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International Workshop on Energy Efficient Set-Top Boxes & Digital Networks
 
Location and date(s) of workshop:
IEA, Paris: 4-6 July 2007
   
Organiser(s): IEA / ITFSP
   
Contact(s):
   

Background:

Policy makers, consumer electronic experts, product manufactures and digital television service providers were invited to an international workshop to discuss technical and policy options to improve the efficiency of set-top boxes and related technologies.

The IEA was pleased to host this workshop in conjunction with ENERGY STAR, the International Task Force for Sustainable Products (ITFSP)* and the European Codes of Conduct for Digital TV Services and Broadband Equipment.

The IEA workshop was preceded by meetings of the EU Code of and the International Taskforce on Sustainable Product on 2nd and 3rd July at the IEA in Paris.

Comments requested on Guidelines for Digital Networks
by cob 17th August
to:
Bruce Nordman or Alan Meier

 
Links to relevant documents:
Workshop Details
Chairman's Summary
List of Participants

 
Proceedings:

SETTING THE SCENE

Welcome and Opening Address
Mr. Claude Mandil, Executive Director, International Energy Agency

Energy Efficient Set-top Boxes: A challenge for everyone
Alan Meier, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA

Categorising STBs - simple or complex?
Hans-Paul Siderius, SenterNovem, Netherlands

Background Material:

  • Overview
  • Agenda


  • SIMPLE SET-TOP BOXES

    Achieving energy efficiency in simple STBs
    Paul Fellows, CEO, TVONICS
    Qiao MU, Skyworth Digital Technology, China

    Summary of National Programs & Test Methods for simple STBs
    Bob Harrison, UK Market Transformation Programme & Keith Jones, Digital CEnergy, Australia

    Key elements of performance criteria for simple STBs
    Mark Ellis, International Energy Agency, Paris

    Background Material

  • The Swiss Agreement of Settop-Boxes based on the European CoC
  • Energy Star Program Requirements for Digital-to-Analog Converter Boxes (DTAs)
  • National Programs for energy efficient Set-top Boxes and related equipment
  • CEA: Digital STB Background Power Consumption
  • Overview of China Digital Cable TV Market
  • Code of Conduct on Energy Efficiency of Digital TV Service Systems


  • TELEVISIONS

    Update of TV Test Method
    Jon Fairhurst, IEC TC100 TV Power Measurement Project

    Proposed principles for energy efficient TV policies
    Katharine Kaplan, Energy Star, USA

    How to specify energy efficiency in all TV modes
    Kevin Lane, UK Market Transformation Programme

    Energy performance benchmarks for TVs
    Keith Jones, Digital CEnergy, Australia

    Background Material
  • The Impact of Changing TV technologies and Market Trends on the Energy Consumption on TVs and the need for a better TV Energy Test Method
  • An Energy Efficiency Index for Televisions
  • Energy Star Program Requirements for Televisions
  • Energy Star letter (June 2007)

  • COMPLEX SET-TOP BOXES

    A roadmap for STBs in the future
    David Holliday, BSkyB, UK

    The energy performance of current products
    Noah Horowitz, Natural Resource Defense Council, USA

    The role of service providers and energy efficiency
    Terence Smith, Austar, Australia

    How to improve the efficiency of complex STB
    Paul Entwistle, Pace, UK

    Dave Clark, Scientific Atlanta, USA
    Christopher Stone, Motorola, USA

    What would a coherent policy to maximize efficiency for complex STBs encompass?
    Matthew Armishaw, Bob Harrison, UK MTP, and Keith Jones, Digital CEnergy, Australia

    How to ensure efficient home entertainment networks?
    Bruce Nordman, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA

    How to encourage service providers to lead energy efficiency?
    Chris Baker, DEFRA, UK

    A policy for efficient complex STBs
    Paolo Bertoldi, JRC, European Commission

    Background Material
  • Energy Star STB Discussion Guide (May 2007)
  • Energy Star letter (June 2007)
  • Energy Star Requirements for Service Providers (June 2007)
  • Energy Star Program Requirements for Set-top Boxes
  • Energy Star Use Modes
  • DIGITAL NETWORKS

    “The problem - opportunities & threats” and the vision for 2027
    Alan Meier,  LBNL

    The 7-layer OSI network model
    Bruce Nordman, LBNL

    Energy requirements for networks
    Bruce Nordman, LBNL

    Electronics
    Richard Banks, Microsoft

    Lighting
    Ronald Tol, Philips Lighting

    Climate Control
    Friederich Kupzog, TU Wien

    Wireless sensors/actuators/controls
    Armin Anders, Enocean

    Digital Television Adapters in the U.S.
    Noah Horowitz, NRDC

    Energy Star computer specification
    Tom Bolioli, Terra Novum

    LBNL network project
    Bruce Nordman, LBNL

    Network-induced energy consumption in Korea
    Nam-kyun Kim, KERI

    EU Codes of Conduct:  Broadband equipment
    Paolo Bertoldi, EU

    Thermostats:   T-stat as network
    Alan Meier, LBNL

    IEC TC 100 Activities
    Jon Fairhurst, Sharp

    Introducing the Guiding Principles
    Bruce Nordman, LBNL

    Background Material
  • Agenda
  • Buildings as Networks: Danger, Opportunity, and Guiding Principles for Energy Efficiency
  • Buildings as Networks: Guiding Principles for Energy Efficiency
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