Envirocoding
A Definitive Guide for Sustainable Software Development 1. Introduction to the Envirocoding Framework The global discourse on environmental sustainability has historically focused on tangible industries such as energy, transportation, and manufacturing. However, a significant and rapidly growing contributor to the world's environmental footprint is the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector. This sector's energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions are substantial, with some projections indicating that the digital world could account for a percentage of global emissions comparable to, or even exceeding, the entire aviation industry. For decades, the relentless pace of hardware advancements, often encapsulated by Moore's Law, effectively masked the growing inefficiency of software. Developers could rely on faster processors and cheaper memory to compensate for unoptimized code, leading to an exponential increase in software size and complexity. As physi...