USA – Revision of Energy Star Requirements for Servers

An update to the enterprise server specification for Energy Star is underway — this will be version 3.0 of the specification. The first draft specification and a cover letter were posted on the Energy Star website6 on July 27, 2016. The U.S. EPA is requesting feedback on the specification until August 26, 2016.
The cover letter identifies the primary goals of the first draft of the specification as:

  • establish revised Idle State power requirements and expand their scope to additional server types;
  • determine more aggressive power supply efficiency requirements; and
  • gather feedback regarding the approach for Active State power metrics and requirements to be developed for Draft 2.

Given the opportunity for conflicts in the Energy Star specification with the upcoming EU Server efficiency measures (lot 9), the cover letter notes that the “EPA will work in cooperation with the European Commission throughout the revision process”.