Sustainable (carbon-aware)software design is crucial for reducing the environmental impact of software. Challenges like software bloat & the use of frameworks can hinder resource optimization & energy efficiency. Resource-proportional design addresses these issues by tailoring resource usage to the application's specific needs, thereby reducing environmental impact.

Sharing & reusing processed data and models minimizes redundant computations & storage, further lowering carbon production. The ACM paper "From Roots to Fruits: Exploring Lineage for Dataset Recommendations" https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3600046.3600053 promotes efficient data sharing through dataset lineage, optimizing resource usage and reducing energy consumption in processing pipelines. In this session, we will cover sustainable software design, addressing software bloat & framework inefficiencies with resource-proportional design & discuss data reuse to minimize redundant computations and reduce carbon production.

This session was presented in OCP Global Summit 2025 in San Jose. You may find the session schedule here https://2025ocpglobal.fnvirtual.app/a/schedule/.