Our current work on the environmental aspects of telecommunications equipment includes energy efficiency.
Environmental Engineering committee (TC EE)
TC EE develops standards for reducing the eco-environmental impact of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) equipment. This includes:
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the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of ICT goods, networks and services
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‘the Green Abstraction Layer’, a standard on the power management capabilities of fixed network nodes, which enables operators for the first time to manage the energy consumption of telecom networks easily, offsetting network performance and capacity against energy costs
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methods to assess the energy efficiency of wireless access networks and equipment, core networks and wireline access equipment
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the control and monitoring of power and cooling systems used in telecommunication and data infrastructures, with the aim of monitoring and reducing power consumption
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power supplies
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network standby mode for household and office equipment
Access, Terminals, Transmission and Multiplexing committee (TC ATTM)
TC ATTM focuses on the ‘green’ needs of operational networks and sites and broadband transmission including:
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developing global Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to provide users of ICT with the tools to monitor their eco-efficiency and energy management
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defining the networks connecting digital multi-services in cities, producing KPIs for monitoring the sustainability of broadband solutions
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improving our standards for transmission equipment to support the European Commission’s Ecodesign of Energy Related Products Directive
Industry Specification Group (ISG) on Operational energy Efficiency for Users (OEU)
ISG OEU is working to minimize the power consumption and greenhouse gas emissions of infrastructure, utilities, equipment and software within ICT sites and networks. This includes:
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the measurement of energy consumption by IT servers, storage units, broadband fixed access and mobile access, with a view to developing global KPIs
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the management of the end of life of ICT equipment
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a definition of global KPI modelling for green smart cities
Low power in the Internet of Things
We are developing standards for technologies used to provide low power to devices in the Internet of Things:
