Ballot Results for Ballot 3285

Voting Statistics

Number of votes cast (excluding abstentions)	24
Eligible members who have voted	25 of 32	78.125%
Eligible members who have not voted	7 of 32	21.875%

Voting Summary by Option

Option	# Votes	% of Total
Options with highest number of votes are bold
Affirmative	22	91.667%
Negative w/comment	2	8.333%
Abstain	1

Voting Summary by Interest Category

Interest Category	Affirmative	Negative w/comment	Abstain	Not Returned	Total
Academia / NGO	0	0	0	0	0 (0%)
Distributor	0	0	0	0	0 (0%)
Emeritus	0	0	0	0	0 (0%)
Fabricator/Formulator	0	0	0	0	0 (0%)
General Interest	0	0	0	0	0 (0%)
Government	0	0	0	0	0 (0%)
Industry	5	1	1	5	12 (37.5%)
Ingredient Supplier	0	0	0	0	0 (0%)
Manufacturer Processes	0	0	0	0	0 (0%)
Medicine/Health	0	0	0	0	0 (0%)
Non-voting Liaison	0	0	0	0	0 (0%)
Other	0	0	0	0	0 (0%)
Practitioner/Service Provider	0	0	0	0	0 (0%)
Product Certifier / Testing Lab	0	0	0	0	0 (0%)
Public Health / Regulatory	10	0	0	2	12 (37.5%)
Trade Association	0	0	0	0	0 (0%)
User	7	1	0	0	8 (25%)
Water Utility	0	0	0	0	0 (0%)
Not Specified	0	0	0	0	0 (0%)
Total	22	2	1	7	32 (100%)

Voting Details

Voter Name	Company	Category	Vote	Time (UTC)
Baxter, William	Consultant - User	User	Affirmative	2015-05-18 18:54:00
Berard, Cate	US Department of Energy	Public Health / Regulatory	Affirmative	2015-05-21 18:52:00
Bock, Geoffrey	TUV Rheinland of North America	User	Affirmative	2015-04-17 17:32:00
Booth, John	CARBON3IT Ltd	User	Affirmative	2015-05-14 09:43:00
Delforge, Pierre	NRDC	Public Health / Regulatory	Affirmative	2015-05-05 15:33:00
Elwood, Holly	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency	Public Health / Regulatory	Affirmative	2015-05-18 14:57:00
Ewell, James	Green Blue Institute (GreenBlue)	Public Health / Regulatory	Affirmative	2015-05-13 17:45:00
Ferhut, Fareed	California EPA - Department of Resources R...	Public Health / Regulatory	Affirmative	2015-04-17 18:33:00
Kyle, Barbara	Electronics TakeBack Coalition	Public Health / Regulatory	Affirmative	2015-05-14 16:01:00
Liu, Jinshui	Huawei	Industry	Affirmative	2015-05-22 17:31:00
Magalini, Federico	Cyrcle Consulting/UN University	Public Health / Regulatory	Affirmative	2015-04-22 06:48:00
Martin, Brian	Seagate Technology	Industry	Affirmative	2015-05-22 15:55:00
Nikolayev, Dmitriy	Commonwealth of MA	User	Affirmative	2015-05-01 19:38:00
Parkinson, Paul	In Win Developments	Industry	Affirmative	2015-05-22 14:00:00
Peters-Michaud, Neil	Cascade Asset Management	Industry	Affirmative	2015-05-22 20:56:00
Rifer, Wayne	Green Electronics Council	User	Affirmative	2015-05-21 20:00:00
Rubinstein, Lynn	Northeast Recycling Council, Inc. (NERC)	Public Health / Regulatory	Affirmative	2015-04-28 09:38:00
Samborski, John	Ace Computers	Industry	Affirmative	2015-05-22 20:42:00
Thompson, Cortney	Green House Data - Data Center Operations	User	Affirmative	2015-05-18 04:45:00
Westervelt, Sarah	Basel Action Network	Public Health / Regulatory	Affirmative	2015-05-14 18:22:00
Wood, Jonathan	Department of the Environment Food and Rur...	Public Health / Regulatory	Affirmative	2015-05-19 13:59:00
Zavatson, Dave	University of California	User	Affirmative	2015-05-15 15:31:00
Buoniconti, Ralph	SABIC	Industry	Negative w/comment	2015-05-22 13:40:00
Hoffman, William	Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.	User	Negative w/comment	2015-05-22 20:23:00
Ho, Catherine	Koi Computers, Inc.	Industry	Abstain	2015-05-22 16:57:00
Hopton, Peter	Iceotope	Industry	--
Lin, Jennie	ASUSTek Computer Inc.	Industry	--
Ma, Hsien-Chen (Jason)	ITRI	Industry	--
Morimoto, Michael	US General Services Administration	Public Health / Regulatory	--
Paolucci, Steve	Polyone Corporation	Industry	--
SN Lin, Patrick	Wistron Corporation Green Recycling Busine...	Industry	--
Zhao, Fu	Purdue University	Public Health / Regulatory	--

Voter Comments Collected During Ballot Voting

Submitter	Subject	Comment, Proposal, and Response	Status(Resolution)
All Document Comments Voter Comments
Peters-Michaud, Neil - Cascade Asset Management	Support requirements, but would prefer a "simpler" standard	I do support all the requirements (and optional points)�of this standard. �At the same time, this standard is very comprehensive and fairly complex which ...	New
Wood, Jonathan - Department of the Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) UK	Information and Reporting: Increased ambition	Ideally would like to see it as a pre-requisite for bronze. Include crtierion for bronze level.	New
Wood, Jonathan - Department of the Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) UK	Reference to 9.2.1	Drafting point: The numbering in Annex A refers to 9.2.1 'Reduction of materials incompatible with recycling', which doesn't appear in the document. Include 9.2.1	New
Wood, Jonathan - Department of the Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) UK	Life Cycle Assessment Methodology	How does the ILCD 2011 methodology relate to the European Commission's further development of PEF methodologies and the IT equipment pilot currently runni...	New
Wood, Jonathan - Department of the Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) UK	12.1.1 and 12.2.1 differences	However, there are differences between the categories in 12.1.1 and in 12.2.1, where energy recovery and disposal are separated. �In addition, should ther...	New
Wood, Jonathan - Department of the Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) UK	Batteries Directive labelling requirements	The batteries Directive also contains labelling requirements. Could these be included? Include labelling requirements.�	New
Wood, Jonathan - Department of the Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) UK	Energy efficiency - additional aspects to consider	Criteria could be included on�power management�such as: default enabling, presence of remote power management capability,�latency and stability requiremen...	New
Wood, Jonathan - Department of the Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) UK	Product longevity	The product longevity section is not sufficiently ambitious could be expanded, for example address software considerations: Availability of firmwa...	New
Rifer, Wayne - Green Electronics Council	Comments on several sections in attached file - JC Memo and Ball	Please see the attached file for comments on several sections.	New
Rifer, Wayne - Green Electronics Council	Comments on several sections in attached file	Comments on several sections in attached file	New
Rifer, Wayne - Green Electronics Council	clarifying evidence in verification required in 7.2.2	7.2.2 asks for documentation to be provided (for verification) but only states that the disk drive supplier must confirm that the drive contains PCR REE m... In the second sentence of the criterion add, after the words "Manufacturer shall provide documentation ...",��the following words "containing evidence (i....	New
Liu, Jinshui - Huawei	5.1.1 ENERGY STAR Compliance Table 5.1	Current statement: Countries or regions that are not ENERGY STAR international partners -- ? Product shall conform with the current versio... For Countries or regions that are not ENERGY STAR international partners, change the Energy Efficiency prerequisite to: ? Product shall conform wi...	New
Liu, Jinshui - Huawei	5.2.1 80 Plus Program	As Energy Star has already included 80 Plus Power certification and Rating, thus suggest to remove duplicated 80 Plus certification from EPAT by making th... The product shall include power supplies meeting the requirements in Table 5.3 below. Manufacturer may claim the points associated with only one 80 Plus l...	New
Liu, Jinshui - Huawei	5.2.3 Reduce Energy Loss from Conversion	As HVDC reduces power conversion and is attracting a lot of interests, would suggest adding 240VDC/400VDC to Table 5.4 with Point value of 4.	New
Parkinson, Paul - In Win Developments	Cables should be exclude like Printed wired boards are	It was discussed in the development of this criteria that cables cannot be manufactured using�recycled plastic and achieve a safety approval from UL speci... It is suggested that like the printed circuit�boards, cables should be added to the parts that are excluded from the calculation.�	New
Ho, Catherine - Koi Computers, Inc.	Comments for Proposed Standard	We are a system integrator that configures white box systems. �In reviewing the proposed standards, sections such as 5, 6, 7 will depend on the manufactur...	New
Buoniconti, Ralph - SABIC	6.1.4 Reduction of Br and Cl content of plastic parts	With the very large number of substances on lists in this standard (RoHS, REACH, and Annex C), this section, as a prerequisite, needs modification or elim... This section should be deleted.� However, if consensus cannot be reached, this section should be optional and consideration should be given to wiring and ...	New
Buoniconti, Ralph - SABIC	6.3.2 � Requesting full substance inventory	The request is knowingly being made for proprietary formulation information, specifically for individual substances with their masses Consider�eliminating the request for�individual masses of each substance.� If less that 100% of substances are disclosed, request that a total mass percen...	New
Buoniconti, Ralph - SABIC	6.3.3 � Acquiring substance inventory	Disclosure of all ingredients does not provide any human health nor environmental benefits beyond what is already found in Section 6 and in other parts of... I recommend deleting 6.3.3 and re-evaluating the need for 6.3.2 in this standard.� If 6.3.3 remains in the standard, then change the ?5% by mass? to ?10% ...	New
Buoniconti, Ralph - SABIC	6.3.4 � Alternatives Assessment	This section needs re-thinking.The huge number of substances on the lists with no reference at all to concentrations can easily lead to needless and facet... Eliminate or add some reference to concentration levels to avoid meaningless LCAs.	New
Buoniconti, Ralph - SABIC	7.1.1 - External enclosure	A�minimum percentage of PCR for only one class of materials is unfair. �Many discussions during the Joint Committee meetings revolved around the assumptio... I suggest following the structure of other sustainability standards (such as IEEE 1680.1) that set no minimum PCR requirements, but rather *...*	New
Buoniconti, Ralph - SABIC	Annex C	Due to the number of comments and rationale provied by our experts, I have included both comments and recommendations here and in the Proposed Solution se... Due to the number of comments and rationale provied by our experts, I have included both comments and recommendations here and in the�Comment section: ...	New
Elwood, Holly - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency	EPA Comments	Please refer to the attachment for the details of my suggested comments.	New
Hoffman, William - Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.	commonly available tolols	The current definition is vague and open to interpretation.� By removing ?widely used? and ?readily? the definition is much easier to interpret. Should read, ?A tool which is available for purchase by any individual or business without restriction.?	New
Hoffman, William - Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.	defining conflict free	Having ?necessary to the functionality or production of that product? in the definition adds unnecessary complications to assessing compliance.� If a manu... Delete ?necessary to the functionality or production of that product? from the definition.	New
Hoffman, William - Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.	80 Plus Program	The criterion borders on commercial terms but does allow for meeting the requirements of the 80 Plus program.�� In addition the wording ?or shall meet the... Rewrite the first sentence to read: "Points are awarded as described in Table 5.3 for products which include power supplies meeting the requiremen...	New
Hoffman, William - Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.	Logged Server Activities	While logging the parameters included in the this criterion would appear to be feasable there is an interaction between the OS and the hardware which is r... Unfortunatly there isn't a direct easy way to rewrite the criterion to solve this issue.� I'd suggest rewriting the criterion to include hardware capabili...	New
Hoffman, William - Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.	Reduction of Br and Cl content of plastic parts	The criterion as written today would include the PWB which is a Brominated polymer.� This may have the unintended consequence of limiting the use of high ... Either exclude the PWB or add "when fire and/or electrical safety requires the use of a brominated or chlorinated material to achieve the required level o...	New
Hoffman, William - Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.	Reduction of Br and Cl content of plastic parts - test method	The test method specified is intended for testing of waste materials not specifically electronics.� Instead IEC 62321 and parts should be specified or at ... Replace EN14582 with IEC 62321 or add IEC 62321 and parts as an alternative test method.	New
Hoffman, William - Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.	Reductio of substances on the EU REACH SVHC list	Since the criteria specifically refers to the EU guidance document and includes that document as part of the criterion by reference, ?Guidance on requirem... Add a reference and link to the guidance document.	New
Hoffman, William - Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.	GHG Emissions	References to EPA should include US EPA since this standard intended to be used internationally. Every use of EPA should be replaced with U.S. EPA	New
Hoffman, William - Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.	External Enclosure	The last bullet allowing for a material with lower environmental impact seems like a loophole to allow any material.� Virgin aluminum is one of the most e... The last bullet, "- A material demonstrated to have lower environmental impact than those listed above based on an LCA conducted in accordance with criter...	New
Hoffman, William - Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.	Optimization of packagin gsystem to reduce excess packaging	The second paragraph starting with ?The Global Protocol?..? should be clearly labeled as a non-normative Add ?Note:? to be beginning of the paragraph or use some other way to clarify that this is non-normative.	New
Hoffman, William - Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.	Design for repair, reuse and recycling	in the fourth bulles (page 31) the phrase, "unless required for technical or safety reasons." is rather open to interpretation.� what constitues a valid t... replace the phrase,"unless required for technical or safety reasons.", with "unless required as part of compliance with safety regulations, safety standar...	New
Hoffman, William - Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.	Design for Plastic recycling	the prase "same material type" should be defined. Use the phrase "compatible or compatible with limitations " and reference the phrase "at the time of assessment ...	New
Hoffman, William - Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.	Functionality testing software tools	This criterion would seem in part to be redundant with the collection of efficiency data as part of earlier criterion.� In addition the software tools req...	New
Hoffman, William - Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.	consultatio for recyclabilty rate	the consultation has to be performed by a certified recycler but also a note at the end of the criterion would indicate an "eco-design consultant" may als... The bullet should� be struck or additional clarity on what constitutes an acceptible deisgn improvement added.�	New
Hoffman, William - Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.	publically available record of the reuse	the final boxes are not the % mass of .... but are the mass of ..... Each of the boxes should have the % struck.	New
Berard, Cate - US Department of Energy	Clarify definition of scope 2 to align with GRI	Scope 2 GHG emissions should not be limited to purchased electricity, and should be aligned with GRI definitions. Change to "Scope 2 = Purchased electricity, heating, cooling, and steam"	New
Berard, Cate - US Department of Energy	Table heading and indicator titles in Table 13.1	Table heading and indicator titles in Table 13.1should align with the GRI G4 titles to�avoid confusion with G3 titles. New titles have "G4" in the indicat... Change header to "GRI Indicator Code" and each line item to include the G4 prefix:�G4-EN4, G4-EN5, G4-EN6, etc.	New
Berard, Cate - US Department of Energy	Differentiating titles of 13.2.2 and 13.2.3	Differences between 13.2.2 and 13.2.3 aren't immediately obvious based on titles; 13.2.2 is missing "reporting." Change 13.2.2 to "Environmental and social responsibility reporting on top nine suppliers (corporate)" (note that the word reporting should be added) ...	New
Berard, Cate - US Department of Energy	Definition of reuse is to limiting	The definition of reuse should not be limited to the "originally intended purposes." Reuse should include reuse for either the originally intended or a re... Change to "Reuse: Using again, equipment or components for the originally intended purpose, a similar purpose,�or in an upgraded state, p...	New
Berard, Cate - US Department of Energy	Treatment is not disposal	The definition of treatment should not include disposal. Disposal is separate and distinct from treatment in the U.S. Change to: "Treatment: Material recovery or material handling operations including preparation prior to recovery or disposal." No...	New
Berard, Cate - US Department of Energy	Broaden definition of disposal	The definition of disposal should include spills, leaks and releases. "Deposits" may not be broad enough to address spills, leaks and relases, dumping, ab... Change to: "Disposal: Any operation which does not lead to materials recovery, recycling, reclamation, or reuse of equipment or component...	New
Berard, Cate - US Department of Energy	Need consistent terminology for public disclosure on a website	There are multiple phrases used throughout the standard to describe requirements to disclose on a public website.� Examples include ?publicly disclosed on... The JC should develop two phrases: one for public websites (not otherwise specified) and one for specifically the manufacturer?s public website, and use t...	New
Berard, Cate - US Department of Energy	Definition of "recyclable" open-ended	The definition for "recyclable" provides that materials or components can be declared recyclable "using standard technologies, or as otherwise demonstrate... Delete "or as otherwise demonstrated" or clarify who can demonstrate this - independent recyclers?	New
Berard, Cate - US Department of Energy	Unnecessary justification for criterion 5.3.2	The text of criterion 5.3.2 includes the explanatory language "to reduce energy loss from power conversion during distribution and provide an overall high... Delete "to reduce energy loss from power conversion during distribution and provide an overall higher system efficiency"	New
Berard, Cate - US Department of Energy	Need ES version number in criterion 5.3.2	Criterion 5.3.2 says "The product shall be tested using the methodology specified in the ENERGY STAR Program Requirements for Computer Servers."� Recommen... Revise to "...ENERGY STAR Program Requirements for Computer Servers Version 2.0."	New
Berard, Cate - US Department of Energy	Testing requirement for 5.3.2	Criterion 5.3.2 says "The product shall be tested using the methodology specified in the ENERGY STAR Program Requirements for Computer Servers."� Tested f... Clarify test methodology and purpose.� If the intention is to ensure that qualification/certification testing for ENERGY STAR (needed for criterion 5.1.1)...	New
Berard, Cate - US Department of Energy	Consider definition for "supply chain management" terms	Criterion 6.1.3 and 6.2.1 refer to "supply chain management process" and "supply chain management system," respectively.� If these are the same thing, rec... Review and determine if same process/system is required by both criteria.� If so, use one term, define it; and make language consistent across both criter...	New
Berard, Cate - US Department of Energy	Require LCA methodology for 8.3.1b	Criterion 8.3.1b says "If the amount of packaging material is reduced due to the use of an alternative material, the manufacturer must demonstrate a net r... Review and determine which process is applicable (LCA methodology in 11.2.1 or alternatives assessment in 6.3.4).� Require use of appropriate process to d...	New
Berard, Cate - US Department of Energy	Mismatch in requirements in 8.3.1b	Criterion 8.3.1b says "Manufacturer shall document at least a 10% reduction in the amount of packaging materials used in the delivery of the product. Tabl... Clarify the minimum performance required to claim the reuse rate point.� Is it a reduction in single use packages?� If so, the metric in Table 8.3 must be...	New
Berard, Cate - US Department of Energy	Use of undefined term "fractions" in 9.1.3	Criterion 9.1.3 says "Determination of the recyclability rate shall start with the receipt of the untreated waste equipment (if beyond reuse) and end when... If the idea of "end-of-waste status for fractions is achieved" is from IEC TR62635, recommend adding to that sentence "as required in IEC TR62635" or some...	New
Berard, Cate - US Department of Energy	Use of term "objective evidence"	Criteria 12.1.1, 12.1.3 and 12.2.1 require the manufacturer to obtain/maintain/provide "objective evidence."� This seems like an odd and unnecessary term.... Delete the term "objective."	New
Berard, Cate - US Department of Energy	Applicability of 12.1.3 unclear	The second bullet in criterion 12.1.3 implies that the manufacturer's management system applies only to "a manufacturer or its service providers."� Howeve... The JC should determine, and specify, which actors this criterion applies to.� If it is just manufacturers and its service providers�that should be specif...	New
Berard, Cate - US Department of Energy	Location of "printed circuit board" in definitions	"Printed circuit board" is not listed alphabetically in the definitions.� Also, 3.46 is missing. Move "printed circuit board" to the appropriate location, alphabetically.	New
Berard, Cate - US Department of Energy	Use of "performance tier" in 5.1.3	Criterion 5.1.3 refers to declaration of the "performance tier (Bronze, Silver, or Gold) for the product."� "Performance tier" is not used in the standard... Change "performance tier" to "level of conformance."	New
Berard, Cate - US Department of Energy	Title is pluralized	The title "Environmental Leadership Standards For Servers" on page 1 is erroneously pluralized. Remove extra "s"	New
Berard, Cate - US Department of Energy	Extra verbiage in 5.2.1	Criterion 5.2.1 says "The product shall include power supplies rated through the 80 Plus program and listed on the 80 Plus program and listed on the 80 Pl... Change to "The product shall include power supplies rated through the 80 Plus program and listed on the 80 Plus program website as certified..."	New
Berard, Cate - US Department of Energy	Connect 5.3.1 to product	Criterion 5.3.1 does not specify that the integrated circuits or PCBs must be part of the product meeting the standard. Change to: "The product shall include integrated circuits or printed circuit boards (PCBs) that are manufactured by at least one supplier..."	New
Berard, Cate - US Department of Energy	Location of disclosure in 6.3.1	Criterion 6.3.1 says "The link to the inventory shall be placed on the product specification or documentation web page." and "The product specification or... Delete "or documentation."� This will require the manufacture to disclose this inventory on their product specification page, which will be seen by many m...	New
Berard, Cate - US Department of Energy	Pluralize suppliers in 6.4.1	Criterion 6.4.1 says "This declaration shall be supported with a letter provided by the CPU and, or DRAM supplier."� The language for allow for more than ... Change to "This declaration shall be supported�by one or more�letters provided by the compliant CPU and, or DRAM supplier(s)."	New
Berard, Cate - US Department of Energy	Possible word missing from 6.4.1	Criterion 6.4.1 says "...manufacturers shall demonstrate implementation of such methods (e.g., use of alternatives) to reduce emissions to the extent poss... If so, change to "...reduce emissions to the maximum�extent possible."	New
Berard, Cate - US Department of Energy	Remove limitation on source of PCR for 7.2.2	Criterion 7.2.2 says "The neodymium or dysprosium shall be provided through the recycling of magnets from used devices."� There are other sources of these... Remove ""The neodymium or dysprosium shall be provided through the recycling of magnets from used devices." OR Split points to specifcally incentivize rec...	New
Berard, Cate - US Department of Energy	Maintaining prereqs/optional points over time	There are a number of criteria (6.2.1, 6.3.4, 8.3.1, 9.1.4, 9.1.5, 10.1.1, 11.2.1, 13.2.2, 13.5.2) which have timeframes associated with required manufact... Add language to section 4 somewhere (new section?): "Unless otherwise specified in the criterion, products that have been declared as meeting a�criterion ...	New
Berard, Cate - US Department of Energy	Location of point information in 8.3.1c	Criterion 8.3.1c says "A manufacturer may claim 8.3.1c and packaging reuse or use of multipacks (1 point)."� This reads that the point is awarded for this... Move "(1 point)" to the end of the first sentence in this section.	New
Berard, Cate - US Department of Energy	Starting language in 9.1.4	Criterion 9.1.4 starts "The manufacturer shall publish a manual for third-party reuse and recycling organizations, in at least English, with the informati... Change to: "The manufacturer shall publish a manual for third-party reuse and recycling organizations, in at least English.� The manual shall be available...	New
Berard, Cate - US Department of Energy	Vague language in 9.1.4	Criterion 9.1.4 requires the specific manual include information about "The different components and materials;"� This seems overly vague.� Is this just a... Change to "A complete parts, components and materials list"� If needed, additional language on any details required should be added.	New
Berard, Cate - US Department of Energy	Interpretation of function in 9.1.4	Criterion 9.1.4 says "The function specified in the manufacturer?s user manual, repair manual or technical manual should be used to determine original int... If "manufacturer?s user manual, repair manual or technical manual" is the manual specified by this criterion, change to "The original intended function of...	New
Berard, Cate - US Department of Energy	Point language in 11.2.3	Criterion 11.2.3 says "One additional point shall be awarded for either of the following qualifying data disclosures."� However, the requirement for the f... Add to the end of the first paragraph, before the first numbered list: "LCA inventory data can be made publically available�either through�(1 point):"� (T...	New
Berard, Cate - US Department of Energy	Self reference in 11.2.1	Criterion 11.2.1 says "...either an increase or decrease of 10% or more on any one of the impact assessment categories from the list in 11.2.1)."� This is... Change to �"...either an increase or decrease of 10% or more on any one of the impact assessment categories listed above)."	New
Berard, Cate - US Department of Energy	Use of "primary circuit board"	Criteria 13.2.2, 13.3, 13.5.1�and 13.5.2 still refer to "primary circuit board."� "Primary circuit board" was removed as a separate definition since it wa... Change "primary circuit board" to "printed circuit board."	New

Non-Voter Comments Collected During Ballot Voting

Submitter	Subject	Comment, Proposal, and Response	Status(Resolution)
All Document Comments Voter Comments
Berthoud, Fran�oise - CNRS	About criteria Energy	Sorry to join you so late ! very good work ! 1 - I'm surprised that the 80 plus GOLD is not in the prerequired for all servers. I think it should ...	New
Voyles, Stephanie - IPC	General Comment	It is disingenuous for the NSF to ballot, and subsequently publish, this draft standard given the on-going negotiations regarding duplicative standards. T... NSF should continue negotiations with IEEE and ANSI and not publish this standard.	New
Voyles, Stephanie - IPC	General Comment	Although the committee is balanced per NSF definitions, there has been very little industry participation in the development of this standard.�I am concer... NSF should have more representation from server manufacturers on the Joint Committee.	New
Voyles, Stephanie - IPC	Definitions	Suggested changes underlined/strikethrough: A ~~thin~~ board made of fiberglass, composite epoxy, or other laminate material with conductive pa... Suggested changes underlined/strikethrough: A ~~thin~~ board made of fiberglass, composite epoxy, or other laminate material with conductive pa...	New
Voyles, Stephanie - IPC	Section 6	Prior to restricting or banning a substance, an alternatives assessment should be conducted in order to ensure the replacement substance is, in fact, bett... Prior to restricting or banning a substance, an alternatives assessment should be conducted in order to ensure the replacement substance is, in fact, bett...	New
Voyles, Stephanie - IPC	Section 6.1.1 Conformance with EU RoHS Directive	Delete this criteria or require an alternatives assessment (AA) for the six substances restricted under the RoHS Directive to ensure environmental benefit... Delete this criteria or require an alternatives assessment (AA) for the six substances restricted under the RoHS Directive to ensure environmental benefit...	New
Voyles, Stephanie - IPC	6.1.1 Conformance with EU RoHS Directive	Including language that states the standard will be automatically updated when the regulation is updated removes all control over criteria tied to that re... Delete text that states the standard will be automatically updated when the regulation is updated.	New
Voyles, Stephanie - IPC	6.1.3 Inventory of declarable substances	This criteria should be deleted as it does not provide an environmental benefit. As a prerequisite criteria, if this criteria is met it should show a prov... Delete criteria.	New
Voyles, Stephanie - IPC	6.1.3 Inventory of declarable substances	The criteria contains an additional requirement to have an ?effective supply chain management process? to maintain and manage the data and requires the ma... Delete additional requirement to have an ?effective supply chain management process.?	New
Voyles, Stephanie - IPC	6.1.4 Reduction of bromine and chlorine content of plastic parts	Plastic is not predominately used in servers. Therefore, this criteria is arbitrary, unnecessary and should be removed or included as optional. If the rat... 1. Delete criteria. 2. If criteria is kept, make it optional and clarify that printed circuit boards and wire and cable are excluded, consistent w...	New
Voyles, Stephanie - IPC	6.1.4 Reduction of bromine and chlorine content of plastic parts	If this criteria remains in the standard then an optional credit in Section 6.3.4 should be allowed for conducting an alternatives assessment. Allow�optional credit in Section 6.3.4 for conducting an alternatives assessment.	New
Voyles, Stephanie - IPC	6.1.4 Reduction of bromine and chlorine content of plastic parts	This criterion references ?EN 14582.? We assume this means BS EN 14582, Characterization of waste. Halogen and sulfur content. This standard is for charac... Delete reference to test method.	New
Voyles, Stephanie - IPC	6.2.1 Reduction of substances on the EU REACH Regulation	This criteria should be deleted. The EU REACH Regulation does not require manufacturers to remove all SVHCs from their product if that SVHC is present abo... Delete critiera.	New
Voyles, Stephanie - IPC	6.2.1 Reduction of substances on the EU REACH Regulation	Although we believe this criteria should be deleted, if it is maintained, the standard should not require the elimination of substances without first cond... Criteria should require an alternatives assessment for substances.	New
Voyles, Stephanie - IPC	6.2.1 Reduction of substances on the EU REACH Regulation	The criteria contains an additional requirement to have a ?supply chain management system, which may include supplier management and grading procedures, m... If this criteria is maintained, delete additional requirement to have a supply chain management system.	New
Voyles, Stephanie - IPC	6.3.1 Disclosure of declarable substances	The collection of a full substance inventory is cumbersome and counter-productive to a focus on substances of interest. Keeping an inventory of substances... Delete criteria.	New
Voyles, Stephanie - IPC	6.3.2 Requesting full substance inventory	The collection of a full substance inventory is cumbersome and counter-productive to a focus on substances of interest. Keeping an inventory of substances... Delete criteria.	New
Voyles, Stephanie - IPC	6.3.3 Acquiring substance inventory	The collection of a full substance inventory is cumbersome and counter-productive to a focus on substances of interest. Keeping an inventory of substances... Delete criteria.	New
Voyles, Stephanie - IPC	6.3.4 Alternatives assessment	The draft standard should not specify AA test methods. This criteria only lists 2 AA methods that can be used. There is no justification for why these met... �Add ?or equivalent? or identify a set of criteria for the framework to be used.	New
Voyles, Stephanie - IPC	6.3.4 Alternatives assessment	Alternatives assessment criteria should outline criteria that an AA must include rather than listing specific methods. The standard could then reference s... Criteria should outline criteria fhat an AA must include.	New
Voyles, Stephanie - IPC	6.3.4 Alternatives assessment	This criteria, as an optional criteria, under values the importance of an AA. All substances required or suggested to be replaced in this standard should ... All substances required or suggested to be replaced in this standard should undergo and AA.	New
Voyles, Stephanie - IPC	6.3.4 Alternatives assessment	This criteria gives credit for doing an AA for substances listed in Annex C of the standard, yet it fails to address the possibility of a product or manuf... Manufacturers should be able to receive credit for not having any substances identified in Annex C of the standard in their product or manufacturing proce...	New
Voyles, Stephanie - IPC	11.2.1 Conduct life cycle assessment	Criteria should be worth more points - life cycle assessment is an important, but intensive, endeavor. Awarding more points will encourage companies to pu... Criteria should be worth more points.	New
Voyles, Stephanie - IPC	11.2.1 Conduct life cycle assessment	Impact assessment methodologies should not be limited to TRACI 2.1, CML 2001, and ILCD 2011.� Other methodologies may exist that provide comparable result... Add ?or equivalent? or identify the criteria to be included in the methodology.	New
Voyles, Stephanie - IPC	11.2.1 Conduct life cycle assessment	Provide optional points for the implementation of actions to reduce impacts in any of the assessment categories evaluated in the LCA. Provide optional points for the implementation of actions to reduce impacts in any of the assessment categories evaluated in the LCA.	New
Voyles, Stephanie - IPC	13 Corporate social responsibility	The purpose of the standard states, ?The purpose of this standard for servers is to establish product environmental performance criteria and corporate per... Conflict minerals, occupational health and safety and labor, and societal issues are outside the scope of environmental leadership and the critieria relat...	New
Voyles, Stephanie - IPC	13.1.2 Public disclosure of use of conflict minerals in products	The atrocities occurring in the DRC and adjacent countries are deplorable. Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Act and SEC conflict minerals regulations are co... Criteria should be deleted.	New
Voyles, Stephanie - IPC	13.1.2 Public disclosure of use of conflict minerals in products	This criteria is outside the scope of this environmental leadership standard and should be deleted. Further, this criteria should not be a prerequisite. Delete criteria. Criteria should not be a prerequisite.	New
Voyles, Stephanie - IPC	13.2.2 Envtl and social responsibility on supply chain � 9 splrs	This criteria is outside the scope of this environmental leadership standard and should be deleted. Delete critiera.	New
Voyles, Stephanie - IPC	13.2.2 Envtl and social responsibility on supply chain � 9 splrs	Table 13.1 contains indicators that are not indicative of environmental leadership and therefore should be deleted. These indicators are HR4 Freedom of as... Delete inappropriate indicators in Table 13.1	New
Voyles, Stephanie - IPC	13.2.3 Envtl and social responsibility reporting on tier 1 suppl	This criteria is outside the scope of this environmental leadership standard and should be deleted. Delete criteria.	New
Voyles, Stephanie - IPC	13.2.3 Envtl and social responsibility reporting on tier 1 suppl	Table 13.2 contains indicators that are not indicative of environmental leadership and therefore should be deleted. These indicators are LA14 Percentage o... Delete inappropriate indicators from Table 13.2	New
Voyles, Stephanie - IPC	13.3 Reporting Toxics Release Data	This criteria should be deleted as there is no environmental benefit to reporting Toxic Release inventory (TRI) data from suppliers. The TRI data is alrea... Delete criteria.	New
Voyles, Stephanie - IPC	13.4 Conflict minerals sourcing	This criteria is outside the scope of this environmental leadership standard and should be deleted. Delete criteria.	New
Voyles, Stephanie - IPC	13.4 Conflict minerals sourcing	The atrocities occurring in the DRC and adjacent countries are deplorable. Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Act and SEC conflict minerals regulations are co... Delete criteria.	New
Voyles, Stephanie - IPC	13.4.1 CM sourced from only validated conflict free smelters	This criteria is outside the scope of this environmental leadership standard and should be deleted. Delete criteria.	New
Voyles, Stephanie - IPC	13.4.1 CM sourced from only validated conflict free smelters	The atrocities occurring in the DRC and adjacent countries are deplorable. Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Act and SEC conflict minerals regulations are co... Delete criteria.	New
Voyles, Stephanie - IPC	13.4.1 CM sourced from only validated conflict free smelters	Although we believe conflict minerals criteria is out of scope of this standard, should the criteria be included, CFSI should not be the only program refe... Either list other examples of programs that validate smelters or delete reference to CFSI.	New
Voyles, Stephanie - IPC	13.4.1 CM sourced from only validated conflict free smelters	Although we believe conflict minerals criteria is out of scope of this standard, should the criteria be included, the criteria should not include a requir... Delete requirement to conduct a third party audit.	New
Voyles, Stephanie - IPC	13.5.1 Supply chain certification to occupational health and saf	This criteria is outside the scope of this environmental leadership standard and should be deleted. Delete criteria.	New
Voyles, Stephanie - IPC	13.5.2 Certification to social responsibility performance standa	This criteria is outside the scope of this environmental leadership standard and should be deleted. Delete criteria.	New
Voyles, Stephanie - IPC	13.5.2 Certification to social responsibility performance standa	The second bullet under #2 of this criteria states that closure of VAP audit report findings must be confirmed. Generally, closure of VAP audit findings i... Delete requirement that VAP audit findings must be confirmed.	New
Krock, Richard - The Vinyl Institute	General Remarks	General Remarks:� As NSF is aware, IEEE has a parallel effort underway that involves many server manufacturers and other stakehold... Merge standard with IEEE 1680.4	New
Krock, Richard - The Vinyl Institute	Definitions	3 Definitions � � Section 3.39 Plastic: � Change to include silicone	New
Krock, Richard - The Vinyl Institute	Comments on the NSF 426 draft Server Standard	Please include the comments from the attached file.� Attempts to add individually appear to have failed. Thank you. See comments.	New
Cleet, Chris - Information Technology Industry Council (ITI)	General Comments	Please see attached file	New
Risotto, Steve - American Chemistry Council	General comment	As a participant in the IEEE 1680.4 Working Group on Environmental Assessment of Servers, the American Chemistry Council (ACC) is concerned that both IEEE... Continue effort to join NSF and IEEE standard development processes.	New
Risotto, Steve - American Chemistry Council	Idle state power	The proposal for performance requirements for the Silver and Gold performance levels may discourage companies from achieving other aspects of the standard... The provision should be revised to remove prerequisites for the Silver and Gold levels. � Additional consideratio...	New
Risotto, Steve - American Chemistry Council	Br and Cl restrictions	A blanket restriction on all brominated and chlorinated content above 0.1 percent in plastic products is arbitrary and overly broad.� Compliance with 6.1.... �The provision should be deleted.	New
Risotto, Steve - American Chemistry Council	Br and Cl restrictions	If the provision is maintained as a prerequisite, the language should clarify that printed circuit boards and wire and cable are excluded, consist... Clarify that printed circuit boards and wire and cable are excluded, consistent with Sections 7.1.2 and 9.2. Companies co...	New
Risotto, Steve - American Chemistry Council	Candidate SVHCs	Eligibility for designation as an SVHC[1] is based on many of the same properties as proposed for inclusion in... Delete both this section and Annex C and revise the optional credit under 6.3.4 for the conduct of alternative assessments for candidate SVHCs or ...	New
Risotto, Steve - American Chemistry Council	Full substance inventory	The collection of a full substance inventory is cumbersome and counter-productive to a focus on substances of interest (e.g., IEC 62474 Declarable Substan... Both Sections 6.3.2 and 6.3.3�should be deleted.	New
Risotto, Steve - American Chemistry Council	Full substance inventory	If the provisions are maintained as optional criteria, the CBI allowance in 6.3.3 should be increased.� An allowance of 5 percent by mass... If the provisions are maintained as optional credits, the�CBI allowance in 6.3.3 should be increased.	New
Risotto, Steve - American Chemistry Council	Full substance inventory	Awarding up to 6 points gives unnecessary weight to a paperwork exercise with little practical impact. If the provisions are maintained,�the number of optional points for 6.3.2 and 6.3.3 should be reduced to a 2-point maximum (1 per Section)	New
Risotto, Steve - American Chemistry Council	Alternatives assessment	The provisions of this Section should be better integrated with those of 6.2.1 since there is considerable overlap between the list of candidate SVHCs and... The provision should be revised to award optional points for conducting an alternatives assessment for a candidate SVHC or an IEC 62474 Declarable...	New
Risotto, Steve - American Chemistry Council	Alternatives assessment	In addition, the provision should not limit the allowable frameworks to those developed by the Interstate Chemicals Clearinghouse (IC2) and the National R... The language should be revised to allow frameworks that are equivalent to the two specified or to identify the criteria to be included in the fram...	New
Risotto, Steve - American Chemistry Council	Alternatives assessment	The requirement that an assessment must be no more than 1 year old should be revised to allow flexibility.� In many cases, it is likely that little will h... Add flexibility to the 1-year timeframe.	New
Risotto, Steve - American Chemistry Council	Alternatives assessment	The use of the terms ?safe? and ?safer? in the section are problematic, as it possible that alternatives to the currently used substances may present impa... The language of the provision should be revised to avoid the use of the terms ?safe? and ?safer.?	New
Risotto, Steve - American Chemistry Council	Alternatives assessment	Conducting an alternatives assessment for Br and Cl compounds under 6.1.4 is consistent with the intent of the standard and should be rewarded.��<... Delete ?An alternative assessment performed under 6.1.4 shall not be eligible for this optional criterion.?	New
Risotto, Steve - American Chemistry Council	Alternatives assessment	Since an alternatives assessment can involve a considerable amount of time, effort, and expense, the optional point total for this provision should be inc... Increase the optional point total for this provision.	New
Risotto, Steve - American Chemistry Council	Fluorinated GHG emissions	The requirements for testing performance of abatement systems are based solely on EPA criteria.� Although the provision allows for equivalent test methods... If possible, the provision should be revised to also reference non-US criteria.	New
Risotto, Steve - American Chemistry Council	External enclosures	The provision arbitrarily disadvantages the use of plastics for enclosures.� It should be revised to provide optional credit for use of PCR materials rath... Provide optional credit for use of PCR materials rather than as a prerequisite.��Include comparable PCR criteria for metals.	New
Risotto, Steve - American Chemistry Council	Cl in packaging	This provision provides little or no environmental benefit.�� Reductions in use of chlorine compounds for bleaching should be addressed as an optional pr... Revise provision to be optional.	New
Risotto, Steve - American Chemistry Council	Preparation for reuse and recycling	The requirements of this section go well beyond those of the WEEE Directive and likely would require the public disclosure of CBI.� Since the target audie... The specified information should only be provided to recyclers upon request in a manner that protects CBI.	New
Risotto, Steve - American Chemistry Council	Life cycle assessment	This provision should be worth more points - life cycle assessment is an important, but intensive, endeavor.� Awarding more points will e... Increase points awarded for conducting LCAs. Add ?or equivalent? or identify the criteria to be included in the methodology.	New
Risotto, Steve - American Chemistry Council	Conflict minerals	The requirement for disclosure of conflict-mineral content in 13.1.2 and the optional certification under 13.4.1 and 13.4.2 appear to have little to do wi... Delete this�provision unless they can be related to environmental performance.� If the provisions are maintained, they should be carefully reviewed to ens...	New
Risotto, Steve - American Chemistry Council	Social responsibility	The requirement for public disclosure of social responsibility performance has little to do with environmental leadership.� Although it may be reasonable ... Make criteria optional.� Also applies to 13.2.3	New
Risotto, Steve - American Chemistry Council	Toxics reporting	U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) data are publicly available by substance, location, and company.� Compliance with this provision for US facilities... The provision should be deleted.� If the provision is maintained as an optional credit, manufacturers should be allowed the option to provide a link to EP...	New
Risotto, Steve - American Chemistry Council	Annex C - chemical lists	As noted, there is considerable overlap between the substances to be considered in 6.2.1 and those defined in Annex C.� Rather than create another list of... Annex C should be deleted in lieu of a revision to 6.3.4 to reference IEC 62475 Declarable Substances and candidate SVHCs.� If Annex C is maintained, the ...	New
Dillon, Patty - Dillon Environmental Associates	Mass vs. weight	Both % mass and %�weight are used� in the standard . Suggest using either ?mass? or ?weight? throughout standard. For most criteria ?mass? would be the ap... Choose either % mass or % weight based on NSF protocols.	New
Kirschner, Michael - Design Chain Associates	Feedback on NSF 426	Please see the attached document for Michael's detailed comments.	New
Earl, Tim - GBH International	Negative Vote on NSF 426	Please see attachment for additional details.	New
Dillon, Patty - Dillon Environmental Associates	Definition- Cosmetic blank/dummy	The definition of "cosmetic blank/dummy" includes a subjective phrase that points to the rationale for the criterion, and does not define the term. <... Delete the following text from the definition: �� "...and is redundant when provided in excess or redundantly along with the corresponding option...	New
Seki, Shigetaka - Vunyl Environmental Council, Japan	Comments on NSF 426	Please see the attached for details on comments.	New
Mann, Tim - IBM	Comments on draft standard NSF 426	Please see the attachment for additional details on Tim's comments.	New
Tschudi, Bill - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory	Document References	Paragraphs 5.1.2 and 5.3.3 �reference the latest edition so this does not get locked in time.	New
Tschudi, Bill - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory	Section 5.3.2 additional criterion	Paragraph 5.3.2 � Include 380 V. DC and give 2 pts.	New
Dillon, Patty - Dillon Environmental Associates	8.1.2 - define non-resable or delete	8.1.2 includes a requirement for "non-reusable" packaging. The term should be deleted or�defined�(generally or in the context of the criterion)� since thi... Two options to consider: 1) Addi a sentence such as the following to the end of the first bullet: Packaging is considered�"reusable"�if th...	New
Dillon, Patty - Dillon Environmental Associates	8.1.4 - define "normal operation"	8.1.4 uses the term "normal operation". Without a definition,�"normal" has no meaning and cannot be verified.�Suggest either defiining the term or strikin... Replace "normal operation" with "operation" Or define "normal operation"	New
Brody-Heine, Pamela - Green Electronics Council	Defintion of semiconductor manufacturing tools	This term is used in only one criterion (11.3.1), and so would be best included in that criterion. Move definition of semiconductor manufacturing tools to criterion 11.3.1.	New
Dillon, Patty - Dillon Environmental Associates	12.1.3 - Certified EMS - barrier for small companies	12.1.3, a prerequisite criterion, requires a certified management system which could be a barrier for small companies.� In� Section 13 on Corporate Perfor... Request JC discussion of issue	New
Brody-Heine, Pamela - Green Electronics Council	Editorial comment for 6.3.5	6.3.5 First sentence should read ?alternative assessments? not ?alternative assemblies?. 6.3.5 First sentence should read ?alternative assessments? not ?alternative assemblies?.	New
Brody-Heine, Pamela - Green Electronics Council	12.1.2 strike "CENELEC" in 4th bullet	It is our understanding that this standard is now an EN standard "EN 50625" and "CENELEC" should be removed. Strike "CENELEC" in 4th bullet referencing EN 50625.	New
Brody-Heine, Pamela - Green Electronics Council	Annex A - title of 7.2.1	Strike "plastic" from title "7.2.1 Postconsumer recycled plastic content", as the title in the actual criterion does not include "plastic". Strike "plastic" from title "7.2.1 Postconsumer recycled plastic content" in Annex A.	New
Dillon, Patty - Dillon Environmental Associates	13.1.3 - Add EMAS	Prerequisite criterion 13.1.3 appears inconsistent with criterion 13.1.1. 13.1.3 requires the incorporation of�ANSI Z10 or OHSAS 180001 into the manufactu... Modify cirterion to reference criterion 13.1.1 rather than ISO 14001 as follows: Conformance to ANSI Z10, Occupational Health and Safety Managemen...	New
Dillon, Patty - Dillon Environmental Associates	13.4.2 - clarify "support and participation"	Criterion 13.4.2 requires a manufacturer to "support and participate in" an in-region sourcing program. Would financial support only meet this criterion? ... No solution proposed since the�solution depends on the�intent of JC.�	New
Brody-Heine, Pamela - Green Electronics Council	Reference to Annex D in 7.2.1	7.2.1 references Annex D Plastic parts list and % post-consumer recycled content.� Recommend that this refernece is deleted and the annex is removed becau... Remove reference to Annex D, and delete Annex D.	New

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