DOCUMENT #:
GSC15-PLEN-90
FOR:
Presentation
SOURCE:
TIA
AGENDA ITEM:
6.8
CONTACT(S):
Anil Kripalani (akripalani@wirefreecom.net)
Cheryl Blum (cblum@tiaonline.org)
ICT and the Environment
Anil Kripalani
Wirefreecom
Global Standards Collaboration (GSC)
GSC-15
TIA’s ‘Green’ Drive
Environmental Regulatory Tracking
Tracking and analyzing environmental
regulations worldwide
TIA’s Green Initiative includes an
Environmental Intelligence Analysis service,
EIATRACK, which monitors, translates and
analyzes product-oriented legislation and
regulation worldwide. The service covers:
 RoHS – Restriction of Hazardous
Substances
 WEEE – Waste of Electronic and Electrical
Equipment
 REACH – Registration, Evaluation,
Authorization and Restriction of Chemical
Substances
 EuP - Energy using Products
 DfE - Design for the Environment
 Energy Efficiency
 Packaging and Labeling
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TIA’s ‘Green’ Drive
Market Intelligence – Green Addendum
 TIA produces annual ICT Market
Review & Forecast
 New ICT Green Addendum gives
trends, stats and facts on current
environmental issues
 Forecasts future directions
 Provides ICT industry business
case for going green
 ICT Market Review & Forecast
available now online and in limited
print quantities

www.tiaonline.org/market_intelligence/
TIA’s ‘Green’ Drive
ICT Green Virtual Event
 The Sustainability
Virtual Summit in
March 2010
•
Many companies
participated and received
qualified leads as a result
of the summit
 TIA ICT Green Boot
Camp held on
March 18, 2010
•
Featured interactive panel
discussions on green
design and market access,
policy and the low-carbon
economy and business
opportunities in Green ICT
TIA’s ‘Green’ Drive
e-cyclingcentral.com
TIA’s E-cycling
Central Website
maintains
information for
consumers and
businesses on
recycling centers in
their region that
accept electronics
TIA’s ‘Green’ Drive
Policy Focus
 Green Briefing on Capitol Hill
Planned for the fall of 2010
 Green ICT Policy News (under development)
• Weekly update on policy activities related to
open proceedings, dockets, and activities in DC
TIA’s ‘Green’ Drive
Standards Development
 3GPP2 - on-going development of S.P0140
Study for Green Technology Initiative for
cdma2000® Wireless Networks and
S.P0141 Study for M2M Communications
for cdma2000® Wireless Networks
 These Technical Reports will be transposed
by TR-45 into TIA TSBs.
TIA’s ‘Green’ Drive
Standards Development
 TIA-942 Telecommunications
Infrastructure Standard for Data
Centers
 TIA-942 Addendum 2 – published March 2010
• Expansion of temperature and humidity ranges
will allow for lower power consumption and
reduction of HVAC capacity.
 The scope of subcommittee TR-42.3 (Pathways and
Spaces) relates to CSI MasterFormat™ divisions 110. A task group has been established to consider
new “green” projects.
TIA’s ‘Green’ Drive
Standards Development
 TIA is developing an access agnostic set of
M2M protocols in Committee TR-50 which
can be used for smart grid devices.
 TIA is developing a standard for immunity to
voltage surges that smart grid equipment
may encounter as a result of lightning
strikes.
Challenges
 Continue to identify, analyze and inform TIA
stakeholders of environmental issues and
regulations as they relate to current and
future directions in the global market.
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Next Steps/Actions
 Continued focus on development of
standards (e.g., Smart Grid, M2M, Data
Centers) to support technologies, projects
and features relative to energy efficiencies
and green environment
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