IEC TC111 WG4 Activities
28 September 2011
IEC/TC 111 Liaison and
Environment Policy Division
Information & Telecommunication Systems Company
Hitachi, Ltd.
Osamu NAMIKAWA
IEC TC111 Overview
WG1: Material Declaration
IEC 62474 (FDIS)
WG2: Environmentally conscious design (disbanded)
WG3: Test procedures of regulated substances
TC111
PT 62476: Guidance for evaluation of product with
respect to substance use restrictions
PT 62542:Terminology
IEC 62430 Ed.1.0
IEC 62321 Ed.1.0
IEC TR 62476 Ed.1.0
IEC 62542 (CD2)
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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Activities of WG4
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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TR 62725 (product carbon footprint)
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Worldwide Bodies Addressing GHG in
A Product Life Cycle Perspective
ITU-T SG5
Liaison
BSI
Sector guide relation
Q18
IEC TC 111
& Carbon Trust
PAS 2050
WG 4
ISO
GHG Protocol
（WBCSD & WRI）
ISO 14067
CFP standard
JIS
CFP standard
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Back ground of TR 62725
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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Scope - 111/204/NP – TR 62725
■ 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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Relation to Existing Std. – TR 62725
WBCSD/WRI
GHG Protocol
Issue (Target)
Schedule:
Oct, 2011
Scope 3 Accounting Report standard
Product Life Cycle Accounting & Report standard
ISO TC207 SC7 GHG Management
ISO 14067 : Carbon footprint of products – Quantification & Communication
Issue (Target)
Schedule:
latter half of 2012?
Reference / Sector specific
Liaison
IEC TC111
Subject
TR 62725
Quantification methodology of greenhouse gas emissions
(CO2e) for “EE products & service sector”
GHG Assessment methodology for
“EE products and service sector”
（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
Issue (Target)
Schedule:
2012
CO2e emissions
for Product Life cycle
Liaison
ICT Sector specific
ITU-T
SG-5
Issue (Target)
Schedule:
2011
IEC Product TCs
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Potential Issues ― long supply chain
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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Potential Issues ― many components
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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Potential Issues ― use stage
Hurdles
1. Electrical and electronic products emit significant amount of
CO2 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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TR62726 (enabling effect)
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Background of TR 62726
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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Relation to Existing Std. – TR 62726
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,
Issued
monitoring and reporting of GHG emission reductions or removal enhancements
project baseline
Reference / Sector specific
Issue (Target)
TR
62726
IEC
TC111
Liaison
Schedule:
Quantification Methodology of greenhouse gas emission
2012
(CO2e) reductions for “EE products & service” from the
project baseline
GHG Assessment methodology for
Methodology for
Subject
“EE products and service sector”
“transparency”
UNFCCC Post Kyoto Framework
Evaluation for Carbon
Political
MRV (Monitoring, reporting,
reduction and/or Energy
Framework
and verification) scheme in each countries
saving potential by
（a）Guidance document - Quantification methodology
applicable to a project intended to reduce or suppress
GHG emissions（CO2e）for evaluating from baseline.
IEC Product TCs
introduce of Low-carbon
technology into market
Liaison
ICT Sector specific
ITU-T
SG-5
Issue (Target)
Schedule:
2011
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Project Implementation & GHG emissions reduction
Eligibility
CO2e emissions
Project boundary
EE products amount
of supply to the market
will increase ・・・
Baseline
Scenario
Project
Implementation
Evaluation Tools
Additionality
GHG emissions
reduction
from project
baseline
・Products specific
・Performance
standard
・Barrier Analysis
Estimation of
emissions reduction
Reporting &
Verification
Current
Energy Efficient Products
BAU
or
Alternative Technology
Baseline
/Products（Low-carbon）
Evaluation Tools
Methodology
of Monitoring
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Schedule
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Projected timeline – TR 62725 / TR 62726
Scope
TR 62725 Life cycle GHG
emissions
Year
2011
st
1 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
Action plan
Web meeting
Sep
Prepare the 1st (interim)
draft TRs by Convenor
2012
2
nd
WG MTG
Oct
March
- May
(2nd DTR
Circulate to NC)
1st draft TR
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
Discussion of the
A ction plan
Prepare the 1st (interim)
draft TRs by Convenor
(2nd DTR
Circulate to NC)
1st draft TR
Circulate to NC
TR
Publication
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Next Steps
Next Actions
Schedule
■ 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
Mid
September
26-27th October
December
➢ At the same time, it would be offered at the road
test conducted by EU commission.
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Contact
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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