Green tracker: a tool for estimating the energy consumption of software

  • Authors:
  • Nadine Amsel;Bill Tomlinson

  • Affiliations:
  • University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA;University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA

  • Venue:
  • CHI '10 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

The energy consumption of computers has become an important environmental issue. This paper describes the development of Green Tracker, a tool that estimates the energy consumption of software in order to help concerned users make informed decisions about the software they use. We present preliminary results gathered from this system's initial usage. Ultimately the information gathered from this tool will be used to raise awareness and help make the energy consumption of software a more central concern among software developers.