and introduce them in a gentle way. And, of course, she also has some specific tips for everyday programming, resources for self-study and tools to try out.