Sustainability is a lens through which the public has started scrutinising various industries. This lens is slowly increasing its focus on the field of IT. As software architects we are uniquely equipped to see this coming and be at the forefront of change.

During this talk, the audience is invited to test its knowledge on the energy usage of various common devices. This surprises most audiences and creates awareness about the need to collect data before we can effectively design new solutions.

Current efforts and organisations working towards greener IT are introduced and compared, as well as how anyone can join in these efforts.

At the end of this talk, the audience has been inspired to be critical about the way we design software systems and (cloud) infrastructures, invited to remain critical on decisions made in existing and new projects and they will leave with a hopeful sense of new possibilities.

Session duration is approximately 45-50 minutes.
Interaction with audience is done by a show-of-hands quiz.
Previously delivered at Rabobank Architecture Event.