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Better Living with ICT

Technologies for a Better Life

While technological progress has improved the way we
communicate for both social and business purposes and opened
up exciting new opportunities, we are careful to minimise any
adverse social consequences. Part of our work involves making
products and services simpler to use, safer and more efficient.

We are also committed to identifying energy efficiency solutions
that mitigate the impact on climate change of the growing use of
Information and Communications Technologies (ICT). The ultimate
goal is to ensure that ICT improve the quality of life for all.

Energy Efficiency for ICT We continued to revise our two-part ES on the measuring of
Much of our work on energy efficiency supports European the energy efficiency of wireless access network equipment,
Commission (EC) policies, regulation or legislation and completing the part on radio base stations in static traffic
we work closely with the European Committee for load; work continued on dynamic traffic loads. Revision of
Electrotechnical Standardisation (CENELEC) in the the ES on the energy efficiency of mobile networks continues
development of relevant standards. on an ongoing basis to take account of the evolution of the
network. We made good progress with a new Technical
For example, in 2016 we continued to develop standards for Report (TR) describing best practice in assessing the energy
reducing the eco-environmental impact of ICT equipment, performance of future radio access network deployment.
in support of EC Mandate M/462 on energy efficiency in We also began work on two new TRs: one on studies into
fixed and mobile information and communication networks. methods and metrics to evaluate energy efficiency for future
Our Environmental Engineering committee (TC EE) made 5G systems and the other on energy estimation methods for
good progress with three new European Standards (ENs) mobile networks based on a statistical approach.
for energy efficiency Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for
servers, for Radio Access Network equipment and for the Recognising that traditional measurement methods for
application of Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV) in ICT energy efficiency are not suitable for NFV, work continued
networks. on an ES to define appropriate methods, and we began
to extend our ES on the ‘Green Abstraction Layer’ to NFV
Our Access, Terminals, Transmission and Multiplexing (TC applications.
ATTM) committee continued with its work on ‘Global KPIs’
to support the deployment of eco-efficient networks and By the end of 2016, we had completed a final draft of an
sites and to monitor the energy management of deployed ES defining standardisation terms and trends in energy
broadband. When completed, these KPIs (ETSI Standards efficiency. A new TR on the circular economy was also
(ESs) and Technical Specifications (TSs)) will describe the best completed and we published a TR on testing methodology
practices, most efficient equipment and solutions to build for equipment capable of dynamic performances adaptation.
sustainable operational networks, sites and data centres. We began to revise our ES on measurement methods for
They will provide ICT users with tools to monitor the energy the energy efficiency of router and switching equipment,
management of networks and sites in full compliance with including a new method to simplify testing.
the Kyoto Protocol on climate change and the reduction of
greenhouse gas emissions. We began work in September on Throughout 2016, we continued in discussion with the
a new TS in the series, which will define the main KPIs for Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS)
green smart cities and outline the standards which will be with the goal of aligning our respective methodologies for
needed to improve the efficiency and sustainability of the the measurement of energy efficiency in ICT products and
cities of the future. We also began upgrading our ESs and networks.
TSs, with the aim of publishing them as ENs by 2018, in time
to support potential new European legislation related to the Ongoing work included revisions of the ENs for
development of efficient ICT products and components. environmental classification and tests for telecommunication
equipment, and our multipart EN on test methods for
We submitted to the EC our proposed programme of work in storage, transportation and equipment installed in weather-
response to Mandate M/543 on material efficiency. protected and non-weather-protected locations.
By the end of 2016, we had approved a new EN on the We began work on liquid cooling for ICT equipment and we
ecodesign requirements for network standby mode for embarked on a study into test methods and the test severity
household and office equipment, in support of EC Mandate of mechanical aspects for equipment installed on poles and
M/544. towers.

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