The GREENSOFT Model: A reference model for green and sustainable software and its engineering

Sustainable Computing: Informatics and Systems

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 294-304

  Naumann, Stefan ^a   Dick, Markus ^a   Kern, Eva ^a   Johann, Timo ^a  

^a TRIER UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Green by IT; Green IT; Green Software; GREENSOFT Reference Model; Software Engineering

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; GREEN BY IT; GREEN IT; PRODUCT LIFE CYCLES; REFERENCE MODELS; SOFTWARE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT; SOFTWARE PROCESS MODELS; SOFTWARE PRODUCTS; SUSTAINABILITY METRICS;

COMPUTER HARDWARE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ENERGY UTILIZATION; LIFE CYCLE; MODELS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 81355149751     PISSN: 22105379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.suscom.2011.06.004     Document Type: Article

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