IMPACT FOR WIRELESS: No
IMPACT FOR ITE: Yes
On December 2015, the U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the Large Network Equipment Specification in order to help IT and data center operators to increase their energy efficiency and save money on their bills. This specification allows the certification of some products, not covered in the ENERGY STAR Small Network Equipment Specification. It introduces an approach to product families for modular products that allows homogenous and heterogeneous module configuration to be certified. Its requirements are focused on power supplies, energy efficiency features and standard performance data measurement and output. Manufactures should contact ENERGY STAR to initiate the application process for the LNE program. This specification will be effective on March 2016.
