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1、The diverse methods employed by different vendors to quantify CO2 emissions pose a big challenge for sustainability.The lack of uniformity in data acquisition hinders transparent and reliable public reporting.Sharing our findings and methodology we call industry peers to develop a collaborative stan

2、dard methodology by which OXMs quantify and report hardware manufacturing emissions.Together we can reach global sustainability targets.ADDRESSING CARBON EMISSIONS QUANTIFICATION CHALLENGES IN HARDWARE MANUFACTURING AND DATACENTER OPERATIONSDr.Leslye Paniagua,HW System Engineer,CloudflareAddressing

3、CO2 emissions quantification challenges in HW manufacturing and DC operationsDC SUSTAINABILITYSUSTAINABILITYGHG inventory is a list of emission sources and their corresponding quantification.GHG Protocol provides general standards for accounting and reporting:Organizational and operational boundary

4、setting to be identified in the report.GHG Categories:Scope 1(direct emissions from owned or controlled sources),Scope 2(indirect emissions from generation of purchased energy),Scope 3(indirect emissions from the value chain-upstream and downstream)Quantification&Measurement:use measurements or emis

5、sion factors to quantify GHG emissions.Base Year Performance Indicators to track emissions reductions and improvements over time.Reporting Transparency:disclosing methodologies,data sources and any changes in calculation methodologies over time.Understanding Carbon FootprintSustainability is importa

6、nt for all.We are all connected in order to achieve accurate and transparent quantification.What is scope 1 or 2 for HW manufacturers,is scope 3 for IT and Cloud service providers.Considering the entire value chain of DC servicesProblem 1.While we(CF)are working on our scope 3 accounting,we have fou

7、nd that different ODMs have different readiness levels and approach methods for quantification.Component vendorsOEMs&ODMsCSPsDifferent business types and industries using our servicesOCP Sustainability Project has also the objective of“delivering a roadmap to increase standardization of calculation,

8、measurement and disclosure of metrics across the IT product and DC life cycle”.This workstream will tackle this particular problem-we are just getting started!Our(Cloudflares)mission is to help build a better internet.We believe a better internet can be not only a force for good but also an engine o

9、f global sustainability.We are not there yet(Motivation)CO2 quantification methods for IT infrastructure Preferred method whenever feasible,especially for significant emissions sources such as industrial processes.However,many HW manufacturers dont have these type of telemetry.Tier 2.Use engineering

10、 calculations and activity data.Based on specific emission factors relevant to the source.Including calculations based on process-specific data and/or industry standards.Tier 3.Rely on generic emission factors and activity data.Derived from industry averages,national databases or published literatur

11、e.Default Emission Factors.Generic values representing average emissions per unit of activity for a particular source.Do not represent site-specific conditions or technology.Direct request to ODMs of Product-level-data first or any of the following type of data in order of preference and accuracy.Fr

12、om a sample of 4x partner ODMs:ODM A use default emission factors but does not report corporate nor product related emissions.ODM B and C provide only corporate-level dataODM D provide product-level dataCase Study:Comparing the data reported from different partner ODMsODM AODM BODM CODM DScope 13.8

13、t-CO2e5.1 t-CO2e3,846.7 t-CO2e9,420 kg-CO2e/serverScope 249.1 t-CO2e220.9 t-CO2e36,947.7 t-CO2eScope 38,443.9 t-CO2e7,253.5 t-CO2e8,154.6 t-CO2eCommentsSpecific to Cloudflares business.Based on default emissions factors1A.Downstream market basedPortion of total corporate emissions specific to Cloudf

14、lares business1B.Related to energy input2B.Upstream onlyTotal corporate emissions1C.Upstream onlyP95 of Product Carbon Footprint(specific to Cloudflares server design).Using Product Attribute to Impact Algorithm model.Available documentation with methodology by MIT Systems Laboratory.Problem 2.As im

15、portant as the data is the methodology documentation.To the extent of transparency its not only about the data point itself,its about the full verified methodology.Almost nobody has a white paper-or independent review-with the background of how they got such data.Without understanding and documentin

16、g the methodology,the absolute emissions data point doesnt mean much.1A1B 2B1CSimilar system:1U single socket,2DPC,E1.SDifferent volumes:ODM A 30%,ODM B 70%of same fiscal year pickupsDifferent system:2U single socket,2DPC,E1.SCall to Action Lets create a standard methodology to measure and report Sc

17、ope 3 emissions for DC operations.Government and enterprise leaders acknowledge the uncertainty it presents.We need a transparent and uniform baseline so we can make challenging and achievable long term sustainability commitments.OCP Sustainability Project is already focused on delivering a roadmap

18、to increase standardization of calculation,measurement and disclosure of metrics across IT PLCLets build a baseline to bring clarity as to how to account for emissions transparently.Kickoff OCP-Sustainability Emissions Quantification Standard workstream OCP-Sustainabilityhttps:/www.opencompute.org/projects/sustainabilityOpen Discussion