Development of the EU Green Public Procurement (GPP) Criteria for Data Centres, Server Rooms and Cloud Services

The development of the Green Public Procurement (GPP) criteria for Data Centres, Server Rooms and Cloud Services is aimed at helping public authorities to ensure that data centres’ equipment and services are procured in such a way that they deliver environmental improvements that contribute to European policy objectives for energy, climate change and resource efficiency, as well as reducing life cycle costs. Three priority areas of focus are identified as the basis for criteria: 1) ICT System Performance, 2) Mechanical and electrical system performance, 3) Reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) Emissions. For each area of focus, one or more criteria are provided, accompanied by the background technical rationale and a summary of the stakeholder contributions that support the final version of each criterion. Procurers can apply the criteria and engage tenderers to reduce the life cycle environmental impacts of their activities, focusing on those areas presenting the most improvement opportunities from cost and market perspectives and for which performance can be verified. The identified procurement processes and final green criteria are also described in a separate document, published as a Staff Working Document of the Commission: SWD(2020) 55 final. Together these two documents aim to provide public authorities with orientation on how to effectively integrate these GPP criteria into their procurement processes.JRC.B.5-Circular Economy and Industrial Leadershi

Revision of the EU Green Public Procurement (GPP) Criteria for Imaging Equipment: Final Technical Report: Final criteria

This document is intended to provide the background information for the revision of the Green Public Procurement (GPP) criteria for Imaging Equipment. The study has been carried out by the Joint Research Centre's Directorate B (JRC Dir. B – Growth and Innovation) with technical support from a consulting consortium. The work is being developed for the European Commission's Directorate General for the Environment. EU GPP criteria aim at facilitating public authorities the purchase of products, services and works with reduced environmental impacts. The use of the criteria is voluntary. The criteria are formulated in such a way that they can be, if deemed appropriate by the individual authority, integrated into its tender documents. The main purpose of this technical report is to evaluate the current criteria and discuss if they are still relevant or should be revised, restructured or removed. It also identifies, based on the background technical analysis presented in the preliminary report , new criteria areas for consideration in order to better address key environmental impacts of the product group. Final version of the technical report includes final GPP criteria proposal.JRC.B.5-Circular Economy and Industrial Leadershi

Revision of EU Green Public Procurement (GPP) criteria for Imaging Equipment - Preliminary Report

Green Public Procurement (GPP), in which public authorities procure goods, services and works that have less environmental impact than comparable contracts, has the potential to accelerate the market introduction and uptake of less environmentally damaging technologies. This report forms the basis to revise the existing EU GPP criteria for Imaging Equipment. The revision of EU GPP criteria requires in-depth information about the technical and environmental performance of this product group as well as about the typical procurement processes. This report gathers the necessary background information for that and presents it in a structured form. The scientific body of evidence gathered will be crosschecked with sector-experienced stakeholders to find the best way to revise the criteria in order to deliver optimum environmental improvements while complying with Public Procurement law and safeguarding the Single Market.JRC.B.5-Circular Economy and Industrial Leadershi

Development of European Green Public Procurement Criteria for Data Centres - Preliminary Report

Green Public Procurement (GPP), in which public authorities procure goods, services and works that have less environmental impact than comparable contracts, has the potential to accelerate the market introduction and uptake of less environmentally damaging technologies. This report forms the basis to develop the EU GPP criteria for Data Centres. The development of EU GPP criteria requires in-depth information about the technical and environmental performance of this product group as well as about the typical procurement processes. This report gathers the necessary background information for that and presents it in a structured form. Environmental improvement areas are identified thorough the life cycle of data centres Furthermore, the main elements of Life Cycle Costs of data centres are presented. The scientific body of evidence gathered will be crosschecked with sector-experienced stakeholders to find the best way to develop the criteria in order to deliver optimum environmental improvements while complying with Public Procurement law and safeguarding the Single Market.JRC.B.5-Circular Economy and Industrial Leadershi