Removing energy code smells with reengineering services

Abstract

Due to the increasing consumer adoption of mobile devices, like smart phones and tablet PCs, saving energy is becoming more and more important. Users desire more functionality and longer battery cycles. While modern mobile computing devices offer hardware optimized for low energy consumption, applications often do not make proper use of energy-saving capabilities. This paper proposes detecting and removing energy-wasteful code using software reengineering services, like code analysis and restructuring, to optimize the energy consumption of mobile devices.