Ecodesign Directive: An Overview of the Preparatory Study on Enterprise Servers and Storage

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1 Ecodesign Directive: An Overview of the Preparatory Study on Enterprise Servers and Storage D. Polverini, European Commission Thibault Faniger, BIO Intelligence Service

2 Ecodesign Preparatory Study DG ENTR Lot 9 Enterprise Servers D. Polverini, European Commission DG Enterprise and Industry

3 Enterprise Servers Ecodesign Preparatory Study European Commission DG ENTR Main Instruments Main instruments Ecodesign Directive 2009/125/EC: "Framework" defining the "rules" for setting product-specific requirements/legislation on energy efficiency and further parameters. Compliant products receive "CE Mark" Energy Labelling Directive 2010/30/EU: "Framework" defining the "rules" for setting product-specific requirements/legislation on standard information of the consumption of energy and other resources Other Related Instruments Ecolabel: The EU Ecolabel helps identify products and services that have a reduced impact on the environment throughout their life cycle, from the extraction of raw material through to production, use and disposal. Green Public Procurement: Voluntary instrument. GPP can help stimulate a critical mass of demand for more sustainable goods and services which otherwise would be difficult to get onto the market.

4 Enterprise Servers Ecodesign Preparatory Study European Commission DG ENTR

5 Enterprise Servers Ecodesign Preparatory Study European Commission DG ENTR The Main Directive instruments 2009/125/EC EU s main legal instrument to improve the environmental performance of energy-related products - Exemption for the automotive sector regulated in the type-approval legislation Framework Directive requirements on product-by-product basis, based on Life-cycle approach, via: - Implementing measures ( daughter regulations), OR - Voluntary agreements + other actions (standardisation, market surveillance, help desk) Significance Tests - Implementing measures only for products with: (i) Significant environmental aspects (ii) Significant potential for improvement (iii) Significant trade and sales volume [indicative threshold: units per year, BUT subsidiary to Tests (i) & (ii) above]

6 Enterprise Servers Ecodesign Preparatory Study European Commission DG ENTR Story so far.. Main instruments 39 'Lots' with some 50 product groups 14 Ecodesign Regulations and 5 Energy Labelling Regulations adopted Si-Gal/iStockphoto

7 Enterprise Servers Ecodesign Preparatory Study European Commission DG ENTR Main instruments Ecodesign Working Program Priority Product Groups: Optional Product Groups: Window products [DG ENER] Steam boilers (< 50MW) [ENTR Lot 7] Power cables [ENTR Lot 8] Enterprises' servers, storage & ancillary equipment [ENTR Lot 9] Smart appliances/meters [ENER] Wine storage appliances [ENER] Positive displacement pumps Fractional horse power motors under 200W Heating controls Lighting controls/systems Thermal insulation products for buildings Additional combined energy savings potential: over 500 TWh per year by 2030.

8 Enterprise Servers Ecodesign Preparatory Study European Commission DG ENTR The preparatory and adoption procedure Main instruments

9 Task 3: User Behavior Which category to consider for our scope? Extended product approach: calculation of the energy consumption of the product in a range of variable conditions of load, demand that may require the installation of controls or other auxiliary devices for the product to fulfil its function. Analysis both at server and data centers level

10 Enterprise Servers Ecodesign preparatory Study European Commission DG ENTR Main instruments THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION! European Commission DG Enterprise and Industry Unit B1 Sustainable Industrial Policy and Construction Ecodesign Team DG ENTR - Contact: ENTR-Ecodesign@ec.europa.eu Desk officer responsible for enterprise servers Contact: davide.polverini@ec.europa.eu

11 Ecodesign Preparatory sstudy DG ENTR Lot 9 Enterprise Servers A study for the European Commission by BIO Intelligence Service & Fraunhofer IZM Thibault Faniger, BIO Intelligence Service

12 Technical expertise Project Team: BIO IS BIO Intelligence Service Established in 1989, BIO is a leading research and consulting company in the field of environmental and health evaluation of products and services and in improving the science-policy interface. BIO supports its clients through: PARTNERS Knowledge management Methods & tools Public-sector clients Analytical assessment STAKEHOLDERS Private-sector clients Communication support

13 Project Team: BIO IS Unparalleled experience in preparatory studies (21 product groups)

14 Project Team: BIO IS Other ICT References «Impacts of ICT on energy efficiency» (DG INFSO, 2008) (link) PrimeEnergyIT (Intelligent Energy Europe Programme, ): a project for the dissemination of energy efficiency best practices in datacentres ( Many LCAs of ICT products, including a study for ADEME (French Agency for the Environment and Energy Management) on impacts from new ICT (web request, , USB stick, e-shopping) (link) Studies for DG INFSO on measurement methodologies for the carbon and energy footprints of the ICT sector: «Pilot testing on methodologies for energy consumption and carbon footprint of the ICT-sector» (2012, «Towards an overall measurement methodology of the carbon and energy footprints of the ICT sector» (2013, link)

15 Project Team: IZM Fraunhofer Fraunhofer IZM The Fraunhofer-Institut für Zuverlässigkeit und Mikrointegration (IZM)* conducts applied research in the field of advanced microelectronic packaging and microsystem integration technology *(English): Institute for Reliability and Microintegration

16 Project Team: IZM Fraunhofer Fraunhofer IZM Founded in 1993 (in collaboration with TU Berlin) Director Prof. Klaus-Dieter Lang Locations in Berlin (HQ), Dresden, Oberpfaffenhofen 28.5 Mio. turnover (year 2012) 85 % contract research (industry and public funding) 355 employees (scientist, students and administration)

17 Project Overview Objectives: Preparatory study identifying and recommending ways to improve at the design phase the environmental performance of the product throughout its lifecycle Framework: The Ecodesign Directive (2009/125/EC) and the Methodology for Ecodesign of Energyrelated Products (MEErP)

18 Project Overview: The Ecodesign Directive The Ecodesign Directive (2009/125/EC) is a Framework Directive for setting ecodesign requirements for Energy-related Products (ErP) Ecodesign: the integration of environmental aspects into product design with the aim of improving the environmental performance of the product throughout its whole life cycle The majority of environmental and cost impacts of a product are determined during the design phase. Preparatory

19 Project Overview: The Ecodesign Directive Ecodesign Directive - Implementing Measures (IM): Could be proposed for product categories which: Represent a significant volume of products placed on the EU market (indicatively > units/year) Involve a significant environmental impact Present a significant potential for improvement Are to be based on: Environmental assessments / relevant product characteristics and functionality (e.g. no negative impacts on safety or functionality) Products and technologies available on the market should be taken as reference IM should ensure that the competitiveness of the targeted sector is preserved

20 Project Overview: The Ecodesign Directive Ecodesign Directive Legislative Process Working Plan European Commission Consultation Forum (Revised) Draft Implementing Measure Working Document Draft Implementing Measure Impact assessment Interservice Consultation Regulatory Committee Ecodesign Preparatory Study EU Parliament Stakeholder Consultation Adoption

21 Project Overview Product scope: Enterprise servers and data equipment Duration: 24 months (June May 2015) EC policy officer: Davide Polverini (davide.polverini@ec.europa.eu) Novelty: The new MEErP (and new EcoReport) will be used Website:

22 Correlations between tasks Interaction with EC and Stakeholders Project Overview: Taskplan Stakeholders Q 1st stakeholder meeting Q 2nd stakeholder meeting Q 3rd stakeholder meeting DG ENTR Draft reports Tasks 1 to 3 Kick-off meeting R Interim Report (Tasks 1 to 5 and base case selection) R Draft final report (Tasks 1-7) Interim meeting R R Final report Final meeting feedback Scope feedback feedback feedback Technical Assistance Markets Users Technologies Environment & Economics Design options Scenarios Timeline in months (from the contract signature date) June 13 Jul 13 Aug 13 Sep 13 Oct 13 Nov 13 Dec 13 Jan 14 Feb 14 Mar 14 Apr 14 May 14 June 14 Jul 14 Aug 14 Sep 14 Oct 14 Nov 14 Dec 14 Jan 15 Feb 15 Mar 15 Apr 15 Legend: Q Task 1 Task 2 Task 3 Task 4 Task 5 Task 6 Task 7 Questionnaire

23 Project Overview: Tasks Description Data Collection and Background Tasks: (Task 0 &) Task 1: Scope: Definition of preliminary product scope, including preliminary product definitions, taking into account that categorization shall preferably be linked to primary performance parameter (the "functional unit"). Identification of the test standards and legislation (EU, Member State and third country level) Task 2: Markets: Aggregation of generic economic data, market and stock data, consumer expenditure data (purchase price, operating costs, etc.). Description of market trends and forecast of future market data. Task 3: Users: Understanding and description of the system aspects in the use phase. Description of end-of-life behaviour and local infrastructures. Task 4: Technologies: Technical product descriptions and description of the production, distribution and end-of-life phases.

24 Project Overview: Tasks Description Modelling Tasks: Task 5: Environment & economics: Definition of the base-cases, environmental impact assessment and life cycle costs calculations for the base-cases and for the EU-27 (via the EcoReport tool) Task 6: Design options: Identification and description of the design options to be taken into account that improve the product environmental performance. Environmental impact assessment and life cycle costs calculations for these options (like in Task 5) Task 7: Scenarios: Based on all previous tasks, building of possible economic and environmental scenarios at EU-27 level (based on stock model). Impact analysis for the industry and consumers. Sensitivity analysis of the scenarios for the main parameters. Summary of the main policy recommendations per base-case.

25 Stakeholders Consultation Stakeholders Consultation Identification and involvement of all relevant stakeholders: - Federations/business associations (e.g. DigitalEurope) - Standardisation initiatives and organisations (e.g. the GreenGrid) - Components and equipment manufacturers (servers, other equipment depending on scope) - NGOs - Infrastructure and data centre planers, datacentre operators? - Etc. Dedicated website for communication (events, published documents, etc.) Collection of data, concerns and suggestions through: - Face-to-face meetings - Questionnaires - Stakeholder meetings (3)

26 Stakeholders Consultation Data required (non exhaustive list): 1 st Questionnaire (until end Oct. 2013) - Task 0: optional task for the case of large or inhomogeneous product groups, where it is recommended to carry out a first product screening, considering the environmental impact and potential for improvement of the products. The objective is to re-group or narrow the product scope. - Task 1: product groups definitions and scope, performance parameters, test standards, EU/MS/Third country legislation - Task 2: market and stock data, market trends, consumer expenditure data (e.g. average prices, operating/maintenance/disposal costs, share of leasing) - Task 3: user behaviour (e.g. load profiles, energy consumption), end-of-life behaviour (e.g. average lifetime, repair and maintenance pracices, end-oflife treatment options, second hand use)

27 Stakeholders consultation Data required (non exhaustive list): - Task 4: technical product description, bill of materials, packaging, volume and weight, means of transport, etc. - Task 5: definition of base cases, life cycle costs Planned to be gathered via 2 nd Questionnaire (from Mar./Apr. 2014)

28 Stakeholders Consultation Data required (non exhaustive list): - Task 6: technical description of improvement options and associated costs - Task 7: market/legislative barriers/failures (and opportunities) for measures, socio-economic impact analysis Planned to be gathered via 3 rd Questionnaire (from Sep./Oct 2014)

29 Task 1: Scope Product Scope: The experience from previous Ecodesign preparatory studies suggests that in order to select a proper product scope from the existing options (e.g. definitions and scopes derived from market statistics, technical standards, and labelling schemes) it is necessary to reflect or match the boundaries of this product scope with the task requirements of the whole study. This means that the product scope needs to fit: Test standards reflecting environmental issues such as power consumption measurement procedures (task 1) Product performance parameters and respective functional unit (task 1) Product and technology trends (tasks 2 and 7) Available market data and respective typical market segmentation (tasks 2 and 5) Use environments and respective typical use patterns (tasks 3 and 5) Products design characteristics and respective technical parameters (task 4)

30 Task 1: Scope Enterprise Servers: Enterprise servers are the backbone of the on-going digitalisation in modern societies In many cases, availability and security has priority and ecodesign has to supplement these requirements (QoS/SLA define latency, redundancy, etc.) Virtualisation and cloud computing transition is changing the utilization of servers in data centres In the past five years energy efficiency has been addressed by the industry (e.g. The Green Grid, SPEC). The technical development focused on the improvement of power consumption in partial loads and low idle power.

31 Task 1: Scope Distinguish server from data centre:

32 Task 1: Scope 19 Rack-Cabinet Rack-Server Modular PSU, Fans, Storage, and Network Interfaces integrated Single Rack-Server

33 Task 1: Scope 19 Rack-Cabinet Blade Chassis Blade-Chassis with integrated PSUs, Fans, Network Fabric as infrastructure for multiple Server-Blades

34 Task 1: Scope Tower-Server Free standing chassis with all functions integrated

35 Task 3: User Behavior Which category to consider for our scope?

36 Task 3: User Behavior Which category to consider for our scope? Extended product approach: Calculation of the energy consumption of the product in a range of variable conditions of load, demand that may require the installation of controls or other auxiliary devices for the product to fulfil its function.

37 Any Questions? Contacts BIO Intelligence Service Fraunhofer IZM Shailendra Mudgal Lutz Stobbe Thibault Faninger Marina Proske Tel: Tel: +49 (0) 30/