Global Standards Collaboration (GSC) 14
DOCUMENT #:
GSC14-PLEN-011
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Presentation
SOURCE:
TIA
AGENDA ITEM:
OPEN Agenda Item 6.8
CONTACT(S):
Dan Bart
ICT and the Environment
Dan Bart
TIA
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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 productoriented 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
Environmental Regulatory Tracking (cont’d.)
The legal expertise provided
by EIATRACK is worth
millions
The cost of compliance with
European regulations alone is
estimated to be nearly a
trillion dollars
The cost of noncompliance
could cost millions – the fines
that the EU gives to
noncompliant companies can
be upwards of $50 million
EIATRACK content valued at
over $5 million
More than110 international
jurisdictions covered
Subscription cost is revenue
based as low as $4,500
annually
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EUROPE
Prof. Lucas Bergkamp
ASIA-PACIFIC
Tad Ferris
AMERICAS
Paul Hagen
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AUSTRALIA, AFRICA
Andrew Sweatman
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TIA’s ‘Green’ Drive
EIATRACK at eiatrack.org
135 subscribers and growing
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TIA’s ‘Green’ Drive
EIATRACK at eiatrack.org
135 subscribers and growing
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TIA’s ‘Green’ Drive
More about EIATRACK at eiatrack.org
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Content delivered through alerts, special
reports, bulletins, white papers and
webinars
2009 Webinar schedule:
March:
Now in collaboration with CEA, ITI
and ECCB – others planning to join
United States: New CPSC Product Mandates
China WEEE Update
April:
Latin American Region Outlook 2009
May:
Product Stewardship Regulation Updates in Europe
June:
Australia Energy Efficiency
July:
United States: A Look at the New Administration’s Role in
Product Stewardship
August:
A Look at Japan’s Environmental Regulations
September: Middle East: Are Product Stewardship Regulations
Heating Up in This Region?
October:
Energy Efficiency in the United States
Electronic Components
Certification Board
November: South Korean Update
December: Global Look into the Product Stewardship Regulatory
Landscape for 2010
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TIA’s ‘Green’ Drive
Market Intelligence – Green Addendum
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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
Green Addendum to publish in August
ICT Market Review & Forecast
available now online and in limited
print quantities
tiaonline.org and telecomtv.com
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TIA’s ‘Green’ Drive
ICT Green Virtual Event
Highly interactive online experience offering:
TIA plans to launch an ICT Green Virtual Event in
February 2010
Virtual exhibits, discussions, networking, business opportunities
Online sessions and training
Companies save on travel, lodging and shipping costs
Greatly reduced environmental impacts
Trends favoring virtual events
Global transformation with the full power of the Internet,
globalization and innovative new technologies coming together
Companies working on initiatives to reduce carbon and gas
emission footprint
Economic downturn causing companies to cut travel across the
board
Customers have adopted social networking and Web 2.0 platforms
Virtual events are proving their performance in delivering RoI
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TIA’s ‘Green’ Drive
Additional Initiatives
• Sponsoring Green Planet
documentary with
Telecom TV
• Sponsoring DOE Report:
“Vision and Roadmap for
Routing Telecom and
Data Centers Toward
Efficient Energy Use”
• Developed a Green
Product Stewardship
Statement through TR-42
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TIA’s ‘Green’ Drive
e-cyclingcentral.com
TIA’s e-cyclingcentral.com
Website maintains
information for consumers
and businesses on recycling
centers in their region that
accept electronics
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Data Centers
US Green Building Council’s (USGBC) Leadership in
Environmental and Energy Design (LEED) rating system
focuses on various Divisions of the Construction
Specifications Institute’s (CSI) MasterFormat™ Division
List. Cabling is proposed to be addressed in Division 27 Communications. BICSI has started an effort to get the
USGBC to recognize Division 27. TIA is considering
teaming with BICSI in this effort.
Increasing scale of computer data centers makes them major users
of power. Energy cost is a major component of data center costs.
TIA-942 Telecommunications Infrastructure Standard for Data
Centers
TIA-942-2 (March 2008) Data Center Coaxial Cabling Specifications and
Application Distances
Standard contains “green” provisions including:
hot/cold aisles to improve HVAC efficiency
site selection
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Data Centers
-- Future work TR-42 -TIA-942 Telecommunications Infrastructure Standard for Data
Centers
TIA-942 Addendum 2 – expected late summer 2009
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 1-10. A task group has been established to
consider new “green” projects.
TIA-569-B Addendum 1 (May 2009): Temperature and Humidity
Requirements for Telecommunications Spaces
Allows for lower power consumption and reduction of HVAC capacity.
Coordination opportunity with IEEE.
TR-42.7 (Copper Cabling Components) drafted a liaison to the IEEE
requesting information on pending “green” applications and how cabling
can impact these initiatives. IEEE 802.3az (Energy-Efficient Ethernet).
Both parties have expressed mutual interest in working together on
upcoming projects.
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TIA Standards and the Environment
-- Strategic Directions -TIA standards allow for more efficient and effective
communications.
Better communications alternatives means less travel, less use
of energy, less pollution.
TIA is working to improve and standardize Intelligent
Transportation Systems (ITS).
Intelligent Transportation means less travel, congestion, energy use,
and pollution.
Improved battery performance in handheld and mobile devices,
i.e., less energy use, more efficient.
TIA GREEN Standards initiative:
What standards or projects each TIA group has developed or
started that could be termed “green” in some way?
How each committee’s member companies participate in other
“green-related” standards activities?
BUT, standards are needed in other areas too, including data
and measurement standards.
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TR-45 Work on Green Initiatives
TR45.5 will continue to:
Develop new technologies and services.
Concentrate on environmentally friendly
systems and services.
Consider, the Green Initiatives:
Continue to improve battery life
Support of DTX in the Codec, would reduce the
amount of energy consumption
1x Revision E has the ability to put many terminals on
the same carrier, thereby reducing power
consumption. A base station can reduce power
consumption by supporting a larger number of
terminals on the same carrier.
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TR-45 Challenges
Increase capacity while maintaining service
quality and system coverage to satisfy market
demands
Enhance data throughput and reduce latency to
accommodate existing and emerging data
services
Continue to improve battery life of the
terminal:
Quick Paging Channel
Fast Call Set-up
New Radio Configuration
Continue to meet time-to-market requirements
by the industry
Continue to meet industry requirements for
emerging markets related to Smart Card
development
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Thank You
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www.ecyclingcentral.com
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