ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 39 Sustainability for and by Information Technology is a standardization subcommittee of the Joint Technical Committee ISO/IEC JTC 1 of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), that develops and facilitates standards within the field of sustainability and resource efficiency through Information Technology. The international secretariat of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 39 is the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), located in the United States.[1][2]

History

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 39 was formed in November 2011 during the 26th Plenary Meeting of ISO/IEC JTC 1 in San Diego, California, with the intent of continuing ISO/IEC JTC 1's work in energy efficiency issues.[3] The subcommittee was established after Resolution 27 was approved by ISO/IEC JTC 1, which outlined the new subcommittee's terms of reference, proposed working groups (WGs), and expected liaison activity. A working group on Energy Efficient Date Centres and its terms of reference were proposed in this document, though the title of the working group was later changed to Resource Efficient Data Centres.[4][5] ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 39 held its first plenary meeting in Redwood Shores, California in June 2012.[3][5] The meeting concluded with the appointment of a chairperson to the subcommittee: director of global standards, codes, and environment at Schneider Electric, Jay Taylor.[3]

Scope and mission

The scope of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 39 is "Standardization related to the intersection of resource efficiency and IT which supports environmentally and economically viable development, application, operation, and management aspects."[2][6]

The mission of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 39 is to use standardization related to the efficient use of resources to propel and sustain the economically and environmentally viable development of Information Technology.[3]

Structure

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 39 is made up of two working groups (WGs), each of which carries out specific tasks in standards development within the field of sustainability for and by Information Technology. The focus of each working group is described in the group's terms of reference. Working groups of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 39 are:[2][7]

Working Group Working Area Terms of Reference[5][8]
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 39/WG 1 Resource Efficient Data Centres Development of:
  • Data centre resource efficiency taxonomy, vocabulary, and maturity model
  • Key Performance Indicators for data centres
  • Guidance for resource efficient data centres
  • Energy management system standard for data centres
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 39/WG 2 Green ICT Prepare guidance for the development of energy efficient ICT

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 39 also has the Study Group on Gap Analysis which performs gap analyses for assessment methodology for quantifying green effects of ICT functions for education, and guidelines for the adoption of green technologies by other industry sectors through IT.[2]

Collaborations

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 39 works in close collaboration with a number of other organizations or subcommittees, both internal and external to ISO or IEC, in order to avoid conflicting or duplicative work. Organizations internal to ISO or IEC that collaborate with or are in liaison to ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 39 include:[9][10][11]

Organizations external to ISO or IEC that collaborate with or are in liaison to ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 39 include:[9]

Member countries

Countries pay a fee to ISO to be members of subcommittees.[13]

The 17 "P" (participating) members of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 39 are: Belgium, Canada, China, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Russian Federation, Singapore, South Africa, United Kingdom, and United States of America.[1]

The 10 "O" (observing) members of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 39 are: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Czech Republic, Islamic Republic of Iran, Ireland, Kenya, Poland, Spain, and Switzerland.

Standards and Technical Reports

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 39 has one published standard, ISO/IEC 19395[14] and is currently working on developing a number of standards within the field of sustainability for and by Information Technology. Some standards within this field currently under development by ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 39 include:[9][15][16]

ISO/IEC Standard Title Status Description WG
ISO/IEC 19395:2015 Information technology—Sustainability for and by information technology—Smart data centre resource monitoring and control Published (2015) This standards models IT and facility equipment, systems and components in Smart Data Centre as resources, organizes the resource in a graph, and specifies the semantics – but not the syntax – of messages for commands, responses and events.[17]
ISO/IEC NP 30131 Information technology – Data Centres – Taxonomy and Maturity Model Under development Provides the foundation for energy/resource efficiency and environmental and economic viability assessments through the specification of a taxonomy and maturity model.[5][18] 1
ISO/IEC PDTR 30132 Information technology – IT Sustainability – Guidance for the development, evaluation and application of energy efficient computing systems Under development Studies and develops guidance for the development of energy efficient ICT products, including goods, networks, and services.[5][19] 2
ISO/IEC AWI TR 30133[5][9] Information technology – Data centres – Guidelines for resource efficient data centres Under development

Provides guidelines to improve the resource efficiency of data centres by addressing:[20]

  • Data centre classification and taxonomy
  • Application of the data centre maturity model
  • Utilization, management and planning
  • ICT equipment services
 1
ISO/IEC DIS 30134-1 Information technology – Data Centres – Key Performance Indicators – Part 1: Overview and general requirements Under development
  • Provides definitions of terms used in data centre KPIS
  • Defines the need of scope of KPIs for resource efficiency in data centres
  • Defines the areas of KPIs and applications
  • Defines the guidelines and applicability in establishing a data centre KPI
  • Provides a structure of document in series of KPIs
  • Describes a holistic view of resource efficiency[21]
 1
ISO/IEC DIS 30134-2 Information technology – Data Centres – Key Performance Indicators – Part 2: Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) Under development - International Standard Publication Limit Date 2017-01-17
  • Defines the Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) of a data centre
  • Introduces PUE measurement categories
  • Describes the relationship of this KPI to a data centre's: infrastructure, IT equipment and IT operations
  • Defines the measurement, the calculation and reporting of the KPI
  • Provides information on the correct interpretation of the KPI
  • The following topics are outside the scope of this International Standard: Other data centre resource focused KPIs such as water or carbon, IT KPIs and IT Operations KPIs[21]
 1
ISO/IEC DIS 30134-3 Information technology - Data Centres - Key Performance Indicators - Part 3: Renewable Energy Factor (REF) Under development - International Standard Publication Limit Date 2017-01-17 This International Standard specifies the Renewable Energy Factor

(REF) as a KPI to quantify the use of renewable energy managed by owner/operator for their data centre. Renewable energy here is in the form of electricity.

  • The REF is defined as the ratio of renewable energy use to all the energy use of the data centre
  • REF does not include usage of water or other resources, and assessment of carbon footprint of the data centre
  • Energy savings required to the data centre is out of scope
  • Embedded energy for building and manufacturing as a whole is out of scope[22]
ISO/IEC CD 30134-4 Information Technology - Data Centres - Key Performance Indicators - Part 4: IT Equipment Energy Efficiency for Servers (ITEE) Under development - Draft International Standard Limit Date 2016-05-20 International Standard Publication Limit Date 2017-05-02 This International Standard specifies the process of deriving ITEE as a KPI which quantifies the energy efficiency capacity (maximum capability of work per unit energy) of the servers in a data centre. This document specifies a process by which server effectiveness relative to energy be calculated using a choice of pre-existing or context specific performance benchmarks.

The following topics are outside the scope of this project:

  • Energy efficiency KPIs for other types of IT equipment such as storage systems and network equipment;
  • Other data centre resource focused KPIs such as water and carbon
  • KPIs for energy efficiency of data centre facilities[23]
ISO/IEC CD 30134-5 Information Technology - Data Centres - Key Performance Indicators - Part 5: IT Equipment for Utilization of Servers (ITEU_SV) Under development - Draft International Standard Limit Date 2017-04-17 International Standard Publication Limit Date 2018-04-17 This International Standard
  • Describes the purposes of ITEU_SC,
  • Defines ITEU_SV in a conceptual manner,
  • Describes how to use ITEU_SV,
  • Describes reporting of ITEU_SV,
  • Presents usage examples of ITEU_SV

The following topics are outside of the scope of this project:

  • Energy efficiency of KPIs for other types of IT equipment such as storage systems and network equipment,
  • Other data centre resources focused KPIs such as water and carbon,
  • KPIs for energy efficiency of data centre facility[24]

See also

References

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  2. ^ a b c d Seitz, Sally; Taylor, Jay (2013-05-14). Business Plan for JTC 1/SC 39, Sustainability for and by Information Technology (PDF) (Business Plan). Retrieved 2013-08-21.
  3. ^ a b c d ANSI (2012-08-02). "ISO/IEC JTC 1 Subcommittee 39 on IT Sustainability Holds First Plenary Meeting in California". New York. Retrieved 2013-07-26.
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  7. ^ ISO. "ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 39 Sustainability for and by Information Technology". Retrieved 2013-07-26.
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  9. ^ a b c d Seitz, Sally (2013-04-18). ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 39, Sustainability for and by Information Technology Secretary's Report (Report).
  10. ^ ISO. "Technical committees". Retrieved 2013-07-26.
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  12. ^ IEC (2013). "Technical Work – SMB". Retrieved 2013-07-26.
  13. ^ ISO (June 2012). "III. What Help Can I Get from the ISO Central Secretariat?". ISO Membership Manual (PDF). ISO. pp. 17–18. Retrieved 2013-07-12.
  14. ^ "ISO/IEC 19395:2015". ISO. Retrieved 2015-07-20.
  15. ^ ISO. "Standards catalogue: ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 39 - Sustainability for and by Information Technology". Retrieved 2013-07-26.
  16. ^ INCITS (2012-10-09). "Committee: (ITS39) - IT Sustainability" (PDF). Retrieved 2013-08-22. ((cite journal)): Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  17. ^ "ISO/IEC 19395:2015". ISO. Retrieved 2015-09-11.
  18. ^ ICT Standards Advisory Council of Canada (ISACC). "Standards Development for Sustainability and IT Equipment" (PDF). Retrieved 2013-07-26. ((cite journal)): Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  19. ^ INCITS. "ISO/IEC 30132, Information technology – IT Sustainability – Guidance for the Development of Energy Efficient ICT Products". Retrieved 2013-08-22.
  20. ^ INCITS. "ISO/IEC 30133, Information Technology – Data Centres – Guidelines for Resource Efficient Data Centres". Retrieved 2013-08-21.
  21. ^ a b Seitz, Sally (2012-11-14). "Changes to the Titles and Scopes of ISO/IEC 30134-1 and ISO/IEC 30134-2". ((cite journal)): Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  22. ^ "ISO/IEC DIS 30134-3.2". ISO. Retrieved 2015-09-11.
  23. ^ "ISO/IEC CD 30134-4". ISO. Retrieved 2015-09-11.
  24. ^ "ISO/IEC CD 30134-5". ISO. Retrieved 2015-09-11.

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