Wirtek announces its participation in the MAST (Managing Sustainability Trade-offs) project, a European research initiative under the ITEA innovation framework. The project introduces a novel approach to software sustainability by addressing the often-conflicting priorities of energy efficiency and long-term maintainability. Wirtek will receive funding of up to EUR 200.000 during the project.
Tackles a core sustainablity challenge
MAST brings together multiple partners across Europe, including research institutions and technology companies, and will run through 2027. As part of the Danish consortium alongside Aalborg University, Wirtek contributes with a specialised use case built on Wappsto, the company’s flagship IoT/cloud platform. Wappsto powers energy monitoring and automation solutions, including Tenant Consumption Management, a building-level submetering and analytics solution.
The use case tackles a core sustainability challenge: Software is often engineered for speed, maintainability, or portability, frequently at the cost of energy efficiency. To address this, the use case introduces a trade-off mechanism that allows users and developers to choose between performance-optimised and energy-efficient operations. Visual dashboards reveal the impact of each choice across latency, maintainability, and carbon footprint, enabling data-driven software design decisions.
By embedding these mechanisms directly into the platform, the use case explores how IoT-cloud systems can self-assess and optimise the trade-offs between technical and environmental sustainability.
The initiative supports MAST’s mission to advance sustainable software architecture across sectors. At the same time, it directly supports Wirtek’s Clean Code to Green Code (C2G) ESG initiative, which focuses on identifying the carbon impact of software not just during development, but also when software is actively running on end-user systems, including cloud-hosted solutions.
Participation in MAST supports the company’s long-term strategy to deliver smart, future-ready platforms, and is expected to enhance the company’s software product offering and open new opportunities in sustainable IoT, edge, and cloud computing.
Support Clean Code to Green Code initiative
““Software plays a critical role in the green transition,” said Michael Aaen, CEO of Wirtek. “Our involvement in MAST allows us to bring sustainability into everyday software decisions, giving developers and users practical tools to balance performance with environmental impact. That’s where we believe real progress begins.”
Michael Aaen,
CEO Wirtek
Further information
- Michael Aaen, CEO, Wirtek A/S, Phone: +45 2529 7575, E-mail: ir@wirtek.com
Niels Jernes Vej 10, 9220 Aalborg, Denmark, www.wirtek.com
About Wirtek
Wirtek A/S is a Danish IT Services and Solutions company that provides software development, embedded engineering, R&D, Quality Assurance, and testing services to help clients worldwide. Wirtek specialises in Energy Solutions, Intelligent Connected Systems and Custom Digital Solutions.
At Wirtek, we prioritise building long-term client relationships, with some lasting over a decade. We believe that quality partnerships are just as important as software quality in achieving our client's goals. Established in 2001, we have offices in Denmark, Romania and Portugal and have been listed on Nasdaq First North Copenhagen since 2006.
