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==Welcome:==
Welcome to the OCP Sustainability Project.

Disclaimer: Please do not submit any confidential information. All presentation materials, proposals, meeting minutes and/or supporting documents are published by OCP and are open to the public in accordance to OCP's Bylaws and IP Policy. This can be found on the OCP [http://www.opencompute.org/about/ocp-policies/ OCP Policies] page.  If you have any questions please contact OCP.

==Mission:==
The data center industry is at the forefront of ever increasing power usage and greenhouse gas emissions in an age when climate change impacts are hard to ignore. OCP Sustainability is working to enable progress towards industry goals by addressing unique challenges and opportunities presented within the Open Compute Project ecosystem. Leveraging the expertise of the OCP community, we offer an open framework and resources for OCP members and data center industry – vendors, suppliers, and end users - to deploy industry best practices that promotes reusability and circularity.  

==Goals:==
Identify key steps in system and component design that require reimagination to promote reusability and circularity.  
Deliver roadmap to increase standardization of calculation, measurement, and disclosure of metrics across the IT product and data center life cycle. 
Publish (how-to) guidelines to offer frameworks for a supply-side resource consumption and implications on our common value chain 
Develop OCP-certified design and sourcing practices and creating circular operating modes.

==Scope of Work:==
* Mission: The primary mission of this workstream is to identify industry best practices that can be shared across vendors, suppliers as well as end user behavior that promotes re-usability and circularity.  With a focus to understand and explain circularity from technical and operational point of view, the workstream is investigating key elements in system and component design, and how to design with reusability in mind.

==History==
[https://www.opencompute.org/w/index.php?title=History_of_the_OCP_Sustainability_Initaive Historical Context]

==Initiative Leadership==
:-[mailto:mohan.j.kumar@ocproject.net Mohan Kumar] (Intel)
:-[mailto:Alex.Rakow@se.com Alexander Rakow] (Schneider Electric)

==Call Calendar:==
These meetings are recorded via audio and video. By participating you consent that these recordings may be made publicly available. Any presentation materials, proposals and meeting minutes are published on the respective project's wiki page and are open to the public in accordance to OCP's Bylaws and IP Policy. This can be found at http://opencompute.org/about/ocp-policies/. If you have any questions, please contact OCP.

The General Sustainability Project meets every second Wednesday of the month, and alternates between 8:00-9:30 Pacific time and 17:00-18:30 Pacific time.

Please join my meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone. 
[https://opencompute-org.zoom.us/j/89458347254?pwd=Umo1czUvSi9vdkJta2hBWGJJNWVvZz09 General Sustainability Initiative Call Link] <br>

Dial by your location
:- +1 929 205 6099 US (New York)
:- +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)
:- +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
:- +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)
:- +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)
:- +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)

:- Meeting ID: 894 5834 7254

:- [https://opencompute-org.zoom.us/u/kX87PMdDo Find your local number]

==Documents==

:- [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JdzpI3QxvaURkSs5dl8NUVT0db71I1kpMnS2GN4UX4s/edit 2022 Monthly Meeting Minutes]
:- [https://www.opencompute.org/documents/ocp-sustainability-2021-industry-whitepaper-pdf OCP White Paper, Sustainability Initiative]
:- [https://www.opencompute.org/documents/lca-sop-in-ocp-document-submission-template-docx-pdf OCP White Paper, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Guidelines for Cloud Providers]
:- [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NF4Jd8nJSaLHhinEEybsWi-RI Introduction to Design for Circularity Guide]
:- [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ryWHLr5zj4ZzvhzIu3Lk0uS2lOfrG0q2nNHQEBIHMao/edit Design for Circularity Guide]

==Recordings from Past Calls==
==General Sustainability Call Recordings==

2023
:- [https://opencompute-org.zoom.us/rec/share/k-pToeYm8qkbDZnEIcBKfvGlzV84xPN8WdMzDM_1d5ktu6iPXmH1Rp808KXQpYp8.wYVTv5MoVaRRNNDZ?pwd=vxutkg1s2xoToICZZF9U5i2qpaGIMn0A November 8th, 2023]
:- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzFf0Z-F-Bg July 17, 2023]
:- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ih-vhfrYMfA June 14, 2023]
:- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPncIJ_SlCU May 18, 2023]
:- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5olhs139vc April 12, 2023]
:- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh5_uEzRkww March 8, 2023]
:- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjD7IwpDmEc February 8, 2023]
:- No Recording - January 11, 2023

2022
:- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WndbzpDjvVI May 11, 2022]
:- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEPDyQ3TFGg April 13, 2022]
:- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5ogmkETrkA March 9, 2022]
:- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxZKhpgnNVs January 12, 2022]

2021
:- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnKiBfHFfg4 December 8, 2021]
:- November 17, 2021 Call Not Recorded
:- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xj7Dde4DIRo October 12, 2021]
:- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XZcB9EUPbc September 8, 2021]
:- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydfiMkwT1k0 August 11, 2021]
:- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGoIu2pKZZs July 14 Call]
:- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEaaTZa2kqE June 9 Call] [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HNQee_9fE1_ARbrGhxdneAezExWHwyor/view?usp=sharing The International EPD System (Sebastian Welling)]
:- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMrHdXCtPWM May 12 Call] [https://docs.google.com/document/d/10pTJAQsigon_ywXPv_2zovgP7jAJJxeP_mzWBFLHPbo/edit# May 12 Meeting Minutes]
:- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERCrCt7DaTI April 14 Call] [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EpOxQM_3nsZMfflh2UV-Jc-b3sjdjkJisq6O9cQ2nGI/edit#  April 14 Meeting Minutes]
:- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjO0vOIXPM4 March 3 Call] and [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WNSofipspqd402OlvYpVup6ZrhD2V8L-jbTl1xs8Kw8/edit Mar 3 Meeting Minutes] 
:- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Flwx5p5iRiw February 17 Call] and [https://docs.google.com/document/d/126Br-ThKaGrU7wj6byhT8M9G4y6M0DSDvIvhYhD5Ii8/edit?usp=sharing Feb 17 Meeting Minutes]
:- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYEkisHwUkU February 3 (Kickoff Call)] and [https://docs.google.com/document/d/18nQB4WwYW9uQFMr53WeFkuI73OnUCaRR3xJhPIjZY2Q/edit?ts=601ae5ad Feb 3 Meeting Minutes]

==Carbon Accounting for Circularity ==
[https://ocp-all.groups.io/g/Sustainability-Carbon-Accounting '''Working Group Home Page''']

There is no standardized way to report the carbon emissions for circular business models. How can reporting incentivize circularity?

Call Recordings
:- Coming Soon

==Carbon Modeling ==
[https://ocp-all.groups.io/g/Sustainability-Carbon-Modeling '''Working Group Home Page''']

This workstream focuses on embodied carbon, which is the CO2e emitted by the manufacture of the physical entities within a data center.  Embodied carbon cannot be directly measured, rather it is modeled, and thus this workstream is named OCP Sustainability Carbon Modeling.
 
This workstream was created to address the following challenges:
*1.	Data Access: How to obtain best estimates of embodied CO2e values from the supply chain and researchers.
*2.	Data Opacity: How to understand the various methods that were utilized to estimate embodied CO2e at all steps along the supply chain.
*3.	Data Grade: How to summarize the quality and completeness of the embodied CO2e estimates.

Meetings are 3PM EST on Tuesdays.

[https://docs.google.com/document/d/19G667Y40nnonbMKqP2Of9Q0AHu6kJvtDcalesfpGan8/edit#heading=h.9afnltnwoljr Minutes]

[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ijtX3oi4BlCX4uAA25Bfpaxj6A_wtp05HYisf6FpBrA/edit?usp=sharing Draft White Paper]

Call Recordings
:- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3_P6X3pYjI July 20, 2023]
:- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObgtdfaumM4 July 13, 2023]
:- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPUYrf6KiTU July 6, 2023]
:- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mjshwueSzQ June 15, 2023]
:- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcImIrqb-l8 June 8, 2023]

==Embodied Carbon ==

The iMasons Climate Accord (iCA) and the Open Compute Project (OCP) have started an exciting journey in our joint effort to address the crucial issue of embodied carbon and its impact on data center sustainability. Both the iCA and OCP communities welcome your participation in a new Carbon Disclosure/Label Standardization Workstream.

Scope 3 emissions, specifically embodied carbon in materials and equipment, pose a significant challenge to data center operators striving to achieve net-zero and carbon neutrality goals. As we recognize the urgency to reduce the carbon footprint of data centers, it is essential to engage our vast supply chain in measuring, reporting, and drawing down embodied carbon from data center inputs.

The primary objective of our workstream is to develop a standardized framework for disclosing and managing embodied carbon in data center construction and operation. By establishing a clear and consistent approach, iCA and OCP aim to drive industry-wide collaboration and innovation, enabling data center operators to make informed decisions and take effective actions to reduce their environmental impact.

*[https://ocp-all.groups.io/g/Sustainability-Embodied-Carbon Join the Embodied Carbon Discussion]

==Lifecyles Workstream Call Recordings==
:- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPRssrE5Z8s October 6, 2021]
:- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ALAjAgNN50 September 22, 2021]
:- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ef5npEaWNQ August 25, 2021]
:- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhFWaFTrBM0 August 11, 2021]
:- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=We1WgrTMmmA June 16, 2021]
:- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hYey2Mij_c June 2, 2021] 
:- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J26ZdZgvP0Q May 19, 2021]
:- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKsNaXozvWU May 5, 2021]
:- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2wQCqdT_pc April 9, 2021]

==Metrics & LCA Call Recordings==
:- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhKYCjjv1Pk August 29, 2023 - DCEM]
:- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKDASkqWb7o July 24, 2023 - DCEM]
:- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5P6ahkCmbws July 10, 2023]
:- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVWFdUZe8yc June 26, 2023 - DCEM]
:- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDRzcM9ghns December 8, 2021]
:- November 24, 2021 Call Not Recorded
:- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2__G4CST8Ig October 27, 2021]
:- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBnQ5KfzPEU October 12, 2021]
:- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eC_mUM8Mrs September 15, 2021]
:- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TPlDWjq7xU September 1, 2021]
:- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SySg_qiA5RI July 21, 2021]
:- July 14, 2021 Call Not Recorded
:- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoTE4uU8pAs June 23, 2021]
:- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_XzzrCM3Ig May 12, 2021]
:- April 28, 2021 Call Not Recorded
:- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBDuICLMfFs April 21, 2021]
:- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXVgrWWdtiI April 8, 2021]