Authors:
Philipp Hehnle
1
;
Maximilian Behrendt
1
;
Luc Weinbrecht
1
and
Carl Corea
2
Affiliations:
1
envite consulting GmbH, Stuttgart, Germany
;
2
Research Group Process Science, University of Koblenz, Koblenz, Germany
Keyword(s):
Green BPM, Carbon-Aware Process Execution, Green ICT, Camunda.
Abstract:
Traditional business process management (BPM) focuses on the improvement of performance dimensions such as time, costs, and quality. Ecological aspects are usually not considered as an equal performance dimension. In this context, Green BPM approaches have been proposed to strengthen the awareness among people and organisations about the impact of business processes on the climate. However, little research in Green BPM covers the runtime of digitised processes, or provides concrete means to reduce carbon emissions during process execution. Therefore, we present an approach for carbon-aware process execution, which allows to automatically postpone energy-intensive activities to times when energy with low CO 2 emissions, e.g. solar energy, is better available. Importantly, our approach considers and complies with external regulations such as Service Level Agreements (SLAs) when postponing activities. Our approach is implemented in Camunda and has been evaluated in interviews with domai
n experts.
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