ETSI’s Technical Committee on Environmental Engineering (TC EE) is responsible for defining environmental and infrastructural aspects for Information & Communication Technology (ICT) equipment and networks, including for equipment installed in data centres, indoors and outdoors, on subscriber premises and for mobile devices. Aspects of this work include: conditions of installations, power supply, earthing and bonding, environmental impact, energy efficiency, sustainability and circularity of ICT equipment.
Definition of environmental classes for storage, transportation, operation of ICT equipment in various locations (e.g. data centres, telecom centres, street cabinets, underground, on pole etc.), covering the following aspects: temperature, humidity, effect of chemical substances, biological conditions, mechanical active substances, mechanical stress, etc.
Guidelines on thermal management for the co-location of ICT equipment in racks, cabinets and sites, including the deployment of outdoor cabinets. Definition of limits of acoustic noise emissions for ICT equipment, considering the environment where they will be used.
Power supply interfaces and power distribution systems architecture for ICT equipment, expanding to new power supply technology and voltage levels. Use of renewable energy sources and energy storage systems. Sustainable power feeding solutions and associated metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs) for monitoring and control.
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodologies for assessing the environmental impact (on climatic, physical, chemical, and biotic conditions that may affect the growth and welfare of organisms and nature conservation) of ICT equipment and infrastructure to enable material efficiency and circularity. Assessing how ICT solutions impact Green House Gas (GHG) emissions in other sectors.
Reduction of energy and resource consumption: developing metrics and KPIs for environmental efficiency, particularly in terms of reduced GHG emissions, water and energy efficiency in ICTs, including data centres, with the aim to reduce the use of energy or natural resources and the environmental impact. Energy efficiency solutions utilising artificial intelligence, machine learning, and big data to improve energy efficiency of ICT solutions.
Mechanical structure and physical design for ICT equipment installed in data centres, telecommunication centres and outdoor enclosures (e.g. street cabinet), such as specifications of racks, shelves and cabinets.
TC EE is responsible for defining the engineering, the bonding and grounding, the power supply interfaces, the eco-design and the environmental impact assessment methodology and efficiency for ICT equipment and infrastructure, including in data centres, on subscriber premises, and for mobile devices, network and computing hardware, software and AI systems.
Much of our work on eco-design and energy efficiency supports European Commission (EC) policies, regulation or legislation, such as a digitalisation of product environmental information (Digital Product Passport) and standardisation on the eco-design for different type of ICT equipment, such as servers and storage equipment, smartphones, and other mobile ICT devices.
Working group EE1 develops and maintains standards on environmental topics, thermal management, and acoustic noise for ICT equipment (excluding consumer products).
Working Group EE2 is responsible for producing standards for power supply interfaces and earthing and bonding for ICT equipment, including for new power supply technology and voltage levels, the use of renewable and alternative energy sources, energy storage, and sustainable energy solutions.
Working Group EEPS develops Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodologies for assessing the environmental impact of ICT equipment and infrastructure (excluding mobile devices) and for eco-design for environmental, material and energy efficiency, and recyclability of such equipment to enable circularity.
Working Group M-ICT develops environmental deliverables related to mobile devices (excluding portable computers), including portable cordless electronic devices with embedded or general-purpose computing and communication capabilities. These devices enable users to access, process, store or transmit information wirelessly, either autonomously or in conjunction with other ICT systems, through various human-machine interfaces.
Environmental Engineering (EE); Environmental conditions and environmental tests for telecommunications equipment; Part 1: Classification of environmental conditions; Sub-part 3: Stationary use at weatherprotected locations
Environmental Engineering (EE); Environmental conditions and environmental tests for telecommunications equipment; Part 1: Classification of environmental conditions; Sub-part 4: Stationary use at non-weatherprotected locations
Environmental Engineering (EE); Monitoring and control interface for infrastructure equipment (Power, Cooling and environment systems used in telecommunication networks); Part 11: Battery system with integrated control and monitoring information model
Environmental Engineering (EE); Simplified Method for including Uncertainty and Sensitivity Aspects in Calculations of the Avoided Environmental Impact of Information and Communication Technology Solutions
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