Session 1: Ongoing Initiatives for Assessing the Environmental
Impact of ICT
5 September 2011
IEC/TC 111 Chair
Environment Strategy Office
Hitachi, Ltd.

TC111
WG1: Material Declaration IEC 62474 (FDIS)
WG2: Environmentally conscious design
(disbanded) IEC 62430 Ed.1.0
WG3: Test procedures of regulated substances
PT 62476: Guidance for evaluation of product with respect to substance use restrictions
PT 62542:Terminology IEC 62542 (CD2)
IEC 62321 Ed.1.0
IEC TR 62476 Ed.1.0
PT 62635: Recyclability evaluation
PT 62650: Information exchange
WG4: Green House Gasses
TR 62725
TR 62726
AHG 6: Environmentally Conscious Design
PAS 62596 Ed.1.0: Sampling procedure
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Two projects to develop;
1) TR 62725 "Quantification methodology of greenhouse gas emissions for electrical and electronic products and systems "
2) TR 62726 "Quantification Methodology of greenhouse gas emission reductions for electrical and electronic products and systems from the project baseline"
First meeting of WG4 at Eindhoven (May 25 2011)
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& Carbon Trust
PAS 2050
Q18
WG 4
Sector guide relation
（ WBCSD & WRI ）
CFP standard
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Title: Quantification methodology of CO2e emission for electrical and electronic products and systems (EE products)
Background
Life cycle GHG emission of products (e.g. carbon footprint) has become a top priority issue in terms of ecodesign, administrative tool, green procurement, etc.
Necessity
ISO, WRI/WBCSD, and other initiatives already started standardization but are not harmonized and lacking consideration for EE product's specific complication, such as;
- long supply chains, - huge number of components, - complex use-profile (scenario)
Proposal
In order to help EE industry respond to this issue in a reasonable and practical manner, IEC TC 111 to start work on EE sector's harmonized methodology to be integrated into the existing generic standards and initiatives.
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■ TR 62725 describes principles and guidance to quantify greenhouse gas emissions (CO2e ） for EE products* based on the life-cycle thinking and is applicable to any type of EE products, which are new or modified.
➢ Intended to be used by those involved in design and development of EE products, and their supply chains regardless of industry sectors, regions, types, activities and sizes of organizations.
➢ Intended to guidance for implementing Carbon Footprint of Products
(CFP) and relevant product category rules of EE products.
➢ Intended facilitate product specific sectors to generate their own, more specific, standards or guidelines if needed.
*products any goods or service Note: This includes interconnected and/or interrelated goods or services
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WBCSD/WRI
GHG Protocol
Scope 3 Accounting Report standard
Product Life Cycle Accounting & Report standard
Issue (Target)
Schedule:
Oct, 2011
ISO TC207 SC7 GHG Management
ISO 14067 : Carbon footprint of products – Quantification & Communication
Liaison
Reference / Sector specific
IEC TC111 TR 62725
Quantification methodology of greenhouse gas emissions
(CO2e) for “EE products & service sector”
Subject
GHG Assessment methodology for
“EE products and service sector”
 CO2e emissions for Product Life cycle
Issue (Target)
Schedule: latter half of 2012?
Issue (Target)
Schedule:
2012
（ a ） Guidance document - Quantification methodology of GHG emissions (CO2e) for EE products
（ b ） Guidance document - Making of PCR according to each product category for EE products
Liaison
ICT Sector specific
ITU-T
SG-5
Issue (Target)
Schedule:
2011
IEC Product TCs
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Hurdles
1. Product system is not visible due to its complexity and large scale.
2. Due to above, difficulty of appropriate boundary setting and cutting off .
3. Difficulty for having cooperation from all the actors in the supply chain which makes impossible to collect primary data of every unit process.
Potential solutions (to be discussed)
Provide practical and implementable guidance for
 boundary setting
 data collection including effective use of secondary data
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Hurdles
1. Electrical and electronic product is composed of a large number of parts and materials.
2. Overall uncertainly, which is a cumulative of each component becomes very large.
— At the first WG4 meeting, MIT (US) professor presented a study on
LCA on a laptop PC showing 30% statistical variation.
Potential solutions (to be discussed)
Provide practical and implementable guidance for
 cut off rules for screening insignificant components
 addressing uncertainty and accuracy
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Hurdles
1. Electrical and electronic products emit significant amount of
CO
2 in the "use stage" in contrast to other industry.
2. The use profile or scenario may largely vary and lead to a large difference in results.
Potential solutions (to be discussed)
Provide practical and implementable guidance for
 setting an appropriate use profile for energy-using products
 avoiding inappropriate comparison or misleading use of the results.
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Title: Work 2: Quantification methodology of CO2e emission reduction for electrical and electronic products and systems (EE products) from the project baseline
Background
EE industry will increase its own GHG emission in the future but more contribute to curb the emission in other sectors (power grid, transport, house/building, telework, etc)
Necessity
 EE sector needs to quantify and communicate its contribution to society through their products and systems in terms of their CO2e reduction amount compared to the baseline (without the products and services) , for proactive marketing, branding, of EE products having superb energy efficiency.
 Current Int. Standards (e.g. ISO 14064-2) provides a framework but too generic to apply to EE products
Proposal
IEC TC 111 to start work on the EE sector's quantification methodology applicable to its products for evaluating the amount of reduction/suppression from the baseline.
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WBCSD/WRI
GHG Protocol
GHG Protocol for Project Accounting standard Issued
ISO TC207 SC7 GHG Management
ISO 14064 Part-2 : Specification with guidance at the project level for quantification, monitoring and reporting of GHG emission reductions or removal enhancements project baseline
Liaison
Issued
Reference / Sector specific
IEC TC111
Subject
Political
Framework
TR 62726
Quantification Methodology of greenhouse gas emission
(CO2e) reductions for “EE products & service” from the project baseline
GHG Assessment methodology for
“EE products and service sector”
 Methodology for
“transparency”
UNFCCC Post Kyoto Framework
MRV (Monitoring, reporting, and verification) scheme in each countries
Issue (Target)
Schedule:
2012
 Evaluation for Carbon reduction and/or Energy saving potential by introduce of Low-carbon technology into market
（ a ） Guidance document - Quantification methodology applicable to a project intended to reduce or suppress
GHG emissions （ CO2e ） for evaluating from baseline.
Liaison
ICT Sector specific
IEC Product TCs
ITU-T
SG-5
Issue (Target)
Schedule:
2011
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Project Implementation & GHG emissions reduction
Project boundary
EE products amount of supply to the market will increase ・・・
Project
Implementation
GHG emissions reduction from project baseline
Eligibility
Baseline
Scenario
Evaluation Tools
Additionality
・ Products specific
・ Performance standard
・ Barrier Analysis
Estimation of emissions reduction
Current BAU
Baseline
Energy Efficient Products or Alternative Technology
/Products （ Low-carbon ）
Reporting &
Verification
Evaluation Tools
Methodology of Monitoring
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Scope Year
TR 62725 Life cycle GHG emissions
1 s t WG MTG
May
1.Study existing initiatives
& Std activities
2.Interact with major existing initiatives & Std activities
(information gathering)
3.Study to create our own understanding on this issue
4.Draw up the document
D iscussion of the
A ction plan
2011
Web meeting
Sep
Prepare the 1st (interim) draft TRs by Convenor
2 nd WG MTG
Oct
2012
March
- May
1st draft TR
Circulate to NC
(2nd DTR
Circulate to NC)
TR
Publication
TR 62726 GHG emission reductions from baseline
1.Study existing initiatives
& Std activities
2.Study to create our own understanding on this issue
3.Draw up the document
D iscussion of the
A ction plan
Prepare the 1st (interim) draft TRs by Convenor
1st draft TR
Circulate to NC
(2nd DTR
Circulate to NC)
TR
Publication
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Next Actions
■ Convenor is to prepare the 1st (interim) draft, and the
WG4 Go To Meeting (Webinar MTG) to be held.
➢ The schedule to develop the 1st (interim) draft TRs may be so tight that it should be decided at the WG4
Go To MTG (Webinar MTG) at the end of August whether the quality of the drafts is well-developed enough to be circulated or not.
➢ If the quality of the 1st (interim) draft TRs are well enough content, we will be able to circulate to NC as the 1st draft TRs (Document for Comments) in early
September.
■ 2nd WG4 MTG (face to face) - Melbourne
■ 1st Draft Circulation
➢ At the same time, it would be offered at the road test conducted by EU commission.
Schedule
Mid
September
26-27 th October
December
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Dr. Yoshiaki ICHIKAWA
IEC TC 111 Chair
Hitachi, Ltd.
Mail ： yoshiaki.ichikawa.rb@hitachi.com
Mr. Kiyoshi SAITO
IEC TC 111 WG4 Convenor
Japan Electrical Manufacturers' Association
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