IEEE is always working to enhance our quality of life and our environment, and IEEE Standards Association is at the forefront in teaming with top industry experts to develop standards documents that support this goal. These consensus documents include assessments of products for impacts on the environment; Smart Grid and renewable energy standards; standards for energy efficiency; and standards for power management in devices, systems, and networks.

More Environmentally Friendly Products

• IEEE 1680™ Standard for Environmental Assessment of Electronic Products – the IEEE 1680 series covers computer related products, imaging equipment, televisions, servers and mobile devices
• IEEE P1823™ Standard for a Universal Power Adapter for Mobile Devices

Smart Grid* and Renewable Energy

• IEEE 2030® Guide for Smart Grid Interoperability of Energy Technology and Information Technology Operation with the Electric Power System(EPS), End- Use Applications and Loads
• IEEE P2030.1™ Guide for Electric-Sourced Transportation Infrastructure
• IEEE P2030.2™ Guide for the Interoperability of Energy Storage Systems Integrated with the Electric Power Infrastructure
• IEEE P2030.3™ Standard for Test Procedures for Electric Energy Storage Equipment and Systems for Electric Power Systems Applications
• IEEE 802.15.4g™ Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks – Part 15.4 Low Rate Wireless Personal Area Networks (LR-WPANs) – Amendment Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications for Low Data Rate Wireless Smart Metering Utility Networks
• IEEE 1547™ Standard for Interconnecting Distributed Resources with Electric Power Systems – the IEEE 1547 series includes wind and solar renewable energy systems

Additional Renewable Energy Standards and Projects

• IEEE 1815™ Standard for Electric Power Systems Communications – Distributed Network Protocol (DNP3)
• IEEE P1843™ Recommended Practice for Generating Renewable Energy Using Plasma Gasification
• IEEE P1595™ Standard for Designating and Quantifying Green Energy Projects in the Electricity Sector
• IEEE 1901™ Standard for Broadband over Power Line Networks Medium Access Control and Physical Layer Specifications

Energy-Efficient Local Area Networks

• IEEE 802.1Q™ Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks –Media Access Control (MAC) Bridges and Virtual Bridged Local Area Networks
• IEEE 802.3az™ Standard for Information technology – Telecommunications and information exchange between systems – Local and metropolitan area networks – Specific requirements – Part 3 Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection (CSMA/CD) Access Method and Physical Layer Specifications – Amendment 5 Media Access Control Parameters, Physical Layers, and Management Parameters for Energy-Efficient Ethernet

Green Community Networks

• IEEE 1888™ Standard for Ubiquitous Green Community Control Network Protocol – the IEEE 1888 series provides for remote control architecture of the digital community, intelligent building groups, and digital metropolitan networks

Metering and Energy Management in Industrial and Commercial Power

• IEEE P3005.7™ Recommended Practice for the Application of Metering for Energy Management of Industrial and Commercial Power Systems

Circuit Design

• IEEE 1801™ Standard for Design and Verification of Low Power Integrated Circuits

Power Control of Electronic Devices

• IEEE 1621™ Standard for User Interface Elements in Power Control of Electronic Devices Employed in Office/Consumer Environments

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