EPA ENERGY STAR Data Center Storage Programs
The EPA Energy Star Program has two programs for Data Center Storage:
- Product Test Data Reports, per the test specification
- Product Unit Shipment Report, compiled annually
EPA ENERGY STAR Data Center Storage Product Test Reports
- V1.1 Specification and Testing Requirements
- V2.0 Specification and Testing Requirements
- Submit Test Data (performed by a EPA registered Certification Body)
- Product Test Results
EPA ENERGY STAR Data Center Storage Unit Shipment Data
- EPA reported data for 2020 is available in the ENERGY STAR Unit Shipment and Market Penetration Report Calendar Year 2020 Summary. The report includes data on Data Center Storage unit shipments in 2020.
- EPA reported data for each of the years 2014-2019 is also available.
SNIA Appointed as Storage Shipment Data Aggregator by the EPA
The EPA designated the SNIA as the collection and aggregation point for data on 2020 product shipments for ENERGY STAR certified Data Center Storage products. The SNIA Emerald™ Program provides this service for the industry as it has beginning with data for 2014, receiving and processing this confidential data and submitting summarized results to the EPA.
SNIA Emerald™ Program Role
The EPA has designated the SNIA as an industry collection and aggregation point for product unit shipment data for ENERGY STAR certified Data Center Storage products. The SNIA Emerald™ Program provides this service for the industry regardless of SNIA membership. SNIA receives and processes manufacturers' unit shipment data in a confidential manner and then submits aggregated results to the EPA per the EPA timeline.
The EPA requires that all ENERGY STAR product brand owner partners report annually their certified product unit shipment data. EPA collects unit shipment data to determine the market penetration of ENERGY STAR products and evaluates the overall performance of the program.
SNIA Emerald Emerald™ Program Function
The SNIA Emerald™ Program Director receives and aggregates unit shipment data for ENERGY STAR certified Data Center Storage Products. These products are in Emerald taxonomy categories Online-2, Online-3 and Online-4. Only the aggregated information, i.e. total product shipments in each of these 3 categories plus the grand total, are reported. The names of the reporting companies are separately reported.
Confidentiality
The data submitted by a company to SNIA is treated as confidential by the SNIA in accordance with this confidentiality policy. Only aggregated data summed over the reporting companies and the names of the reporting companies is reported to the EPA.
EPA ENERGY STAR Unit Shipment Reporting Program
For more information on the EPA ENERGY STAR Unit Shipment Reporting Program, visit https://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=partners.unit_shipment_data.