Commission Decision (EU) 2021/2054 of 8 November 2021 on the sectoral reference d... (32021D2054)
Commission Decision (EU) 2021/2054 of 8 November 2021 on the sectoral reference document on best environmental management practices, environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence for the telecommunications and information and communication technologies (ICT) services sector for the purposes of Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance)
- COMMISSION DECISION (EU) 2021/2054
- of 8 November 2021
- on the sectoral reference document on best environmental management practices, environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence for the telecommunications and information and communication technologies (ICT) services sector for the purposes of Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council
- (Text with EEA relevance)
- Article 1
- Article 2
- ANNEX
- 1.
- INTRODUCTION
- 2.
- SCOPE
- Figure 1: Overview of the scope of the document
- 3.
- BEST ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, SECTOR ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE INDICATORS AND BENCHMARKS OF EXCELLENCE FOR THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND ICT SERVICES SECTOR
- 3.1.
- BEMPs for cross-cutting issues
- 3.1.1.
- Making the best use of an environmental management system
- Applicability
- 3.1.2.
- Procurement of sustainable ICT products and services
- Applicability
- 3.1.3.
- Optimising the energy consumption of end-user devices
- Applicability
- 3.1.4.
- Use of renewable and low carbon energy
- Applicability
- 3.1.5.
- Resource efficiency of ICT equipment through waste prevention, reuse and recycling
- Applicability
- 3.1.6.
- Minimising data traffic demand through green software
- Applicability
- 3.2.
- BEMPs for data centres
- 3.2.1.
- Implement an energy management system for data centres (including measuring, monitoring and management of ICT and other equipment)
- Applicability
- 3.2.2.
- Define and implement a data management and storage policy
- Applicability
- 3.2.3.
- Improve airflow management and design
- Applicability
- 3.2.4.
- Improve cooling management
- Applicability
- 3.2.5.
- Review and adjust temperature and humidity settings
- Applicability
- 3.2.6.
- BEMPs related to selecting and deploying new equipment for data centres
- 3.2.6.1.
- Selection and deployment of environmentally friendly equipment for data centres
- Applicability
- 3.2.7.
- BEMPs related to new build or refurbishment of data centres
- 3.2.7.1.
- Planning of new data centres
- Applicability
- 3.2.7.2.
- Reuse of data centre waste heat
- Applicability
- 3.2.7.3.
- Design of the data centre building and physical layout
- Applicability
- 3.2.7.4.
- Selecting the geographical location of the new data centre
- Applicability
- 3.2.7.5.
- Use of alternative sources of water
- Applicability
- 3.3.
- BEMPs related to electronic communication networks
- 3.3.1.
- Improving the energy management of existing networks
- Applicability
- 3.3.2.
- Improving risk management for electromagnetic fields through assessment and transparency of data
- Applicability
- 3.3.3.
- Selecting and deploying more energy-efficient electronic communication network equipment
- Applicability
- 3.3.4.
- Installing and upgrading telecommunication networks
- Applicability
- 3.3.5.
- Reducing the environmental impacts when building or renovating telecommunication networks
- Applicability
- 3.4.
- Improving the energy and environmental performance in other sectors (‘ Greening by ICT’)
- 3.4.1.
- Greening by ICT
- Applicability
- 4.
- RECOMMENDED SECTOR-SPECIFIC KEY ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
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