Some KDE developers indeed put a lot of time to get the certification, but this is not only for bureaucratic reasons. A lot of measurements needed to be done[1]

Some KDE developers indeed put a lot of time to get the certification, but this is not only for bureaucratic reasons. A lot of measurements needed to be done[1], this leads to various patches to improve the energy efficiency of some parts of the code. Also Be4FOSS is not only for KDE, but can also benefices other projects [2] [1]: https://invent.kde.org/teams/eco/blue-angel-application/-/blob/master/applications/okular/de-uz-215-eng-annex-3-okular-idle.pdf https://invent.kde.org/teams/eco/blue-angel-application/-/bl... [2]: https://invent.kde.org/teams/eco/be4foss https://invent.kde.org/teams/eco/be4foss