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1. Pop Measured power consumption in Off Mode W Piep Measured power consumption in Sleep Mode W Prone wie Measured power consumption in Long Idle Mode W Psuorr wie Measured power consumption in Short Idle Mode W and orp Tsizep Tiong wie and Tsyorr ie are Mode weightings as specified in Table 3 for Desktops Integrated Desktops and Thin Clients or Table 4 for Notebooks Table 3 Mode Weightings for Desktop Thin Clients and Integrated Desktop Computers Full Network Connectivity Mode Weighting Conventional re ear Base Capability on Service Discovery hae Remote Wake Name Services Full Capability Tor 45 40 30 25 20 To pep 5 15 28 36 45 TLonc IDLE 15 12 10 8 5 Tsyort IDLE 35 33 32 31 30 Table 4 Mode Weightings for Notebook Computers Mode Weighting Conventional Full Network Connectivity Base Capability Remote Wake Service Discovery Name Services Full Capability Torr 25 25 25 25 25 Tsurer 35 39 41 43 45 18 8 2015 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 217 21 Full Network Connectivity Mode Weighting Conventional pr aeg Base Capability on Service Discovery Peers 06 Remote Wake Name Services 6 Full Capability TLonc mue 10 8 7 6 5 Tsyort IDLE 30 28 27 26 25 Equation 2 Exc max Cal
2. 18 8 2015 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 217 9 COMMISSION DECISION EU 2015 1402 of 15 July 2015 determining the European Union position with regard to a decision of the management entities under the Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the European Union on the coordination of energy efficiency labelling programmes for office equipment on the revision of specifications for computers included in Annex C to the Agreement Text with EEA relevance THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union Having regard to Council Decision 2013 107 EU of 13 November 2012 on the signing and conclusion of the Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the European Union on the coordination of energy efficiency labelling programmes for office equipment and in particular Article 4 thereof Whereas 1 The Agreement allows the European Commission together with the United States Environmental Protection Agency to develop and periodically revise common specifications for office equipment thereby amending Annex C to the Agreement 2 The position of the European Union with regard to the amendment of the specifications is to be determined by the Commission 3 The measures provided for in this Decision take account of the opinion given by the European Union Energy Star Board referred to in Article 8 of Regulation EC
3. a be capable of both remote via network and Wake scheduled via real time clock wake events from Sleep Mode and Manage i Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes N A Yes Yes ment b provide clients with the ability to centrally man age via vendor tools any wake management set tings that are configured through hardware set tings if the manufacturer has control over such features Where Sleep Mode is supported by the UUT by default and Sleep Mode power is used as part of the TEC equation for qualification 3 4 User Information Requirements 3 4 1 Products shall be shipped with informational materials to notify customers of the following i A description of power management settings that have been enabled by default 18 8 2015 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 217 19 ii A description of the timing settings for various power management features and iii Instructions for properly waking the product from Sleep Mode 3 4 2 Products shall be shipped with one or more of the following i A list of default power management settings ii A note stating that default power management settings have been selected for compliance with ENERGY STAR within 15 min of user inactivity for the display within 30 min for the computer if applicable per Table 2 and are recommended by the ENERGY STAR program for optimal energy savings iii Information about ENERGY STAR
4. No 106 2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council 4 The specification for computers given in Part I of Annex C should be repealed and replaced by the specifications annexed to this Decision HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION Sole Article The position to be adopted by the European Union with regard to a decision to be taken by the management entities under the Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the European Union on the coordination of energy efficiency labelling programmes for office equipment on revising the specifications for computers given in Part I of Annex C to the Agreement shall be based on the attached draft decision This Decision shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union Done at Brussels 15 July 2015 For the Commission The President Jean Claude JUNCKER OJL 63 6 3 2013 p 5 C Regulation EC No 106 2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2008 on a Community energy efficiency labelling programme for office equipment OJ L 39 13 2 2008 p 1 L 217 10 EN Official Journal of the European Union 18 8 2015 ANNEX DRAFT DECISION of the Management entities under the Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the European Union on the coordination of energy efficiency labelling programmes for office equipment on the revi
5. TEC grapnics 36 TEC o 2 Testing Test Methods For products placed on the market of the European Union manufacturers are required to perform tests and self certify those models that meet ENERGY STAR guidelines When testing Computer products the test methods identified in Table 12 shall be used to determine ENERGY STAR qualification 18 8 2015 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 217 27 Table 12 Test Methods for ENERGY STAR Qualification Product Type or Test Method Component All ENERGY STAR Test Method for Computers Rev August 2014 4 2 Number of Units Required for Testing 4 2 1 Representative Models shall be selected for testing per the following requirements i For qualification of an individual product configuration the unique configuration that is intended to be marketed and labelled as ENERGY STAR is considered the Representative Model ii For qualification of a Product Family of all product types with the exception of Workstations product configurations that represent the worst case power consumption for each product category within the family are considered Representative Models When submitting Product Families manufacturers continue to be held accountable for any efficiency claims made about their products including those not tested or for which data were not reported iii For systems that meet the definition for multiple categories as defined in Section 1 B d
6. v Linpack output file in text format which contains system performance in floating point operations per second Flops in addition to other Linpack parameters e g number of tests problem size etc 18 8 2015 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 217 37 b SPECviewperf i Version of SPECviewperf used ii All compiler optimizations used in compiling SPECviewperf iii Duration of the test iv Energy consumed over the duration of the test and v All files and folders present in the Result folder of SPECviewperf suite shall be reported 8 References A European Standard EN 50564 2011 derived from IEC 62301 2011 Electrical and electronic household and office equipment Measurement of low power consumption B European Standard EN 60107 1 1997 identical to IEC 60107 1 1997 Methods of measurement on receivers for television broadcast transmissions Part 1 General Considerations Measurements at radio and video frequencies C European Standard EN 62623 2013 identical to IEC 62623 2012 Desktop and notebook computers Measurement of energy consumption 9 Appendix Benchmark Parameters 9 1 Typical Linpack Starting Parameters Below are some typical starting values for the use of Linpack for testing Workstations These values are starting points and not meant to be binding The tester is free to use the settings most advantageous to their UUT Platform and Operating System OS will hav
7. 3 Accumulate power values until SPECviewperf and all Linpack instances have completed running Record the maximum power value attained during the test 4 The following data shall also be recorded a Value of n the array size used for Linpack b Number of simultaneous copies of Linpack run during the test c Version of SPECviewperf run for test d All compiler optimizations used in compiling Linpack and SPECviewperf and e A precompiled binary for end users to download and run both SPECviewperf and Linpack These can be distributed either through a centralized standards body such as SPEC by the original equipment manufacturer OEM or by a related third party 7 2 Benchmark Test The benchmark test shall be performed by running both benchmarks listed below separately The UUT shall be rebooted before testing with each benchmark Additional information on these benchmarks including downloads can be found at the following locations specified in Table 16 All testing shall be performed with the latest available version of the benchmarks L 217 36 EN Official Journal of the European Union 18 8 2015 Table 16 Information for Benchmark Testing Benchmark Website Linpack http www netlib org linpack SPECviewperf http www spec org benchmarks html gpc A UUT Preparation 1 The UUT shall be setup identical to Step 1 through Step 4 of Section 7 1 A 2 If not already installed install the
8. Power Supplies Loading Condition oe T a Percentage of Nameplate Output Current Minimum Efficiency Minimum Power Factor 20 0 82 50 0 85 100 0 82 0 90 3 2 2 External Power Supply EPS Requirements Single and Multiple voltage EPSs shall meet the Level V or greater performance requirements under the International Efficiency Marking Protocol when tested according to the Uniform Test Method for Measuring the Energy Consumption of External Power Supplies Appendix Z to 10 CFR Part 430 Single voltage EPSs shall include the Level V or greater marking Additional information on the Marking Protocol is available at www energystar gov powersupplies 3 3 Power Management Requirements 3 3 1 Products shall include power management features in their as shipped condition as specified in Table 2 subject to the following conditions i For Thin Clients the Wake on LAN WOL requirement shall apply for products designed to receive software updates from a centrally managed network while in Sleep Mode or in Off Mode Thin Clients whose standard software upgrade framework does not require off hours scheduling are exempt from the WOL requirement ii For Notebooks WOL may be automatically disabled when the product is disconnected from ac mains power iii For all products with WOL directed packet filters shall be enabled and set to an industry standard default configuration iv Products that
9. Pre Provisioning 4 4 1 If a manufacturing Partner is hired by a customer to load a custom image on an ENERGY STAR qualified computer the Partner shall take the following steps i Inform the customer that their product may not meet ENERGY STAR with the custom image A sample notification letter is available on the ENERGY STAR Web site ii Encourage the customer to test the product for ENERGY STAR compliance 5 User Interface 5 1 1 Manufacturers are encouraged to design products in accordance with the user interface standard IEEE 1621 Standard for User Interface Elements in Power Control of Electronic Devices Employed in Office Consumer Environments For details see http eetd LBL gov Controls 6 Effective Date 6 1 1 The date that manufacturers may begin to qualify products as Energy Star under this Version 6 1 will be defined as the effective date of the Agreement To be ENERGY STAR qualified a product model shall meet the ENERGY STAR specification in effect on its date of manufacture The date of manufacture is specific to each unit and is the date on which a unit is considered to be completely assembled 6 1 2 Future Specification Revisions EPA and the European Commission reserves the right to change this specification should technological and or market changes affect its usefulness to consumers industry or the environment In keeping with current policy revisions to the specification are arrived at through stakeholder discuss
10. and a resolution of 1 05 megapixels a TECyr pisp_ay allowance of 8 76 x 0 30 x 1 EP x 2 x r 0 02xA 8 76 x 0 30 x 2 x 1 05 MP 0 02 83 4 in 9 9 kWh applies F Calculate Erec max 1 Erc wax 22 0 kWh 6 4 kWh 0 7 kWh 9 9 kWh 2 Erec max 39 0 kWh yr G Compare Ej to the Erec max to determine if the model qualifies 40 7 kwhlyr gt 39 0 kWh yr Therefore the Notebook does not meet ENERGY STAR requirements Workstations Below is a sample P calculation for a Workstation with 2 hard drives and no Energy Efficient Ethernet capability A Measure values using the ENERGY STAR Computers Test Method 1 Off Mode 2 W 2 Sleep Mode 4 W 3 Long Idle State 50 W 4 Short Idle State 80 W 5 Max Power 180 W B Note number of Hard Drives installed Two hard drives installed during test C Calculate P from power measurements and mode weightings using Equation 4 Torr T sirep TLoNG IDLE TsHorr IDLE 35 10 15 40 1 Prec 35 x Porr 10 x Porp 15 x Prone me 40 x Psyorr me 2 Prec 35 x 2W 10 x4W 15 x 50 W 40 x 80 W 3 Prec 40 6 W D Calculate the Prec max requirement using Equation 5 1 P TEC_MAX 0 28x Pmax Nupp 5 8 76 Prce T sierp Tronc wie Tenor IDLE 2 P TEC_MAX 0 28x 180 2 x 5 8 76 x O x Tope T LONG_IDLE i T sort imre 3 Prec max 23 2 0 E Compare P to the ENERGY STAR levels to determine if
11. and the benefits of power management to be located at or near the beginning of the hard copy or electronic user manual or in a package or box insert 3 4 3 Provisions 3 4 1 and 3 4 2 may be met through use of either electronic or printed product documentation provided it adheres to all of the following i Documentation is shipped with the product e g in a printed manual or insert on included optical media in a file installed with the software load shipped to the customer or available electronically on the manufac turer s website In the latter case instructions for accessing the information on the website shall be provided in the product package or on the Desktop or home screen and ii Documentation is included either a only with ENERGY STAR qualified Computers or b as part of the standard documentation if and only if accompanied by EPA approved customer guidance on how to identify if their computer configuration is ENERGY STAR qualified 3 5 Requirements for Desktop Integrated Desktop and Notebook Computers 3 5 1 Calculated Typical Energy Consumption Ec for Desktop Integrated Desktop and Notebook Computers per Equation 1 shall be less than or equal to the maximum TEC requirement Erg max per Equation 2 subject to the following requirements i The Additional Internal Storage adder allowance TECsrogacp shall be applied if there are more than one internal storage devices present in the product in which case it s
12. both configurations without retesting the system 4 2 2 A single unit of each Representative Model shall be selected for testing 4 2 3 All units configurations for which a Partner is seeking ENERGY STAR qualification must meet the ENERGY STAR requirements However if a Partner wishes to qualify configurations of a model for which non ENERGY STAR qualified alternative configurations exist the Partner must assign the qualified configurations an identifier in the model name number that is unique to ENERGY STAR qualified configurations This identifier must be used consistently in association with the qualified configurations in marketing sales materials and on the ENERGY STAR list of qualified products e g model A1234 for baseline configurations and A1234 ES for ENERGY STAR qualified configurations Note There may be cases as described in the paragraph above where not all units configurations will meet ENERGY STAR requirements If so the worst case configuration for test will be the worst case qualified configur ation and not one of the presumably even higher energy consuming non qualified configurations L 217 28 EN Official Journal of the European Union 18 8 2015 4 3 International Market Qualification 4 3 1 Products shall be tested for qualification at the relevant input voltage frequency combination for each market in which they will be sold and promoted as ENERGY STAR 4 4 Customer Software and Management Service
13. input or b prior or concurrent instruction over the network Active State includes active processing seeking data from storage memory or cache including Idle State time while awaiting further user input and before entering low power modes 2 Idle State The power state in which the operating system and other software have completed loading a user profile has been created activity is limited to those basic applications that the system starts by default and the computer is not in Sleep Mode Idle State is composed of two sub states Short Idle and Long Idle a Long Idle The mode where the Computer has reached an Idle condition ie 15 minutes after OS boot or after completing an active workload or after resuming from Sleep Mode and the main Computer Display has entered a low power state where screen contents cannot be observed i e backlight has been turned off but remains in the working mode ACPI GO SO If power management features are enabled as shipped in the scenario described in this definition such features shall engage prior to evaluation of Long Idle e g display is in a low power state HDD may have spun down but the Computer is prevented from entering Sleep Mode P onc wie represents the average power measured when in the Long Idle Mode b Short Idle The mode where the Computer has reached an Idle condition i e 5 minutes after OS boot or after completing an active workload or after resuming from Sleep Mode the screen
14. the model qualifies 40 6 W lt 53 2 W Therefore the Workstation meets ENERGY STAR requirements 18 8 2015 EN Official Journal of the European Union 4 1 TEST METHODS REVISION AUGUST 2014 Overview The following test method shall be used for determining product compliance with requirements in the ENERGY STAR Specification for Computers Applicability ENERGY STAR test requirements are dependent upon the feature set of the product under evaluation The following guidelines shall be used to determine the applicability of each section of this document The procedure in Section 6 shall be conducted on all eligible products that are covered under the scope as defined in Section 2 of the ENERGY STAR Final Draft Eligibility Criteria for Computers The procedure in Section 7 shall be conducted only on eligible Workstation Computer products Definitions Unless otherwise specified all terms used in this document are consistent with the definitions in the ENERGY STAR Specification for Computers Test Setup Test Setup and Instrumentation Test setup and instrumentation for all portions of this procedure shall be in accordance with the requirements of European Standard EN 50564 2011 derived from IEC 62301 2011 Electrical and electronic household and office equipment Measurement of low power consumption Section 4 General Conditions for Measurements unless otherwise noted in this document I
15. where no energy is needed to maintain a visible image only to alter the image 7 Small scale Server A computer that typically uses desktop components in a desktop form factor but is designed primarily to be a storage host for other computers Small scale Servers are designed to perform functions such as providing network infrastructure services e g archiving and hosting data media These products are not designed to process information for other systems or run web servers as a primary function A Small scale Server has the following characteristics a Designed in a pedestal tower or other form factor similar to those of desktop computers such that all data processing storage and network interfacing is contained within one box product b Designed to operate 24 hours day 7 days week with minimal unscheduled downtime on the order of hours year c Capable of operating in a simultaneous multi user environment serving several users through networked client units and amp Designed for an industry accepted operating system for home or low end server applications e g Windows Home Server Mac OS X Server Linux UNIX Solaris 8 Thin Client An independently powered computer that relies on a connection to remote computing resources e g computer server remote workstation to obtain primary functionality Main computing functions e g program execution data storage interaction with other internet resources are provided
16. Cviewperf D Data alignment value Typically four with Linux systems The best value to use is the page size boundary of the OS
17. annels 1 Enterprise Channels Sales channels typically used by large and medium sized business government educational or other organizations to purchase computers for use in managed client server environments 2 Model Name A marketing name that includes reference to the computer model number product description or other branding references 3 Model Number A unique marketing name or identification reference that applies to a specific hardware and software configuration e g operating system processor type memory GPU and is either pre defined or selected by a customer G Product Family A high level description referring to a group of computers sharing one chassis motherboard combination that often contains hundreds of possible hardware and software configurations Product models within a family differ from each other according to one or more characteristics or features that either 1 have no impact on product performance with regard to ENERGY STAR qualification criteria or 2 are specified herein as acceptable variations within a product family For Computers acceptable variations within a product family include 1 Colour 2 Housing and 3 Electronic components other than the chassis motherboard such as the processor memory GPU etc L 217 16 EN Official Journal of the European Union 18 8 2015 2 2 2 2 1 232 23 Scope Included Products Products that meet the definition of a Compute
18. ased user input before measurements must be started If any default settings cause the UUT to enter Long Idle after 20 minutes begin taking measurements when the UUT has reached the 20 minute mark Display sleep settings shall be set to default for Long Idle Mode Testing E For Short Idle Mode Testing Section 6 4 the UUT shall be allowed no more than five minutes from the point of ceased user input before measurements must be taken Display sleep settings shall be disabled for Short Idle Mode Testing If any other default settings cause the UUT to exit Short Idle during the measurement time extend the settings so that the UUT remains in short idle for the duration of the measurement F Desktops Integrated Desktops Notebook Computers Portable All In One Computers and Slates Tablets shall be tested for Idle Sleep and Off Mode with Full Network Connectivity Proxying features using the as shipped setting G Cellular network connections shall be disabled for testing Additionally Bluetooth should be left as shipped 5 2 Preparing Display Luminance of Notebooks Integrated Desktops Slates Tablets and Portable All In One Computers A Before performing any tests disable display dimming display Sleep Mode Computer Sleep Mode and automatic brightness control ABC in the Computer settings Document all settings that were changed from the default configuration 1 If ABC cannot be disabled position a light source such that at lea
19. benchmark as indicated on the websites listed in Table 16 3 Configure the benchmark as specified in Section 7 2 B 4 Tim e Measurement Time measurements may be performed with a standard stopwatch or other time keeping device with a resolution of at least 1 second B Benchmark Configurations 1 Linpack a b Configure the Linpack settings identically to the maximum power workstation test e g Follow Step 5 and Step 7 of Section 7 1 A Run as many simultaneous instances of Linpack as needed to fully stress the system Recommended settings would be to set the number of simultaneous instances of Linpack equal to the number of logical and or physical CPU cores of the system 2 SPECviewperf a Configure the settings identically to the maximum power workstation test e g Follow Step 6 of Section 7 1 A C Benchmark Testing 1 Set the meter to begin accumulating true power values at a rate of greater than or equal to one reading per second and begin power and time measurement 2 Execute the benchmark 3 Stop time measurement and accumulate power values for the entire duration of the benchmark run 4 The a following data shall be reported Linpack i Value of n the array size used for Linpack ii Number of instances of Linpack simultaneously run on the system iii All compiler options used in compiling Linpack iv Energy consumed over the duration of the test and
20. by the remote computing resources Thin Clients covered by this specification are 1 limited to devices with no rotational storage media integral to the computer and 2 designed for use in a permanent location e g on a desk and not for portability a Integrated Thin Client A Thin Client in which computing hardware and display are connected to ac mains power through a single cable Integrated Thin Client computers come in one of two possible forms 1 a system where the display and computer are physically combined into a single unit or 2 a system packaged as a single system where the display is separate but is connected to the main chassis by a dc power cord and both the computer and display are powered from a single power supply As a subset of Thin Clients Integrated Thin Clients are typically designed to provide similar functionality as Thin Client systems b Ultra thin Client A computer with lesser local resources than a standard Thin Client that sends raw mouse and keyboard input to a remote computing resource and receives back raw video from the remote computing resource Ultra thin clients cannot interface with multiple devices simultaneously nor run windowed remote applications due to the lack of a user discernible client operating system on the device i e beneath firmware user inaccessible 18 8 2015 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 217 13 9 Workstation A high performance single user computer typi
21. cally used for graphics CAD software development financial and scientific applications among other compute intensive tasks Workstations covered by this specifi cation a are marketed as a workstation b provide mean time between failures MTBF of at least 15 000 hours based on either Bellcore TR NWT 000332 issue 6 12 97 or field collected data and c support error correcting code ECC and or buffered memory In addition a workstation meets three or more of the following criteria a Provide supplemental power support for high end graphics e g PCI E 6 pin 12V supplemental power feed b Wired for greater than x4 PCI E on the motherboard in addition to the graphics slot s and or PCI X support c Do not provide support for Uniform Memory Access UMA graphics d Provide 5 or more PCI PCI E or PCI X slots e Provide multi processor support for 2 or more processors shall support physically separate processor packages sockets i e requirement cannot be met with support for a single multi core processor and or f Qualification by 2 or more Independent Software Vendor ISV product certifications these certifications can be in process but shall be completed within 3 months of qualification B Product Category A second order classification or sub type within a product type that is based on product features and installed components Product categories are used in this specification to determine qualification and test require
22. configured with the default image display application G For all testing specified in Section 6 the UUT shall not be rebooted or restarted until after the power measurements for Long Idle Mode and Short Idle Mode tests are taken H Slate Tablet and Portable All In One Computers shall be tested with a docking station only if it is shipped with the product and is the only way to power the device mains L 217 34 EN Official Journal of the European Union 18 8 2015 6 Test Procedures for all Products 6 1 UUT Preparation UUT preparation shall be performed according to European Standard EN 62623 2013 identical to IEC 62623 2012 Section 5 2 Test Setup with the additional guidance in Section 5 of this document 6 2 Sleep Mode Testing Sleep Mode power shall be measured according to European Standard EN 62623 2013 identical to IEC 62623 2012 Section 5 3 3 Measuring Sleep Mode with the additional guidance in Section 5 of this document 6 3 Long Idle Mode Testing Long Idle Mode power shall be measured according to European Standard EN 62623 2013 identical to IEC 62623 2012 Section 5 3 4 Measuring Long Idle Mode with the additional guidance in Section 5 of this document 6 4 Short Idle Mode Testing Short Idle Mode power shall be measured according to European Standard EN 62623 2013 identical to IEC 62623 2012 Section 5 3 5 Measuring Short Idle Mode with the additional guidance in Section 5 of this document 6 5 O
23. culation for Desktop Integrated Desktop and Notebook Computers Erec max 1 ALLOWANCE lt u X TECg ase ia TEC emory TEC Grapeitcs os TEC srorace TEC nr pispray h TECswrrcnasrE j TEC pee Where ALLOWANCE is an allowance provided to power supplies that meet the optional more stringent efficiency levels specified in Table 5 power supplies that do not meet the requirements receive an allowance of 0 TECgacp is the Base allowance specified in Table 6 and TECgrapucs is the discrete graphics allowance as specified in Table 7 with the exception of systems with integrated graphics which do not receive an allowance or Desktops and Integrated Desktops with switchable graphics enabled by default which receive an allowance through TECgyircyagrp and TEC gmorvy TECsrorace TEC pisprav TECswercrasie and TEC are adder allowances as specified in Table 7 Table 5 Power Supply Efficiency Allowance poge Minimum Efficiency at Specified Proportion of Rated Output Current 1 Minimum Average l Supply Computer Type Efficiency 2 Allowancep Type 10 20 50 100 0 81 0 85 0 88 0 85 0 015 Desktop 0 84 0 87 0 90 0 87 0 03 IPS 0 81 0 85 0 88 0 85 0 015 Integrated Desktop 0 84 0 87 0 90 0 87 ST 0 04 0 83 0 88 0 015 Notebook or Desktop 0 84 0 89 0 03 EPS 0 83 0 88 0 015 Integrated Desktop 0 84 _ 0 89 0 04 EPSs shall meet the specified req
24. do not support Sleep Mode by default are only subject to the Display Sleep Mode requirement 18 8 2015 L 217 18 EN Official Journal of the European Union Table 2 Power Management Requirements ee 2 2 S D iy Q 7 3 2 2 Mode or a S a 3 o 5 Mode Requirement S 2 g fz Transition 2 o 2 g S E a 1 Sleep Mode shall be set to activate after no more System than 30 minutes of user inactivity Sleep 2 The speed of any active 1 Gb s Ethernet network Yes Yes Yes Yes No N A Yes Yes Mode links shall be reduced when transitioning to Sleep Mode or Off Mode Display r Sleep Display Sleep Mode shall be set to activate after no yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Mode More than 15 minutes of user inactivity 1 Computers with Ethernet capability shall provide users with an option to enable and disable WOL for Sleep Mode 2 Computers with Ethernet capability that are shipped through enterprise channels shall either ve be shipped with WOL enabled by default f LAN a be shipped wit enabled by default for yes yes Yes Yes Yes N A Yes Yes WOL Sleep Mode when the computer is operating on ac mains power or b provide users with the ability to enable WOL that is accessible from both the client operat ing system user interface and over the network Computers with Ethernet capability that are shipped through enterprise channels shall
25. e a significant impact on the applicability of these starting values The below assumes Linux as the test OS A Number of equations problem size See Equation B Leading dimensions of array See Equation The matrix size the combination of number of equations and leading dimensions of array should be the maximum size that will fit in the Random Access Memory RAM on the machine This AWK script will calculate matrix size on a Linux machine awk BEGIN printf Maximum matrix dimension that will fit in RAM on this machine MemTotal print int sqrt 2 1 000 8 1 000 K proc meminfo Use the output of this to determine what matrix size to input for both the Number of equations and Leading dimensions of array inputs The Number of equations will be equal to the printed output The Leading dimensions of the array will be the output rounded up to the nearest multiple of eight L 217 38 EN Official Journal of the European Union 18 8 2015 This calculation can be most easily calculated by taking the memory size in bytes of the UUT denoted as m and substituting m in Equation 1 mx1 000 Vy 8 1000 Equation 9 Memory Size Calculation C Number of trials c 1 where c equals the number of logical and or physical CPU cores of the system The tester needs to determine which is more advantageous for the unit The 1 leaves one core open for use by SPE
26. e of measuring true power to an AC line voltage source set to the appropriate voltage frequency combination for the test The meter shall have all the attributes listed in Section 4 1 E The meter shall also store and output the maximum power measurement reached during the test or be capable of another method of determining maximum power 2 Plug the UUT into the measurement power outlet on the meter No power strips or uninterruptible power supply UPS units shall be connected between the meter and the UUT 3 Record the ac voltage 4 Boot the UUT and if not already installed install Linpack and SPECviewperf as indicated on the above Websites a 5 Set Linpack with all the defaults for the given architecture of the UUT and set the appropriate array size n for maximizing power draw during the test 6 Ensure all technical guidelines relevant to running the benchmark set by the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation SPEC organization for running SPECviewperf have been met 7 For additional information regarding Linpack setup see Section 9 1 Typical Linpack Starting Parameters B Maximum Power Testing 1 Set the meter to begin accumulating true power values at a rate greater than or equal to one reading per second and begin taking measurements 2 Run SPECviewperf and as many simultaneous instances of Linpack as needed to fully stress the system Recommended setup information can be found in Section 9 1 C
27. en luminance and a 2 digit tolerance of the displayed value s least significant digit For example if the screen luminance value is 90 candela per meter squared cd m and the LMD s least significant digit is a tenth of one cd m 2 of 90 cd m would be 1 8 cd m and a 2 digit tolerance of the least significant digit would be 0 2 cd m Thus the displayed value would need to be 90 2 cd m 1 8 cd m 0 2 cd m Note The term nit is sometimes used instead of the official SI unit cd m One nit is equivalent to one cd m E Power Meter Power meters shall possess the following attributes 1 Crest Factor a An available current crest factor of 3 or more at its rated range value and b A bound on the current range of 10 milliamperes mA or less 2 Minimum Frequency Response 3 0 kilo hertz kHz 3 Minimum Resolution a 0 01 W for measurement values less than 10 W b 0 1 W for measurement values from 10 W to 100 W and c 1 0 W for measurement values greater than 100 W 4 Measurement Accuracy Measurement uncertainty as introduced by the instrument that measures the input power to the unit under test UUT including any external shunts a Power measurements with a value greater than or equal to 0 5 W shall be made with an uncertainty of less than or equal to 2 at the 95 confidence level b Power measurements with a value less than 0 5 W shall be made with an uncertainty of less than or equal to 0 01 W at t
28. epending on the specific configuration manufacturers will have to submit the highest power configuration for each category under which they would like the system to be ENERGY STAR qualified For example a system that could be configured as either a Category 0 or 1 Desktop as defined in Table 6 would require submittal of the highest power configuration for both categories in order to be ENERGY STAR qualified If a product could be configured to meet all categories it would then have to submit data for the highest power configuration in all categories iv For qualification of a Product Family of Workstations under the Workstation or Desktop product type the product configuration that represents the worst case power consumption with a single GPU within the family is considered the Representative Model Note Workstations that meet ENERGY STAR requirements with a single graphics device may also have a con figuration with more than one graphics device be ENERGY STAR qualified provided the additional hardware con figuration is identical with the exception of the additional graphics device s The use of multiple graphics includes but is not limited to driving multiple displays and ganging for high performance multi GPU config urations e g ATI Crossfire NVIDIA SLI In such cases and until such time as SPECviewperf supports multiple graphics threads manufacturers may submit the test data for the workstation with the single graphics device for
29. ff Mode Testing Off Mode power shall be measured according to European Standard EN 62623 2013 identical to IEC 62623 2012 Section 5 3 2 Measuring Off Mode with the additional guidance in Section 5 of this document 6 6 Additional Testing For Reporting For Notebook Computers repeat the Short Idle test with the display brightness set to the closest setting that is at least 150 cd m 7 Test Procedures for Workstations 7 1 Maximum Power Test The maximum power for Workstations is found by the simultaneous operation of two industry standard benchmarks Linpack to stress the core system e g processor memory etc and SPECviewperf latest available version for the UUT to stress the system s Graphics Processing Unit GPU This test shall be repeated three times on the same UUT and all three measurements shall fall within a 2 tolerance relative to the average of the three measured maximum power values The average power should be used for qualification and or TEC calculations Additional information on these benchmarks including free downloads can be found at the following locations as specified in Table 15 Table 15 Benchmark Information for Maximum Power Test Benchmark Website Linpack http www netlib org linpack SPECviewperf http www spec org benchmarks html gpc 18 8 2015 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 217 35 A UUT Preparation 1 Connect a power meter capabl
30. hall only be applied once ii The Integrated Display adder allowance TEC x7 pispray applies only for Integrated Desktops and Notebooks and may be applied for each display For Enhanced performance Integrated Displays the adder is calculated as presented in Table 7 and Equation 3 iii For a product to qualify for the Full Network Connectivity mode weightings the following criteria shall be satisfied Products shall meet a non proprietary Full Network Connectivity standard such as ECMA 393 or another standard that has been approved by EPA or the European Commission as meeting the goals of ENERGY STAR Such approval must be in place prior to submittal of product data for qualification Products shall have the applied level of functionality enabled and configured by default upon shipment If Full Network Connectivity features are not enabled by default the system shall be tested and reported with Conventional TEC weightings Products shall be capable of Sleep Mode or alternative low power modes with power less than or equal to 10 watts Note Full Network Connectivity is a manufacturer reported parameter On Mac computers Wake for network access enabled within the Energy Saver Power Adapter Preferences signifies Base Capability or better On Windows computers ARP Offload or NS Offload or similar enabled within the Advanced Properties of the Network Interface Card accessed through the Device Manager signif
31. he 95 confidence level Test Conduct Guidance for Implementation of EN 62623 The Test Conduct shall be carried out according to the requirements in European Standard EN 62623 2013 identical to IEC 62623 2012 Desktop and Notebook Computers Measurement of Energy Consumption reference with the following guidance A Small Scale Servers Thin Clients and Workstations shall be configured in a manner identical to Desktops non integrated unless otherwise specified Slates Tablets shall be configured in a manner identical to Notebooks unless otherwise specified Portable All In One Computers shall be configured in a manner identical to Integrated Desktops unless otherwise specified 1 Thin Clients shall run intended terminal remote connection software during all tests EN Official Journal of the European Union 18 8 2015 18 8 2015 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 217 33 B Wake on LAN WoL settings shall be in as shipped condition for testing Sleep Mode and Off Mode C For models that do not offer a Sleep Mode enabled by default Section 6 2 shall measure power in the lowest latency user activated mode or state that preserves machine state and is enabled by default 1 If no such state separate from Long Idle State or Off Mode exists the measurement in Section 6 2 shall be skipped D For Long Idle Mode Testing Section 6 3 the UUT shall be allowed no more than 20 minutes from the point of ce
32. hin Clients Calculated Typical Energy Consumption E per Equation 1 shall be less than or equal to the Maximum TEC Requirement Erec max as Calculated per Equation 8 subject to the following requirements i Allowances can only be applied if the corresponding adders are enabled by default ii Thin Clients can utilize the proxy weightings in Table 3 when calculating Epc iii For Thin Clients that lack a discrete System Sleep Mode Long Idle State power P onc mu May be used in place of Sleep Mode Power P ipg in Equation 1 so long as the system meets the Thin Client TEC allowance In such instances Py cep Toir is replaced by P onc mie Ts rep Equation 1 remains otherwise unchanged Equation 8 Calculation of Erc max for Thin Clients Erec Max F TEC ase t TECerarnics TECwor TEC nr pisrLaY F TEC pee Where TEC asg is the Base Allowance specified in Table 11 TECgprapurcs is the Discrete Graphics allowance specified in Table 11 if applicable TECyo is the Wake on LAN allowance specified in Table 11 if applicable TEC yr pispray is the Integrated Display allowance for Integrated Desktops specified in Table 7 if applicable and TEC is the Energy Efficiency Ethernet incentive for Desktops specified in Table 7 if applicable per IEEE 802 3az compliant Energy Efficient Ethernet Gigabit Ethernet port Table 11 Adder Allowances for Thin Clients Allowance Adder kWh TEC asp 60
33. hroughput Specified by IEEE 802 3az 3 Full Network Connectivity The ability of the computer to maintain network presence while in Sleep Mode or an alternative low power mode LPM with power less than or equal to 10 watts and intelligently wake when further processing is required including occasional processing required to maintain network presence Presence of the computer its network services and applications is maintained even though the computer is in a LPM From the 18 8 2015 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 217 15 vantage point of the network a computer with full network connectivity that is in LPM is functionally equivalent to an idle computer with respect to common applications and usage models Full network connectivity in LPM is not limited to a specific set of protocols but can cover applications installed after initial installation Also referred to as network proxy functionality and as described in the Ecma 393 standard a Network Proxy Base Capability To maintain addresses and presence on the network while in LPM the system handles IPv4 ARP and IPv6 NS ND b Network Proxy Full Capability While in LPM the system supports Base Capability Remote Wake and Service Discovery Name Services c Network Proxy Remote Wake While in LPM the system is capable of remotely waking upon request from outside the local network Includes Base Capability d Network Proxy Service Disc
34. ies Base Capability or better For systems with a dual Network Interface Card NIC configuration only one NIC configur ation needs to comply The manufacturer can provide further guidance on how to confirm Proxy Support L 217 20 18 8 2015 EN Official Journal of the European Union T iv For Notebooks Desktops and Integrated Desktops that use an alternative low power mode in place of System Sleep Mode power in Long Idle Proc m may be used in place of power in Sleep P ipep in Equation 1 if the alternative low power mode is less than or equal to 10 watts In such instances Psirep Tsreep is replaced by Piong mie Ts rrp Equation 1 remains otherwise unchanged v Notebooks Desktops and Integrated Desktops with switchable graphics may not apply the Discrete Graphics allowance TECerarucs from Table 7 in Equation 2 However for Desktop and Integrated Desktop systems providing Switchable Graphics and enabling it by default an allowance equal to 50 of the G1 graphics allowance for the platform type Desktop or Integrated Desktop may be applied The switchable graphics incentive only applies to automated switching that is enabled by default This capability is manufacturer declared Equation 1 TEC Calculation E for Desktop Integrated Desktop Thin Client and Notebook Computers 8 760 1000 Erec x P orr X Torr Psieep X Tsreep Pronc wre X Trong mre Psuorr me X Tsuorr pE Where
35. ions In the event of a specification revision please note that the ENERGY STAR qualification is not automatically granted for the life of a product model Appendix A SAMPLE CALCULATIONS I Desktop Integrated Desktop Notebook Computers Below is a sample TEC calculation intended to show how levels for compliance are determined based on functional adders and operational mode measurements Following is a sample E evaluation for a 2 0 GHz dual core Notebook with Switchable Graphics 8 GB Memory Energy Efficient Ethernet EEE and 1 hard disk drive HDD A Measure values using the ENERGY STAR Computers Test Method 1 Off Mode 1 0 W 2 Sleep Mode 1 7 W 3 Long Idle State 8 0 W 4 Short Idle State 10 0 W 18 8 2015 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 217 29 B Determine the proxy support provided by the operating system and network card This is a manufacturer reported parameter 1 On Mac computers Wake for network access enabled within the Energy Saver Power Adapter Preferences signifies Base Capability or better 2 On Windows computers ARP Offload or NS Offload or similar enabled within the Advanced Properties of the Network Interface Card accessed through the Device Manager signifies Base Capability or better OEM can provide further guidance on how to confirm Proxy Support C Calculate E from power measurements and mode weightings this example assumes no P
36. is on and Long Idle power management features have not engaged e g HDD is spinning and the Computer is prevented from entering sleep mode Poort ie represents the average power measured when in the Short Idle mode 3 Off Mode The lowest power mode which cannot be switched off influenced by the user and that may persist for an indefinite time when the appliance is connected to the main electricity supply and used in accordance with the manufacturer s instructions For systems where ACPI standards are applicable Off Mode correlates to ACPI System Level S5 state 4 Sleep Mode A low power mode that the computer enters automatically after a period of inactivity or by manual selection A computer with Sleep capability can quickly wake in response to network connections or user interface devices with a latency of less than or equal to 5 seconds from initiation of wake event to system becoming fully usable including rendering of display For systems where ACPI standards are applicable Sleep Mode most commonly correlates to ACPI System Level 3 suspend to RAM state E Networking and Additional Capabilities 1 Additional Internal Storage Any and all internal hard disk drives HDD or solid state drives SSD shipping with a computer beyond the first This definition does not include external drives 2 Energy Efficient Ethernet EEE A technology which enables reduced power consumption of Ethernet interfaces during times of low data t
37. max Calculation for Workstations Prec Max 0 28x Puax Nupp x 5 i3 8 76 xP pre T steep t Tong IDLE t T sort pre Where Pyax Measured maximum power consumption W Nupp Number of installed hard disk drives HDD or solid state drives SSD Pry is an EEE allowance of 0 2 W per IEEE 802 3az compliant Energy Efficient Ethernet Gigabit Ethernet port Active State Benchmark To be ENERGY STAR qualified a Workstation must be submitted for qualification with the following information disclosed in full i Linpack benchmark test results compiler optimizations and total energy consumed over the duration of the test and ii SPECviewperf benchmark test results configuration options total duration of the test and total energy consumed over the duration of the test Desktop Workstations Products marketed as workstations may be ENERGY STAR qualified under the Desktop requirements in Section 3 5 instead of the Workstation requirements in Section 3 6 at the Partner s option EPA or the European Commission will identify Workstations qualified as Desktops as Desktops in all ENERGY STAR marketing materials on qualified product lists etc 18 8 2015 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 217 25 3 8 Requirements for Small scale Servers 3 8 1 Measured Off Mode power Pop shall be less than or equal to the Maximum Off Mode Power Requirement Porr max as Calculated per Equation 6
38. ments C Computer Components 1 Graphics Processing Unit GPU An integrated circuit separate from the CPU designed to accelerate the rendering of either 2D and or 3D content to displays A GPU may be mated with a CPU on the system board of the computer or elsewhere to offload display capabilities from the CPU 2 Discrete Graphics dGfx A graphics processor GPU with a local memory controller interface and local graphics specific memory 3 Integrated Graphics iGfx A graphics solution that does not contain Discrete Graphics 4 Display A commercially available product with a display screen and associated electronics often encased in a single housing that as its primary function displays visual information from 1 a computer workstation or server via one or more inputs e g VGA DVI HDMI DisplayPort IEEE 1394 USB 2 external storage e g USB flash drive memory card or 3 a network connection a Enhanced performance Integrated Display An integrated Computer Display that has all of the following features and functionalities 1 A contrast ratio of at least 60 1 at a horizontal viewing angle of at least 85 with or without a screen cover glass 2 A native resolution greater than or equal to 2 3 megapixels MP and 3 A colour gamut of at least sRGB as defined by European Standard EN 61966 2 1 identical with IEC 61966 2 1 Shifts in colour space are allowable as long as 99 or more of defined sRGB col
39. mption E using Equation 1 with the Integrated Desktop Computer Mode Weightings from Table 3 ii Calculated Maximum Allowed Typical Energy Consumption Epec max using Equation 2 with the appropriate base Integrated Desktop Computer allowance from Table 6 and applicable Integrated Desktop Computer functional adder allowances from Table 7 Note EPA and the European Commission intend to further evaluate Slate Tablet and Portable All In One Computer product data to inform the development of future energy consumption requirements L 217 24 EN Official Journal of the European Union 18 8 2015 3 7 Requirements for Workstations Weighted power consumption P as calculated per Equation 4 shall be less than or equal to the maximum weighted power consumption requirement Prec max as calculated per Equation 5 Equation 4 P Calculation for Workstations Prec Porr x Torr i Porep x T sleep u P onc pue Tione IDLE a P sHort IDLE x TsHorT IDLE Where Porr Measured power consumption in Off Mode W Pirep Measured power consumption in Sleep Mode W Prone wie Measured power consumption in Long Idle Mode W Psuorr ie Measured power consumption in Short Idle Mode W and Tore Tsirep Tronc wie and Tsorr ie are Mode weightings as specified in Table 8 Table 8 Mode Weightings for Workstations Torr T sierp Tong Iie Tsyort IDLE 35 10 15 40 Equation 5 Pic
40. n the event of conflicting requirements the ENERGY STAR test method shall take precedence A Input Power Products intended to be powered from alternating current ac mains shall be connected to a voltage source appropriate for the intended market as specified in Table 13 and Table 14 Table 13 Input Power Requirements for Products with Nameplate Rated Power Less Than or Equal to 1 500 watts W L 217 31 Maximum Voltage Total Frequency Market Voltage Tolerance Harmonic Frequency Tolerance Distortion Europe Australia New Zealand 230 Vac 1 0 2 0 50 Hz 1 0 Table 14 Input Power Requirements for Products with Nameplate Rated Power Greater Than 1 500 W Maximum Voltage Total Frequency Market Voltage Tolerance Harmonic Frequency Tolerance Distortion Europe Australia New Zealand 230 Vac 4 0 5 0 50 Hz 1 0 L 217 32 5 1 B Ambient Temperature Ambient temperature shall remain between 18 C and 28 C inclusive for the duration of the test C Relative Humidity Relative humidity shall remain between 10 and 80 inclusive for the duration of the test D Light Measuring Device LMD All LMDs shall meet the following specifications 1 Accuracy 2 2 digits of the digitally displayed value and 2 Acceptance Angle 3 degrees or less The overall tolerance of LMDs is found by taking the absolute sum of 2 of the targeted scre
41. nt Digits and Rounding All calculations shall be carried out with directly measured unrounded values Unless otherwise specified in this specification compliance with specification limits shall be evaluated using directly measured or calculated values without any benefit from rounding Directly measured or calculated values that are submitted for reporting on the ENERGY STAR website shall be rounded to the nearest significant digit as expressed in the corresponding specification limit 18 8 2015 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 217 17 3 2 General Requirements 3 2 1 Internal Power Supply IPS Requirements IPSs used in Computers eligible under this specification must meet the following requirements when tested using the Generalized Internal Power Supply Efficiency Test Protocol Rev 6 6 available at http www plugloadsolutions com docs collatrl print Generalized_Internal_Power_Supply Efficiency_Test_Protocol_R6 6 pdf and tested at the relevant input voltage frequency combination for each market in which they will be sold and promoted as ENERGY STAR i IPS with maximum rated output power less than 75 watts shall meet minimum efficiency requirements as specified in Table 1 ii IPS with maximum rated output power greater than or equal to 75 watts shall meet both minimum efficiency requirements and minimum power factor requirements as specified in Table 1 Table 1 Requirements for Internal
42. ntegrated Desktops TEC Applies per IEEE 802 3az compliant Energy Efficient Ethernet Gigabit Ethernet port TEC roracr Adder Applies once if system has more than one Additional Internal Storage element ECwr pispray Adder EP is the Enhanced Performance Display allowance calculated per Equation 3 r is the Screen resolution in megapixels and A is viewable screen area in square inches S Sey SE Equation 3 Calculation of Allowance for Enhanced performance Integrated Displays 0 No Enhanced Performance Display EP 4 0 3 Enhanced Performance Display d lt 27 0 75 Enhanced Performance Display d gt 27 Where d is the diagonal of the screen in inches 3 6 Requirements for Slates Tablets and Portable All In One Computers 3 6 1 Slates Tablets shall follow all of the requirements for Notebook Computers in Section 3 5 above including calculations of the following i Calculated Typical Energy Consumption E using Equation 1 with the Notebook Computer Mode Weightings from Table 4 ii Calculated Maximum Allowed Typical Energy Consumption Erc max using Equation 2 with the appropriate base Notebook Computer allowance from Table 6 and applicable Notebook Computer functional adder allowances from Table 7 3 6 2 Portable All In One Computers shall follow all of the requirements for Integrated Desktop Computers in Section 3 5 above including calculation of the following i Calculated Typical Energy Consu
43. ot referenced explicitly 4 Slate Tablet A computing device designed for portability that meets all of the following criteria a Includes an integrated display with a diagonal size greater than 6 5 inches and less than 17 4 inches b Lacking an integrated physical attached keyboard in its as shipped configuration L 217 12 EN Official Journal of the European Union 18 8 2015 c Includes and primarily relies on touchscreen input with optional keyboard d Includes and primarily relies on a wireless network connection e g Wi Fi 3G LTE etc and e Includes and is primarily powered by an internal battery with connection to the mains for battery charging not primary powering of the device 5 Portable All In One Computer A computing device designed for limited portability that meets all of the following criteria a Includes an integrated display with a diagonal size greater than or equal to 17 4 inches b Lacking keyboard integrated into the physical housing of the product in its as shipped configuration c Includes and primarily relies on touchscreen input with optional keyboard d Includes wireless network connection e g Wi Fi 3G LTE etc and e Includes an internal battery but is primarily powered by connection to the ac mains 6 E Reader A device designed for display and consumption of static images The display is characterized by a low refresh rate and a display made of bistable materials
44. ours are supported 5 External Power Supply EPS Also referred to as External Power Adapter An external power supply circuit that is used to convert household electric current into de current or lower voltage ac current to operate a consumer product L 217 14 EN Official Journal of the European Union 18 8 2015 6 Internal Power Supply IPS A component internal to the computer casing and designed to convert ac voltage from the mains to dc voltage s for the purpose of powering the computer components For the purposes of this specification an internal power supply shall be contained within the computer casing but be separate from the main computer board The power supply shall connect to the mains through a single cable with no intermediate circuitry between the power supply and the mains power In addition all power connections from the power supply to the computer components with the exception of a DC connection to a display in an Integrated Desktop Computer shall be internal to the computer casing i e no external cables running from the power supply to the computer or individual components Internal dc to dc converters used to convert a single dc voltage from an external power supply into multiple voltages for use by the computer are not considered internal power supplies D Operational Modes 1 Active State The power state in which the computer is carrying out useful work in response to a prior or concurrent user
45. overy Name Services While in LPM the system allows for advertising host services and network name Includes Base Capability 4 Network Interface The components hardware and software whose primary function is to make the computer capable of communicating over one or more network technologies Examples of Network Interfaces are IEEE 802 3 Ethernet and IEEE 802 11 Wi Fi 5 Wake Event A user scheduled or external event or stimulus that causes the computer to transition from Sleep Mode or Off Mode to an active state of operation Examples of wake events include but are not limited to movement of the mouse keyboard activity controller input real time clock event or a button press on the chassis and in the case of external events stimulus conveyed via a remote control network modem etc 6 Wake On LAN WOL Functionality which allows a computer to transition from Sleep Mode or Off Mode to an Active State of operation when directed by a network Wake Event via Ethernet 7 Switchable Graphics Functionality that allows Discrete Graphics to be disabled when not required in favour of Integrated Graphics Note This functionality allows lower power and lower capability integrated GPUs to render the display while on battery or when the output graphics are not overly complex while then allowing the more power consumptive but more capable discrete GPU to provide rendering capability when the user requires it F Marketing and Shipment Ch
46. r and one of the following Product Type definitions as specified herein are eligible for ENERGY STAR qualification with the exception of products listed in Section 2 2 i Desktop Computers and Integrated Desktop Computers ii Notebook Computers iii Slates Tablets iv Portable All In One Computers v Workstations vi Small scale Servers that are marketed and sold for non data centre use and vii Thin Clients Excluded Products Products that are covered under other ENERGY STAR product specifications are not eligible for qualification under this specification The list of specifications currently in effect can be found at www energystar gov products The following products are not eligible for qualification under this specification i Docking Stations ii Game Consoles iii E Readers iv Handheld gaming devices typically battery powered and intended for use with an integral display as the primary display v Mobile Thin Clients not meeting the definition of Notebook Computer vi Personal Digital Assistant devices PDAs vii Point of Sale POS products that do not use internal components common to Notebook Desktop or Integrated Desktop Computers including processor motherboard and memory viii Small scale Servers that are marketed and sold for use in data centres ix Handheld Computers which contain cellular voice capability x Ultra thin Clients Qualification Criteria Significa
47. roxy Support Conventional Weightings Torr 25 T steer 35 Tione IDLE 10 Tsyort IDLE 30 8 760 1 Erec r x P orr X Torr Psreep X Tsreep Prone inte X Tronc inte Psuorr ipe X Tsuort pE 2 Erc 2289 x 1 0 W x 25 1 7 W x 35 8 0 W x 10 10 0 W x 30 1 000 3 Erc 40 7 kWh year D Determine which Base TEC allowance applies based on graphics capability and performance score P of CPU cores x CPU clock speed GHz 2x2 GHz 4 Table 6 Base TEC TEC Allowances Notebook Category Name Graphics Capability Performance Score P Base Allowance Il Integrated or Switchable Graphics 2 lt P lt 5 2 22 0 E Determine which Functional Adder Allowances apply 1 Memory 8 GB installed so a TEC allowance of 8 GB x 0 8 kWh 6 4 kWh applies y MEMORY GB pp 2 Discrete Graphics No therefore TECcraprics allowance does not apply 3 Switchable Graphics Yes but TEC swircriagiz allowance does not apply to Notebooks 4 Energy Efficient Ethernet EEE Yes and assuming one EEE compliant Ethernet port a TEC allowance of 8 76 x 0 2 x 0 10 0 30 0 7 kWh applies L 217 30 EN Official Journal of the European Union 18 8 2015 5 Storage No the notebook has only one hard disk drive so no storage allowance applies 6 Integrated Display Yes and assuming a non enhanced performance 14 inch display with an area of 83 4 square inches
48. sion of specifications for computers included in Annex C of the Agreement THE MANAGEMENT ENTITIES Having regard to the Agreement between the Government of the United States and the European Union on the coordination of energy efficiency labelling programmes for office equipment and in particular Article XII thereof Whereas specifications for computers should be revised HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS Part I Computers currently included in Annex C of the Agreement between the Government of the United States and the European Union on the coordination of energy efficiency labelling programmes for office equipment shall be replaced by Part V Computers as laid down thereafter The Decision shall enter into force on the twentieth day following its publication The Decision done in duplicate shall be signed by the Co chairs Signed in Washington DC on the Signed in Brussels on the on behalf of the United States Environmental on behalf of the European Union Protection Agency 18 8 2015 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 217 11 ANNEX ANNEX C PART II TO THE AGREEMENT V COMPUTER SPECIFICATIONS VERSION 6 1 1 Definitions A Product Types 1 Computer A device which performs logical operations and processes data For the purposes of this specification computers include both stationary and portable units including Desktop Computers Integrated Desktop Computers No
49. st 300 lux directly enters the ABC sensor B Display the three vertical bar video signal as defined in section 3 2 1 3 of European Standard EN 60107 1 1997 identical to IEC 60107 1 1997 Methods of measurement on receivers for television broadcast transmissions Part 1 General conditions Measurements at radio and video frequencies The three bar image shall be configured using the default image display application C Devices with a cold cathode fluorescent lamp CCFL backlight shall warm up for at least 30 minutes All other displays shall warm up for at least 5 minutes D With the LMD measure the luminance in the centre of the display E Calibrate the UUT display brightness to the closest brightness setting that is at least 90 cd m for Notebook Computers at least 150 cd m for Integrated Desktop Computers Portable All In One Computers and Slates Tablets If the UUT s brightest setting cannot achieve the specified brightness then set the UUT display to the brightest setting F the display shall be configured with the ENERGY STAR test image which can be found in https www energystar gov ia partners images ComputerTestingImage bmp For Desktops Integrated Desktops Notebook Computers and Portable All In One Computers it may be set as the desktop background wallpaper or shown via an image display application The image shall be scaled to completely fill the display area For Slates Tablets the display shall be
50. subject to the following requirements i The Off Mode Wake on LAN WOL adder allowance Porr wor shall only be applied to products that offer WOL enabled by default upon shipment 3 Equation 6 Calculation of Porr max for Small scale Servers P OFF MAX R OFF BASE P OFF_WOL Where Porr pase is the base allowance as specified in Table 9 and Porr wor is the Wake on LAN allowance as specified in Table 9 Table 9 Off Mode Power Allowances for Small scale Servers Pore BASE Pore wor watts watts 1 0 0 4 3 8 2 Measured Long Idle State power Pionc mip Shall be less than or equal to the Maximum Idle State Power Requirement Pipir max as calculated per Equation 7 Equation 7 Calculation of Pipir max for Small scale Servers P IDLE MAX P IDLE_BASE N 1 xP IDLE_HDD Pire Where N is equal to the number of installed storage devices in the Small Scale Server either hard disk drives or solid state drives Pore pase iS the base allowance as specified in Table 10 Prue upp is the hard drive allowance as specified in Table 10 and P is an EEE allowance of 0 2 W per IEEE 802 3az compliant Energy Efficient Ethernet Gigabit Ethernet port Table 10 Idle Mode Power Allowances for Small scale Servers Pipe BASE Pipte HDD watts watts 24 0 8 0 L 217 26 EN Official Journal of the European Union 18 8 2015 3 9 3 9 1 Requirements for T
51. tebook Computers Small Scale Servers Thin Clients and Workstations Although computers are capable of using input devices and displays such devices are not required to be included with the computer upon shipment Computers are composed of at a minimum a A central processing unit CPU to perform operations If no CPU is present then the device must function as a client gateway to a server which acts as a computational CPU b User input devices such as a keyboard mouse or touchpad and c An Integrated Display screen and or the ability to support an external display screen to output information 2 Desktop Computer A computer whose main unit is designed to be located in a permanent location often on a desk or on the floor Desktop computers are not designed for portability and are designed for use with an external display keyboard and mouse Desktop computers are intended for a broad range of home and office applications including point of sale applications a Integrated Desktop Computer A Desktop Computer in which the computing hardware and display are integrated into a single housing and which is connected to ac mains power through a single cable Integrated Desktop Computers come in one of two possible forms 1 a system where the display and computer are physically combined into a single unit or 2 a system packaged as a single system where the display is separate but is connected to the main chassis by a dc power cord and both
52. the computer and display are powered from a single power supply As a subset of Desktop Computers Integrated Desktop Computers are typically designed to provide similar functionality as Desktop systems 3 Notebook Computer A computer designed specifically for portability and to be operated for extended periods of time both with and without a direct connection to an ac mains power source Notebook Computers include an Integrated Display a non detachable mechanical keyboard using physical moveable keys and pointing device Note Notebook computers are typically designed to provide similar functionality to Desktops including operation of software similar in functionality as that used in Desktops For purposes of this specification Notebook Computers include models with touch sensitive screens a Mobile Thin Client A computer meeting the definition of a Thin Client designed specifically for portability and also meeting the definition of a Notebook Computer These products are considered to be Notebook Computers for the purposes of this specification b Two In One Notebook A computer which resembles a traditional Notebook Computer with a clam shell form factor but has a detachable display which can act as an independent Slate Tablet when disconnected The keyboard and display portions of the product must be shipped as an integrated unit Two In One Notebooks are considered Notebooks in the remainder of this specification and are therefore n
53. uency Table 7 Functional Adder Allowances for Desktop Integrated Desktop Thin Client and Notebook Computers Function Desktop Integrated Desktop Notebook TEC emory KWh 0 8 TECeeapmnes Gl 36 14 kWh FB_BW lt 16 G2 51 20 16 lt FB_BW lt 32 G3 64 26 32 lt FB_BW lt 64 Frame Buffer Data Width 192 bits Fa G4 83 32 w Sa 64 lt FB _BW lt 96 z Y Be G5 105 42 a S 96 lt FB_BW lt 128 G G6 115 48 FB_BW gt 128 Frame Buffer Data Width lt 192 bits G7 130 60 FB_BW gt 128 18 8 2015 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 217 23 Function Desktop Integrated Desktop Notebook TECswrrcuasre KWh 4 0 5 x G1 N A TEC rg kWh 8 76 x 0 2 x 0 15 0 35 8 76 x 0 2 x 0 10 0 30 TECsrorace KWh 26 2 6 TEC ar nispay kWh N A 8 76 x 0 35 x 1 EP x 8 76 x 0 30 x 1 EP 7 4 x r 0 05 x A x 2 x r 0 02 x A TEC emory Adder Applies per GB installed in the system 2 TECcpapics Adder Applies to only the first dGfx installed in the system but not Switchable Graphics FB_BW Is the display frame buffer bandwidth in gigabytes per second GB s This is a manufacturer declared parameter and should be calculated as follows Data Rate Mhz x Frame Buffer Data Width bits 8 x 1 000 TEC wircagie Incentive Applies to automated switching that is enabled by default in Desktops and I
54. uirements when tested using the Uniform Test Method for Measuring the Energy Consump tion of External Power Supplies Appendix Z to 10 CFR Part 430 IPSs shall meet the specified requirements when tested using the EPRI 306 Generalized Internal Power Supply Efficiency Test Protocol Rev 6 6 C Average efficiency is the arithmetic mean of efficiencies tested at 25 50 75 and 100 of rated output current EPSs shall meet the specified requirements when tested using the Uniform Test Method for Measuring the Energy Consump tion of External Power Supplies Appendix Z to 10 CFR Part 430 18 8 2015 L 217 22 EN Official Journal of the European Union Table 6 Base TEC TEC Allowances Cat Desktop or Integrated Desktop Notebook egory Graphics Capability Name Gu Score Base Allowance A Score Base Allowance 0 Any Graphics Ps3 69 0 Ps2 14 0 dGfx lt G7 I1 3 lt P lt 6 112 0 2 lt P lt 5 2 22 0 Integrated or 12 Switchable Graphics 6 lt P lt 7 120 0 5 2 lt P lt 8 24 0 13 P gt 7 135 0 P gt 8 28 0 D1 Discrete Graphics 3 lt P lt 9 115 0 2 lt P lt 9 16 0 D2 dGfx lt G7 P gt 9 135 0 P gt 9 18 0 Noe Ye Discrete Graphics capability is categorized based on frame buffer bandwidth as shown in Table 7 P of CPU cores x CPU clock speed GHz where of cores represents the number of physical CPU cores and CPU clock speed represents the Max TDP core frequency not the turbo boost freq

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