Title :
Measuring Application Software Energy Efficiency
Author :
Capra, Eugenio ; Francalanci, Chiara ; Slaughter, Sandra A.
Author_Institution :
Politec. di Milano, Milan, Italy
Abstract :
Researchers have studied the energy efficiency of hardware, but what about application software? Using an experimental approach, the authors show how applications affect total energy consumption and discuss design factors that could influence software energy efficiency.
Keywords :
energy conservation; energy consumption; software metrics; application software energy efficiency measurement; design factors; energy consumption; Application software; Energy consumption; Energy efficiency; Energy measurement; Information technology; Software design; Software measurement; application development environment; green IT; information technology; software design; software energy efficiency;
Journal_Title :
IT Professional
DOI :
10.1109/MITP.2012.39
