Proposing the method for Operating System energy consumption measurement with energy efficiency approach

Abstract

AbstractThese days software plays an important role in different aspects of our life. As the use of computers, mobile applications and embedded systems have grown, so the energy consumption of software is an increasing concern. Green IT has emerged and it is concern about optimization of software solution with regard to their energy consumption. In spite of the importance of green software development, fewer developers pay attention to software energy consumption and also fewer users care about the consumption of the software that they use. We decide to measure the most popular operating systems such as Windows, Mac, and Linux. Then, we present the energy consumption benchmark of these operating systems and check out their difference in consuming energy. We also measure three different software in each operating system to know which of them consume more energy. The aim of this article is to help software developers to develop energy efficient software that we called that green software and also informed users about the energy consumption of software which they use. Our ultimate goal is helping to preserve our environment by reducing the negative effect of software.