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Guest Post: OpenUK Awards 2022 Sustainability

5 December 2022  | Jonathan Esk-Riddell
Categories Sustainability
OpenUK Awards 2022 Sustainability Award

Blue Angel Award Ceremony At EnviroInfo Conference: Okular Officially Receives Eco-Label, First Ever For Software Product

28 September 2022  | Joseph P. De Veaugh-Geiss
Categories Okular, Blauer Engel, Award Ceremony, EnviroInfo Conference, Sustainability
On Wednesday 28 September Okular celebrated becoming the first Blue Angel eco-certified software product together with the German Environment Agency ('Umweltbundesamt'), the Environmental Campus Birkenfeld ('Umwelt Campus Birkenfeld'), and the EnviroInfo conference researchers and attendees. [Updated on Friday, 7 October 2022 for Okular's celebration at Akademy 2022 with KDE Eco cake.]

Measurement Lab Follow-Up: Sprint Achievements And To-dos

25 July 2022  | Joseph P. De Veaugh-Geiss
Categories Sprint, KDE Eco, Blauer Engel, Community Lab
On Saturday 16 July 2022 KDE Eco held the second in-person Sprint for the community measurement lab. This is what we achieved... and what we still have to do! [Updated on Friday, 2 September 2022 after second follow-up Sprint.]

Energy Consumption Lab Is Ready For FOSS Community! Dispatch From The Sprint

30 May 2022  | Joseph P. De Veaugh-Geiss
Categories Sprint, KDE Eco, Blauer Engel, Community Lab
On Saturday 21 May 2022 KDE Eco held the first of several in-person Sprints for the community lab to measure the energy consumption of Free Software.

GCompris 2.4 Release: Improved Data Efficiency Conserves Network Bandwidth, Saves Energy

13 April 2022  | Johnny Jazeix
Categories GCompris, Data Efficiency, Bandwidth Conservation
A simple change both improved image quality and greatly reduced the size of the app!

First Ever Eco-Certified Computer Program: KDE's Popular PDF Reader Okular

16 March 2022  | Joseph P. De Veaugh-Geiss
Categories Okular, Blauer Engel, Global Ecolabelling Network, Sustainability
Press release to announce Okular receiving the Blue Angel eco-label.

Celebrate Energy Conservation Day With KDE Eco

5 March 2022  | Joseph P. De Veaugh-Geiss
Categories Energy Conservation, Free Software, Sustainability
March 5th is Energy Conservation Day. Celebrate with Free Software and KDE Eco!

Season of KDE 2022 With KDE Eco

3 March 2022  | Karanjot Singh
Categories SOK22, Standard Usage Scenarios, Automation Tools, Blauer Engel
My experience testing automation tools and preparing usage scenarios as a Season of KDE student with KDE Eco.

KDE Eco 2021 Sprint: Details On The Community Planning For KDE's Ecological Project

7 February 2022  | Joseph P. De Veaugh-Geiss
Categories Sprint 2021, KDE Eco, Blauer Engel, Community Lab
Follow-up to the KDE Eco Sprint announcement posted on The Dot.

Resource-Efficient Software & Blauer Engel Eco-Certification

25 January 2022  | Joseph P. De Veaugh-Geiss
Categories Free Software, Energy Efficiency, Hardware Operating Life, Blauer Engel
Software efficiency is resource efficiency!