Webinar Meeting on Computers and Servers

Minutes of the Webinar Meeting on
Computers & Servers
Feb 3&4, 2010

Participants:
BEE: represented by Sanjay Dube (SD) & Amit Khare (AK) from ICF
CNIS: Li Pengcheng (LP)
EC: Anna-Karin Jonbrik (AKJ), Independent consultant not representing the EC
ENERGY STAR (ES): Andrew Fanara (AF), Stephen Pantano (SP) & Evan Haines (EH)
Energy Foundation: Ruiying Zhang (RZ), Wu Ping (WP) & Hong Jialing (HJ)
LBNL: David Fridley (DF) & Nan Zhou (NZ)
CLASP India: Bodhisatya Datta (BD)
CLASP Int: Chris Wold (CW) & Yamina SAHEB (YS)

Absent:
EC: Jacek Truszczynski (JT)

Agenda of the meeting

Opening
Country updates on Computer & Servers programs

• US: update from ES by AF, SP & EH
• China: Update from CNIS by LP
• India: Update from BEE by AK
• EU: Update from the EC by YS

Discussion on test procedures for computers & Servers
Any other business
Next steps

Next steps agreed during the meeting

Opening:
YS opened the webinar meeting and welcomed the participants. She updated the group with the status on the letter to IT manufacturers. So far, CNIS and ES send to CLASP a written approval of the letter while BEE agreed verbally on the letter and discussion is ongoing with the EC.

• CLASP Update on Computer & Servers Working Group Activities

Country updates on Computer & Servers programs

• US: Update from ES by AF, SP & EH

Description of Energy Stars Process for the development of Test Procedure for Blade Servers, active mode and Server Idle, see presentations sent with the invitation to the webinar.

As ES presentations were very long and detailed, AF proposed to prepare a summary of their presentation and send them to all participants to ensure a better understanding and follow up by the group on what is going in the US on Servers

• China: Update from CNIS by LP

CNIS is developing Test procedure for computers considering ENERGY STAR 5.0 and ECMA 383. Regarding servers, CNIS is in process of developing a test procedure considering ENERGY STAR 1.0 with slight modifications and considering a Local Test Procedure.

• India: Update from BEE by AK

At this stage, BEE didn’t start the development of test procedure. ENERGY STAR test procedures are under consideration.

• EU: Update from the EC by YS

Due to the absence of the representative from the EC, the update on the EU program has been presented by YS.

The EC will adopt on October 2010 a MEPS regulation for computers & servers based on last update of ENERGY STAR test procedures and requirements with slight differences.

Discussion on test procedures for computers & Servers

CNIS, EC and BEE will adopt ENERGY STAR test procedures for Computers & Servers with slight differences. It was agreed that the extent of the modification should be known in order to assure comparability. CNIS, BEE & EC will compose a detailed description of the modifications considered and send them to YS. She will collect the descriptions and send them to the group.

Any other business
CNIS brought up during the meeting that ECMA is working on a Test Procedure for Servers. CLASP has been asked to contact ECMA and extend an offer to ECMA to join the Computer and Servers group.

Next steps: See table above.