The Blue Angel as a driver for ecological sustainability and open source
summary
Germany produces 10.8 kg e‑waste per person (2022) and a new laptop’s manufacturing emissions take about 88 years to amortize by energy savings; even a 70% more efficient notebook needs ~13 years. The Blue Angel software ecolabel enforces transparency on energy and hardware use, requires runability on five‑year‑old reference systems, minimum five‑year security updates, uninstallability, modularity, no ads, data‑collection and license disclosure, and end‑of‑support plans. KDE Okular is an early awardee, and a measured demo shows one word processor using four times the energy over six minutes.
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chapters (6)
- 0:00Introduction to talk
- 0:10Open source and sustainability
- 2:43Electronic waste problem
- 6:19Introducing Blue Angel software
- 10:21Blue Angel and open source link
- 12:10Funding for open source projects
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