Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivations for Green IT

Guest host Anne Currie is joined by software engineer and sustainability advocate Julian Gommlich to explore how green practices can be embedded throughout the DevOps lifecycle. They discuss how modern operational practices like continuous delivery, automation, and agile iteration naturally align with sustainability goals, helping teams build more efficient, resilient, and energy-aware systems. The conversation covers real-world examples, from migrating to newer, more efficient software versions to understanding the carbon impact of data centers, and highlights why adopting a DevOps mindset is crucial for driving both environmental and business value in today’s rapidly changing digital landscape.

Learn more about our people:

• Anne Currie: LinkedIn | Website
• Julian Gommlich: LinkedIn | Website

Find out more about the GSF:

• The Green Software Foundation Website 
• Sign up to the Green Software Foundation Newsletter

Resources:

• Power in Numbers: Mapping the electricity grid of the future w/ Olivier Corradi [31:02] 
• Electricity Maps [31:58]
• Google’s huge new Essex datacentre to emit 570,000 tonnes of CO2 a year [41:06] 
• Compute Gardener Scheduler
• Scalable Platform for Reporting Usage and Cloud Emissions 

Events:

• BetterSoftware – October 3 · Turin, Italy
• Sustainable AI: Energy, Water, and the Future of Growth – October 6 · San Francisco, USA 
• Sustainable Coding: Rust Meets the Right to Repair – October 16 · ’s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

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