Keco lab 

Ensuring KEcoLab Stability: Introducing Dedicated CI-Test

12 April 2024 | Sarthak Negi
Categories: SoK, KEcoLab, Energy Efficiency, Sustainable Software Goal

KEcoLab, a tool for measuring software energy consumption, needs robust testing to ensure its functionality after every code change. This blog post presents the work I did in Season of KDE 2024 implementing dedicated test builds using Kate test scripts to achieve this goal. By implementing a dedicated "test-build" and "integration" stage within the CI/CD pipeline, we can enhance KEcoLab's reliability and maintain confidence in its results.

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KEcoLab in SoK24: Incorporating Energy-Consumption Measurements In The CI/CD Pipeline

28 March 2024 | Aakarsh MJ
Categories: SoK, KEcoLab, Energy Efficiency, Sustainable Software Goal

KEcoLab

Sustainability has been one of three goals at KDE over the past 2 years. One aspect of this goal is to measure the energy consumption of KDE software. To do this, it is necessary to access the lab in KDAB, Berlin, which can now be done remotely using KEcoLab.

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