ATIS Green Initiative

1. ATIS Green Initiative Submission Date:July 1, 2008

2. ATIS Green Initiative • ATIS has been actively pursuing the topic of Green and its consideration by the communications, information and entertainment industry. • To meet the needs of its members, ATIS will be taking a practical, market-driven and business-oriented approach to Green. • ATIS’ initial areas of focus include: • sharing lessons learned and other information about Green initiatives and programs across ATIS’ member companies; • collectively working towards industry-wide operational policies, technical standards or performance benchmarks to consistently “quantify” conformity to, or levels of, being Green; and • applying consensus-driven industry-based parameters, criteria and guidelines, when possible, ahead of government-driven mandates or programs.

3. The State of Green • Equipment vendors and operators have been concerned with reducing energy consumption, heat generation, and the equipment footprint for years, in an effort to increase operational efficiencies and reduce cost. • Industry is taking steps and/or have actions underway in many Green-related areas. • Areas of importance: network efficiencies, data centers, and applications/services. • Areas of interest: recycling, corporate ops, equipment supply-chains, and alternative (Green/renewable) energy. • Green work within ATIS’ committees is currently concentrated in the Network Interface, Power, and Protection Committee (NIPP). • Telecom Energy Efficiencies • Restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electronic equipment (RoHS).

4. Strategic Direction • Provide a platform for discussion among stakeholders to share lessons learned, best practices and (existing or impending) requirements. • Develop appropriate mechanisms and tools to assist industry in advancing or implementing Green programs/initiatives (e.g., roadmap). • Develop (voluntary) industry-driven, market-oriented benchmarks, requirements/criteria and performance metrics to measure Green efficiencies and improvement. • Raise awareness of Green viaeducational seminars and conferences.

5. Challenges • The term Green is too freely used without being clearly defined leading to misconceptions, misuse and/or “greenwashing.” • Most, if not all, companies are regularly addressing external inquiries on their internal Green programs/initiatives such as stakeholder expectations. • The industry is currently in a state of having to react to parameters, criteria and guidelines based on or driven by government mandates. • There are no industry-wide operational policies, technical standards or performance matrices to consistently “quantify” conformity to, or levels of, being “Green.”

6. Next Steps/Actions • Define the meaning of Green and the Greening process • Consider Green initiatives in discrete areas such as product development, corporate operations and service offerings, and their usefulness in attaining broader corporate goals such as greater network efficiencies, utilization of alternative energy sources, and compliance to regulatory/policy mandates. • Initiate consideration of Green areas where greater efficiencies can be driven within the industry, as well as industry’s role in driving Green efficiencies into other industry sectors such as transportation, education, financial, health, etc. • Identify existing and/or pending government-driven criteria and requirements affecting industry, industry-driven technical standards activities and operations practices, and existing Green programs/initiatives to identify areas where industry can proactively engage in dialogue to advance industry initiatives.

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8. ATIS Work on Green • Reducing power consumption of telecom equipment by increased energy efficiency • A new subcommittee (NIPP-TEE) was established in NIPP to produce a document or suite of documents that may be used by Service Providers to assess the true energy needs of telecom equipment at time of purchase such as: • Energy use as a function of traffic • Energy use as a function of environmental conditions • Cooling Requirements • Suitability of a product for use with renewable energy sources • Improvements in environmental footprint through Life Cycle Assessments • Energy Using Products horizontal implementing measures • Standby and off-mode definitions • Standby and off-mode losses • Reducing power consumption for DSL modems • Related work in the NIPP is investigating methods to reduce power consumption for DSL modems at both the network and customer ends of the line. • Collaboration with the DSL Forum and ITU-T Q4/15 is expected.

9. ATIS Work on Green • Restricting the use of certain hazardous materials in telecom equipment • The ATIS NIPP launched a working group in 2006 (NIPP-NPP Pb-Free Working Group) to address hazardous waste reduction. • RoHS-Compliant Standard for Structural Metals, Bus Bars and Fasteners (ATIS-PP-0600009.2007) was completed in 2007, providing the physical technical requirements for telecommunications equipment systems and assemblies intended for installation in network equipment buildings and electronic equipment enclosures as well as the design and construction of mechanical hardware, cable assemblies and printed wiring boards. • Additional work on reducing the use of lead-free solder in telecommunications equipment has been launched. Three documents are currently planned to address the following testing areas: • Pb-Free Acceptance Criteria for Modules • Pb-Free Acceptance Criteria for Pb-Free Assemblies • Accelerated Pb-Free Robustness Check