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Added offsite employee devices.
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abalkham authored Aug 8, 2024
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18 changes: 14 additions & 4 deletions _data/carbonStandard.yml
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link: /categories/operational#networking-devices
noLink: false

CatOEmployeeDevices:
id: CatOEmployeeDevices
CatOOnsiteEmployeeDevices:
id: CatOOnsiteEmployeeDevices
category: cat-o
title: Employee Devices
title: Onsite Employee Devices
icon: devices
selected: false
description:
link: /categories/operational#employee-devices
link: /categories/operational#onsite-employee-devices
noLink: false

CatGGenerators:
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link: /categories/operational#managed-services
noLink: false

CatCOffsiteEmployeeDevices:
id: CatCOffsiteEmployeeDevices
category: cat-c
title: Offsite Employee Devices
icon: devices
selected: false
description:
link: /categories/operational#offsite-employee-devices
noLink: false

CatD:
description: Carbon associated with the use of products and services produced by the business.

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7 changes: 6 additions & 1 deletion _data/overlays/architecture.yml
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description: Principles around maximum utilisation.
link: '#NetworkDevices'

CatOEmployeeDevices:
CatOOnsiteEmployeeDevices:
selected: true
description: Apply Power Management configuration.
link: '#EmployeeDevices'
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description:
noLink: true

CatCOffsiteEmployeeDevices:
selected: true
description: Apply Power Management configuration.
link: '#EmployeeDevices'

CatCCloud:
selected: true
description: Promote low energy architecture and monitoring.
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7 changes: 6 additions & 1 deletion _data/overlays/architecture_nfrs.yml
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description: Switch utilisation should be > 45% average
link: '#NetworkDevices'

CatOEmployeeDevices:
CatOOnsiteEmployeeDevices:
selected: true
description: Laptops use <X kWh on average
link: '#EmployeeDevices'
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description:
noLink: true

CatCOffsiteEmployeeDevices:
selected: true
description: Laptops use <X kWh on average
link: '#EmployeeDevices'

CatCCloud:
selected: true
description: No requests, no energy consumption. Electricity carbon intensity <n gCO2/kWh
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18 changes: 13 additions & 5 deletions _includes/carbonStandard.html
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<p class="mb-2">{{ variant.CatO.description }}</p>

{% include categoryItem.html
item="CatOEmployeeDevices"
selected=variant.CatOEmployeeDevices.selected
description=variant.CatOEmployeeDevices.description
noLink=variant.CatOEmployeeDevices.noLink
link=variant.CatOEmployeeDevices.link
item="CatOOnsiteEmployeeDevices"
selected=variant.CatOOnsiteEmployeeDevices.selected
description=variant.CatOOnsiteEmployeeDevices.description
noLink=variant.CatOOnsiteEmployeeDevices.noLink
link=variant.CatOOnsiteEmployeeDevices.link
%}

{% include categoryItem.html
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{% include categoryLabel.html label="CatC" %}
</div>
<p class="mb-2">{{ variant.CatC.description }}</p>

{% include categoryItem.html
item="CatCOffsiteEmployeeDevices"
selected=variant.CatCOffsiteEmployeeDevices.selected
description=variant.CatCOffsiteEmployeeDevices.description
noLink=variant.CatCOffsiteEmployeeDevices.noLink
link=variant.CatCOffsiteEmployeeDevices.link
%}

{% include categoryItem.html
item="CatCCloud"
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10 changes: 8 additions & 2 deletions pages/categories/operational.md
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Data consumed from a supplier's API, that is external to your organisation, is accounted for in the indirect category. Public wired and wireless internet usage does not need to be measured in the Direct Emission category. Data sent from the service to end users is accounted for in [the downstream emissions](./downstream) category.

{% include linkedHeading.html heading="Employee Devices" level=4 %}
{% include linkedHeading.html heading="Onsite Employee Devices" level=4 %}

The energy consumed by computers (desktops, laptops), monitors, printers, and other devices used by employees.
The energy consumed by computers (desktops, laptops), monitors, printers, and other devices used by employees in offices. This is energy directly used by the business, and all of the emissions related to this energy are their responsibility.

[Click here to see a worked example of estimating usage emissions for a laptop.](../../information/lifecycle/example/employee#usage-carbon-emissions)

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{% include linkedHeading.html heading="Managed Services" level=3 %}
Managed Security Operations, IT support and data backup services.

{% include linkedHeading.html heading="Offsite Employee Devices" level=3 %}

The emissions incurred by computers (desktops, laptops), monitors, printers, and other devices used by employees, when used out-of-office. Since these are required by the business, they are accounted for, but as with other indirect groupings, the business does not control them directly. Accordingly, they come under [GHG Protocol Scope 3](/glossary#greenhouse-gas-ghg-protocols), and so are a separate category.

Offsite employee devices are typically accounted for with an [attribution factor](/glossary#attribution-factor), representing the proportion of time that their use is dedicated to business purposes.

## References

[^1]: [Beyond network standby: A policy framework and action plan for low energy networks](https://nachhaltigwirtschaften.at/resources/iea_pdf/reports/iea_4e_network_standby_final_report.pdf)
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion pages/views/roles/architecture_nfrs.md
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- **[Carbon intensity](/glossary#carbon-intensity) should be < X kgCO2e/kWh:** Setting an NFR around the carbon intensity of the electricty influences choices on location or installation of wind turbines or solar.


{% include categoryItem.html item="CatOEmployeeDevices" id="EmployeeDevices" noLink=true %}
{% include categoryItem.html item="CatOOnsiteEmployeeDevices" id="EmployeeDevices" noLink=true %}

In the strategy section there were suggestions around selecting laptops with low energy usage and ensuring they switch to low power, sleep etc. A target for average daily kWh energy usage could be set to help meet these requirements e.g.
- **Average energy consumption per 24 hours < X gCO2e**
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion pages/views/roles/architecture_strategy.md
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In the embodied section we talked about hardware selection, maximising lifetime and having low manufacture emissions. Procurement strategy should also include observability and emissions in use. Accurate energy observability (and thus carbon monitoring) is not possible without hardware support and so this must be a consideration when selecting hardware for the data centre.

{% include categoryItem.html item="CatOEmployeeDevices" id="EmployeeDevices" noLink=true %}
{% include categoryItem.html item="CatOOnsiteEmployeeDevices" id="EmployeeDevices" noLink=true %}

Where architects are involved in workforce IT, such as employee devices, there's a few areas they can influence:

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