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Upcoming EU Reporting Standards: NFRD & CSRD & SFRD & TCFD
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Digital Environmental Footprint
Overview Tools & APIs
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Our approach to validation
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Why Life Cycle Assessment?
DEF verification system
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Responsibilities across value chain
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Goals
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Principles
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Literature review
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Research paper on an applied LCA of a webpage (WIP)
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SDIA’s previous work on the DEF
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Information for steering group participants | DEF
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Environmental Label for Digital Resources
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Research on Existing Labels
Criteria for Sustainable Digital Infrastructure
Materials
Energy
Emissions
Water
Biodiversity
Health & well-being
Social activity & culture
Economic resilient systems
Waste of electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE, tonnes)
Refurbished Replacement Rate (RRR)
IT Equipment Refreshment cycle (years)
Electronics Disposal Efficiency (EDE)
Abiotic depletion potential (ADP)
Green House Gas Emissions (CO2-eq)
Total Energy from Renewable Sources (kWh)
Carbon Usage Effectiveness (CUE)
Renewable Energy Factor (REF)
Server Idling Energy Co-Efficient (SIEC)
Cooling Efficiency Ratio (CER)
Total Direct Cooling Energy (kWh)
Total Re-Used Energy (kWh)
Total Flexilibility Capacity provided to the grid operator (kWh)
Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE)
Energy Reuse Factor (ERF)
IT Hardware Utilisation Efficiency (%)
Network Hardware Utilisation Efficiency (%)
Water Usage Effectiveness (WUE)
Nitrous Oxide (NOx)
Sulphur dioxide (SOx)
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFC)
Hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFC)
WELL Building Standard
Total Energy Use (kWh)
A mobility plan for employees
Achieve a CO2 neutral data center
Achieve PUE <1.2
Achieve zero-(Fresh) Water Cooling System
Assess water safety & Flood prevention
Carbon intensity of energy consumptions of the building
Categorize water input (potable, non-potable, rainwater, energy-related) and output (non-industrial, industrial reuse)
Certified building
Circular Design of Building & Landscape
Circular Design of the building & landscaping
Closed soil balance
Clusters
Commit to Climate Neutral Data Centre Pact
Community manager
Connect to public heat network or to be capture ready
Connectivity
Customer reporting of resource utilization
Decrease Resource consumption (ADP)
Demonstrate that the quality of soil supplied is better than that of the soil present
Display the information to end users
End user information on renewable electricity
Energy efficiency of ICT hardware
Energy intensity of designing process per piece
Extend material life in building, equipment, landscaping
Extend the Lifetime of ICT Hardware
Flexible and demountable building
Floor Space Index
For each resource provider must release a specification
Fully apply all LEAP outcomes
Green building surface
Green building surface
Implement nearly-zero energy and zero-emission building plan
Implement onsite renewable power generation
Improve health and well-being of employees
Increase efficiency with parking garage
Increase use of Second-hand Hardware Markets
Information to end users
Install charging poles for electric vehicles
Install independent building energy management system
Install your own 150 kV sub-station
Integration inside and outside terrain
Invoicing of Resource energy consumption
Limit light nuisance for fauna
Monitoring of energy and water
Nature-inclusive building
Policy on reducing climate footprint
Procurement 100% renewable energy
Publish Environmental Impact Metrics
Realise special parking spaces for shared cars on the site
Realize Zero-Pollution Backup Power
Realize Zero-Pollution Cooling Systems
Recycling of Parts for Electronic Equipment
Recycling of Parts for Mechanical & Electrical Equipment
Reduce material use in construction, building and landscaping
Require Zero-Pollution Manufacturing in Procurement of Building Materials and Equipment
Reuse material in construction, building
Sense of Place: Landscape and culture history
Separate waste collection
Set a maximum climate footprint for digital resources
SMART energy efficient lighting
Standardisation of IT Hardware
Stimulate exercise by workers; reducing car use
Stimulate native flora and fauna
Stimulate usage of car sharing services by reserving parking for car sharing near entrance of building
Sustainability as Purchasing Criterion for ICT Equipment
Turning off IT hardware not in use
Underground 10 or 20 kV cables
Urban plan and Image Quality Plan
Use Biobased materials in the building, construction and landscaping
Zero Rare Materials Consumption in the Building & Landscaping
Zero Rare Materials Consumption in the ICT Equipment
Offer customer a guideline document on reducing electronic waste through refurbishment and recycling
Offer customer financial incentive to allow on-site recovery, refurbishment and recycling of electronic equipment
Conduct an annual customer survey on end-of-life practices and use results for anonymized, aggregated reporting
Create an internal service-marketplace where customers can find local vendors for refurbishment, recycling, and re-use of ICT equipment
Track the total weight (kg/tonnes) of ICT equipment entering the facility (by weighing it) as well as outgoing electronic waste and track it
Put a Refurbished Replacement Rate in supplier contracts for electrical and mechanical equipment which is in the scope of the facility
Create an internal service market where vendors can offer and list third-party parts and maintenance services and make customers aware
Purchase ICT equipment using sustainability certifications to ensure compliance with up-to-date environmental & social requirements
Buffering and reuse rainwater
Make an effort to instal solar panels and a battery energy storage system
Providers must reduce the climate impact of owned and leased facilities by implementing energy-efficient practices or through contractual obligations for leased spaces.
PUE should be measured on a monthly basis using the EN 50600 standard (EN 50600-4-2).
A description of the API which shows the availability of near real time information on the availability of renewable electricity.
A description of the API which provides a forecast for the available renewable electricity for the purchased resources.
Submit the following to an approved verifier
Submit a monthly report calculating carbon footprint for each certified Resource
The provider may use the ITEUsv metric according to ISO 30134-5 to monitor the utilization and effective use of energy from the ICT equipment.
Submit a report with data on energy use and climate footprint from the provisioning of the certified Resource to a customer - at least on a monthly basis
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Policies
Nordic Council of Ministers - Investment analysis
France offers reduced energy tax for data centers that meet efficiency criteria
Environmental services and data centers collaborate on energy savings of serves
Energy Investment Allowance (EIA)
Policy Haarlemmermeer 2020
Loudon Tax Incentives
Data Center Strategy
Data Center Strategy - North Holland
Research Tax Credit for Data Centers in France
Data Center Strategy African Union
Energy tax reduction for data centers in Sweden
Policy Amsterdam 2020
European Energy Efficiency Directive
US tax incentives for data centers by state
Moratorium on Data Centers
Reduced property taxes for data centers that meet environmental impact criteria
National Audit report concludes poor implementation of data center tax reduction in Sweden
World Bank 2023 Green Data Center Practitioners guide
Responsible digital technology strategy
Energy Efficiency Law
Bruno Le Maire and Jean-Noël Barrot reaffirm the national strategy for the Cloud and announce new measures in favor of the sector
Sweden abolishes tax incentives for data centers
Data Center Policy in Poland
Spatial Strategy Data Centers 2030
Reduced VAT on Energy for Data Centers
Nordic Labour Journal - Jobs Analysis
Nordic Council of Ministers - Data Center Opportunities
Norway eliminates tax incentive on energy for data centers
Data centers can claim 100% tax relief on investments in energy-saving technologies
Data center reporting coming to the US
LEAP - Metropolitan Region of Amsterdam
Roadmap for Sustainable Digital Infrastructure
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Sustainable IT
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RVO Best Practices for Sustainable IT
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Heat Utilization
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Current Challenges
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Position papers
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Projects
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Business cases
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European Cloud
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Data Center Sustainability Scorecard
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Data Center Metrics
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Cloud Economics
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Digital Economics
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SoftAWERE
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Our Approach
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List of programming languages & IDEs considered by the project
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Selection of components for a test measurements
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Principles for Sustainable Software Design
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Stakeholder Analysis
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Open-Source Research
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The Shared Values of Sustainability and Open Source
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Open-Source Software Environmental Footprint Survey & Report
List of continuous integration & delivery services
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Building the reference systems
Technical Architecture
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Original Background, Problem Statement & Goal from UBA (DE)
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Long Project Description (DE)
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Short-Description (DE, EN)
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One Pager Summary (EN)
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Tagline (DE)
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Why was the initiative started? (EN)
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Financing Info & Project Team
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UBA Template
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Project Logo
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Project Flyer
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Press Release
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23-08-2021 Project Kick-Off
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Project Meeting 13-05-2022 (Berlin)
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Original Proposal
OOP Conference Presentation
Hackathon Concept
SoftAWERE Workshop #1
Begleitkreistreffen 1
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VU Amsterdam Collaboration
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ECO-Qube
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Bridging IT & OT with the Environmental Data Agent
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Environmental Data System
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Open Data Hub
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Our PEP campaign
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Licensing
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[ORGANIZE] Standards & Norms
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[ORGANIZE] Research Sources & White papers
Whitepaper waste heat Datacenters (EN) - versie 08022018_0
The Digital Utility
GG WP44-EMEAEnergyPolicyResearch
us-rc-reprint-digital-transformation
techUK_DCC_Com_1606_policy_conflicts
Uptime -2019-data-center-industry-survey
vertiv_451-data-at-the-edge_en_227923_0
Berechnung Herstellungsaufwand, Aufwand Nutzungsphase, Nutzen des RZ (Performance) und Effizienzkennzahlen für Rechenzentren (KPI4DCE)
DC_Energy_Routemap_Final_16263
low-emissions-scenario-2019
building-to-grid-industry-white-paper-0919
Calculating carbon emissions - case
OCP ACS Immersion Requirements Specification (1)
wpec418navigantresearchpdf
WEO2019-Launch-Presentation
techUK_TechCttee_Briefing_Emergency_Generation_1701
NODES-market-design_WhitePaper
Standards Map
smart-power-generation-for-data-centers
Offshore_Wind_Outlook_2019
Validation of the digital power resolver by Jens Gröger
schneiderelectricnavigantresearchdatacentersandadvancedmicrogridswhitepaper102017pdf
whitepaper_waste_heat_utilization-1
ey-digital-utilities-report
Noxious_NOX9_15083
data_center_energy_efficiency_full
DDA - State of the Dutch Data Centers
techUK_Lost_in_Migration_Final_16253
techUK_Briefing_MCDP_14335
Uptime - smart-energy-for-the-data-center 2019
Basmadjian2013d
The-digital-utility-New-opportunities-and-challenges
Hardware Resource Efficiency
spm12353-usen-01_SPM12353USEN
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DCF Reference Material
KPI4DCE Emission Calculation Tool
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EU AI Act
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U.S. Artificial Intelligence Environmental Impacts Act
U.S. AIDE Act
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Criteria for Sustainable Digital Infrastructure
Refurbished Replacement Rate (RRR)
This is aimed at data center providers, when maintaining their facilities - such as cabling, electrical and mechanical systems.
It’s not about servers.
Waste of electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE, tonnes)
IT Equipment Refreshment cycle (years)
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