Designing environmentally friendly software architectures often meets hesitation from stakeholders, usually because the cost benefits are unclear, teams feel unprepared to build sustainably and early estimations tend to inflate the perceived effort and expense. This session sheds light on why sustainable architecture is not only feasible but often financially advantageous. Through concrete examples, we’ll explore how greener design choices can reduce (and occasionally increase) infrastructure and software costs, and why understanding these trade-offs gives teams and organizations a competitive edge. Furthermore results from case studies, that compare sustainable practices to non-sustainable design, will be presented to the audience.

When trying to convince stakeholders or customers into incorporating carbon footprint measurements into the software we are building, the costs of it have a significant importance on providing arguments. Attendees of the session can expect to have a clear overview on how different decisions impact each other and the costs of running and maintaining software.

This session will provide practical examples of how different environmental friendly design choices impact the costs of the infrastructure and a running software.