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In recent months, Apiumhub has hosted insightful sustainable software talks featuring two great speakers addressing the intersection of software engineering and environmental sustainability. Annie Freeman, Green Software advocate and engineer at Xero, delivered a compelling speech titled “How Software Engineers Can Help Solve Climate Change,” while Paola E. Annis, Principal Engineering Manager at Microsoft, shared her expertise on sustainable software in her talk titled “Cloud Efficiency: Building Sustainable Applications.“

Sustainable Software: Key Takeaways from Annie Freeman’s Presentation

Here are some key takeaways from the presentation by Annie Freeman that focused on sustainable software.

The magnitude of Small Changes

Freeman emphasized that seemingly minor adjustments in software development practices can yield substantial positive impacts and contribute to sustainable software.

Electricity Consumption and Fossil Fuels

She underscored that two-thirds of electricity in 2022 originated from fossil fuels, and this urges the need for a reduction in reliance on these resources.

Shaping Electricity

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