Projects
Chair: Tom Okrasinski, Alcatel-Lucent
Co-chairs: John Malian / Todd Myers, Cisco Systems
Statement of Work and Project Statement (PDF files)
Statement of Work (Version 3.0; June 10, 2009)
Project Statement (Version 3.0; June 10, 2009) (Initial sign-up ended July 27, 2009)
Please fill out and sign Project Statement above and fax to +1 703-834-2735 or email to infohelp@inemi.org.
Purpose of program
This project provides alignment with the Eco-Sustainability Summit's Lifecycle Analysis (LCA) team and their roadmap for developing a simplified tool to more easily derive key eco-environmental information for an ICT equipment / asset. It will provide a degree of accuracy that is suited to the industry's needs for such information. The project will provide a solution in the form of an estimator tool that will categorize targeted products / assets and a unified format of requesting LCA information from suppliers. There are clearly areas here where efficiency can be gained, e.g., with methodologies and shared information and data, without compromising any intellectual property or uniqueness in our businesses. With an estimator tool, iNEMI member companies can demonstrate the scalable and traceable continuous improvement process related to products and the supply chain.
Background and motivation
Providing eco-impact for ICT products is becoming a rapidly increasing requirement for placing products on the market. As such, the benefits of an eco-environmental impact estimator will provide iNEMI members with a simplified means of evaluating such impacts, summarizing the results, communicating the information within the industry, and requests toward the supplier industry.
Goals of the project
Project success includes the full development and documentation of methodology and categories needed to develop a simplified LCA tool for ICT type products. This will include a unified data request format for the supplier industry to ensure the up-to-date status of the estimator. The project team will provide technical support within its membership in sharing knowledge, information and data collected to:
- Develop methodology and assessment categories
- Identify mechanism(s) for updating the methodology and/or tool as new data, products, and algorithms are developed
- Provide support in evaluating the methodology and modules using a generic type product(s) as a pilot
- Review and finalize methodology
Steps for joining the project
On Tuesday, June 9, the iNEMI Technical Committee approved the SOW and Project Statement, thus beginning the corporate sign-up period for this project. The project will officially begin as soon as two iNEMI members sign the project statement. The period for becoming a founding member for this project will close on July 27, 2009. After that date, project members must vote in new members.
For iNEMI members:
- Complete and sign the project statement
- Fax the completed statement(s) to +1 (703) 834-2735 or scan and email to infohelp@inemi.org
For non-members:
Download sign-up documents
For additional details
Eco-Impact Evaluator for Information Communications & Technology (ICT) Equipment, Tom Okrasinski (Alcatel-Lucent), Todd Myers (Cisco), December 2008
iNEMI Telecon Meeting Minutes (December 9, 2008)
For additional information, contact:
Tom Okrasinski, Alcatel-Lucent (tokrasinski@alcatel-lucent.com) or
Jim Arnold, iNEMI (jim.arnold@rissastudios.com)
