Anders Dr. Andrae

Dr Anders Andrae

Huawei Technologies Sweden AB - Assistant Chief Expert

Dr. Anders Andrae has been engaged in ETSI for 17 years and has authored a substantial body of research publications that have contributed significantly to the advancement of standards. He has also served as the Chair of TC EE M-ICT working group since 2016. The focus of his nomination is on his outstanding research, which had a direct and foundational impact on the ETSI Technical Specification TS 104 134 developed in TC EE (Environmental Engineering). ETSI TS 104 134 provides a standardised method to assess, in a simplified manner, the uncertainty of calculations for avoided environmental impact resulting from the introduction of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Solutions. Dr. Andrae’s contributions provided the baseline Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)- based avoided impact and added uncertainty, sensitivity, and probability analysis, as defined in the TS.

The research done by Dr. Anders Andrae, which had a direct impact on ETSI standardisation work of TC EE (Environmental Engineering), is reported in two papers:
“Method for Calculating the Avoided Impact of Specific Information and Communication Technology Services” – DOI: https://doi.org/10.37394/232033.2024.2.7

  • Proposes a novel bottom-up framework combining Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) approaches (ALCA, CLCA, IOLCA) into a practical method
  • Introduces simplified consequential LCA (SCLCA) tailored to ICT services
  • Develops new equations for avoided impact and lifetime equipment analysis (including reuse vs. replacement)
  • And Bridges the gap between theoretical LCA and real-world ICT applications

and “Method for Uncertainty and Probability Estimation of Avoided Impacts from Information and Communication Technology Solutions” – DOI: https://doi.org/10.14445/23497157/IJRES-V11I5P110

  • First systematically integrates uncertainty and sensitivity analysis into ICT avoided-impact calculations
  • Formalises treatment of the rebound effect and its uncertainty, a major gap in prior research
  • Introduces a probabilistic framework enabling confidence-based conclusions
  • And demonstrates how to quantify the reliability of LCA results, not just outcomes

The two papers had a direct and foundational impact on the ETSI Technical Specification TS 104 134. The first paper provided the baseline LCA-based avoided impact, and the second paper added uncertainty, sensitivity, and probability analysis. The TS adopts the same fundamental equation structure for avoided impact (baseline − ICT solution − rebound), directly derived from the second paper.

ETSI TS 104 134 integrates both and formalises them into:
• Sensitivity calculations (clause 4.2)
• Uncertainty contribution (clause 4.3)
• Rebound effect quantification (clause 4.4)

Building on Dr. Andrae’s research, ETSI TS 104 134 formalised the approach into an industry-standard methodology and further extended the contributions of the two papers.

This illustrates how the research transitioned from academic formulation into a standardised calculation framework.

Reference of the deliverables, Dr. Andrae’s contribution has made a direct impact on:

ETSI TS 104 134 V1.1.1 (2025-09): “Environmental Engineering (EE); Simplified Method for including Uncertainty and Sensitivity Aspects in Calculations of the Avoided Environmental Impact of Information and Communication Technology Solutions”.

ETSI ES 203 199 V1.4.1 (2025-01): “Environmental Engineering (EE); Methodology for environmental Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) goods, networks and service”.

ETSI EN 303 808 V1.1.1 (2023-01): “Environmental Engineering (EE); Applicability of EN 45552 to EN 45559 methods for assessment of material efficiency aspects of ICT network infrastructure goods in the context of circular economy”.

ETSI TR 103 679 V1.1.1 (2019-05): “Environmental Engineering (EE); Explore the challenges of developing product group-specific Product Environmental Footprint Category Rules (PEFCRs) for smartphones”.

ETSI TR 103 476 V1.1.2 (2018-02): “Environmental Engineering (EE); Circular Economy (CE) in Information and Communication Technology (ICT); Definition of approaches, concepts and metrics”.

ETSI TS 103 199 V1.1.1 (2011-11): “Environmental Engineering [EE]; Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of ICT equipment, networks and services; General methodology and common requirements”.