ICSE 2026
Sun 12 - Sat 18 April 2026 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Over a decade after the Karlskrona Manifesto for Sustainability Design broadened the scope of software sustainability, the individual dimension, encompassing human motivation, ethics, and well-being, remains conceptually acknowledged but poorly operationalized. Although sustainability research in software engineering has diversified, it still prioritizes environmental impact and technical efficiency, overlooking the cognitive and ethical conditions that sustain them. This position paper argues that this imbalance limits the ethical and epistemic depth of the field, particularly in digital health, where systems directly affect human cognition and professional integrity. Drawing on tertiary studies that reveal the limited stratification of sustainability dimensions, we propose repositioning the individual dimension as the foundation of sustainability-aware design. The SEEDS framework (Sustainability in Biomedical Software Engineering), developed at UFCSPA, is presented as a reflective construct that visualizes asymmetries among sustainability dimensions and bridges evaluation with ethical awareness. Revisiting the Goal–Question–Metric (GQM) paradigm and the growing influence of large language models (LLMs), the paper calls for a shift in consciousness: sustaining software ultimately requires sustaining the people who create and depend on it.

Tue 14 Apr

Displayed time zone: Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil change

11:00 - 12:30
GREENS 2026 - Pitch Session 2 / Group DiscussionsGREENS at Oceania VII

Pitch Session 2 (5-minute pitch of each paper) followed by breakout group discussions

11:00
10m
Talk
The Impact of External Libraries on Software Energy Efficiency and Sustainability
GREENS
Nabihah Chaudhry LUT University, Salim Kamaludeen Lawal LUT University, Shola Oyedeji LUT University
11:10
10m
Talk
Integrating API Energy Profiling into Developer Workflows: The VerdeFlow Prototype
GREENS
Mbanyick B Joof LUT University, Muhammad Asif Khan LUT University, Shola Oyedeji LUT University , Jari Porras LUT University
11:20
10m
Talk
Operationalizing Sustainability through Non-Functional Requirements: A Domain-Oriented Model for Biomedical Software
GREENS
Livia dos Reis Edinger da Silva Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre (UFCSPA), Maria Antônia Gómez de Oliveira Maia Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre (UFCSPA), Juliana Silva Herbert UFCSPA - Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre
11:30
10m
Talk
Can We Measure What We Ignore? Rethinking the Individual Dimension of Software Sustainability in Digital Health
GREENS
Juliana Silva Herbert UFCSPA - Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre, Livia dos Reis Edinger da Silva Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre (UFCSPA), Muriel Figueredo Franco Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre (UFCSPA), Isabel Cristina Siqueira da Silva Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre (UFCSPA)
11:40
10m
Talk
METRION: A Framework for Accurate Software Energy Measurement
GREENS
Benjamin Weigell University of Augsburg, Simon Hornung University of Augsburg, Bernhard Bauer University of Augsburg
11:50
10m
Talk
Beyond Energy Consumption: Accurate Emission Factors for Production Sites
GREENS
Jannis Jung Fraunhofer IESE, Pablo Antonino Fraunhofer IESE, Thomas Kuhn
12:00
10m
Talk
Bridging the gap between industry and academia: sustainability in LLM-assisted software engineering
GREENS
Maja Kirkeby Roskilde University, Pepijn de Reus University of Amsterdam, Ana Oprescu University of Amsterdam, Kalle Pronk Fontys University of Applied Sciences, Qin Zhao Fontys University of Applied Science, Fernando Castor University of Twente, João Paulo Fernandes New York University, Abu Dhabi
12:10
10m
Talk
Graphical Interface Model for Empowering Web Application Users to Make Sustainable Choices: a Technology Acceptance Study
GREENS
Giuliano Marques Bonazzi Instituto Técnológico de Aeronáutica, Jacopo Ammendola Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Eduardo Guerra Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
12:20
10m
Talk
Software Library Energy Meter (SLEM) : An Automated Energy Measurement Tool for Software Libraries
GREENS
Akilesh P Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati, Shivadharshan S Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati, Rajrupa Chattaraj Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati, India, Sridhar Chimalakonda Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati, Vibhu Saujanya Sharma Accenture Labs, Vikrant Kaulgud Accenture Labs, India