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t has been an amazing few years since I migrated from SCTE/ISBE’s IT team to focus on and help drive the industry’s Energy 2020 program. I had nearly 20 years of IT leadership when in 2010, Mark Dzuban, SCTE’s new President and CEO, approached me with the idea of driving the energy program for SCTE. I saw the opportunity to influence change on a wide scale and have come to appreciate the ability to make a difference in the industry. IT is in my DNA. It is something I focused a lot of personal time on (to earn undergraduate and graduate degrees); however, the ability to work on an important new focus was very exciting. Since, in IT, I was responsible for critical systems, making the transition to the new energy endeavors made sense. Growing out of the Cable-Tec Expo Green Pavilion concept, SCTE formed a new Sustainable Management Subcommittee in the SCTE Standards Program. e new committee was responsible for defining the first focused operational practices and ANSI-accredited standards to begin to influence change. Standards and industry agreed-upon practices are a key enabler to change and adoption in a way that should result in improvement and efficiency for implementers. is was a great first step to help our industry make energy a priority. Enter SCTE’s Smart Energy Management Initiative, or SEMI for short. is phase of SCTE/ISBE’s Energy Management Program focused on proof-of-concept modeling at the SCTE headquarters office. During the 2010–2013 time period, SCTE installed some serious new energy technologies to include: • Hybrid power system (fuel cell, batteries, solar photovoltaic) to power the critical IT load responsible for SCTE/ISBE’s customer-facing platforms • LED lighting in the office and parking lot • Server virtualization consolidating the 6 plus kW load to about 1.5 kW, all while improving capacity, processing and redundancy through the use of hypervisor technologies e projects were a great learning experience and provided a foundation, but we felt we needed something a bit more to better encourage the industry to prioritize energy management. Enter Energy 2020. People ask, “What is Energy 2020?” I like to describe it as a program rooted in SCTE/ISBE Standards that has four goals driven by cable operators with solutions developed in conjunction with technology partners. Cost avoidance is important as it has been estimated though initial data collected by SCTE/ISBE that the industry spends more than $1 billion in energy. Also, as products and services continue to be rolled out at a feverish pace, we want to be sure that energy does not become an obstacle to our competitive delivery of advanced services. So, the four goals of the program are the compass for the development of the right tools (aka, the standards and operational practices) to support the desired change. 20 BROADBAND LIBRARY SUMMER 2016 Defining the Energy Future SMART ENERGY Derek DiGiacomo Senior Director, Information Technology and Energy Management Programs [email protected] Derek has been with SCTE/ISBE for close to 17 years and his first responsibility is managing the SCTE’s Energy Management Program. Derek is helping drive Energy 2020 a component of the SCTE Energy Management Program that has focused initiatives on five areas: Facilities, Plant, Operations, Technology, and Marketing/Regulatory. Energy 2020 will envision and enable what energy will look like for cable in the year 2020. Also under Derek’s leadership, SCTE at its Exton Pennsylvania headquarters has seen a dramatic 50% reduction in the dependency of grid supplied power. Key projects contributing to this savings include: installation of 25 kW DC solar photovoltaic (PV) system; LED lighting deployment. CARTOONSTOCK.COM I PAGE 22 u 20.BL.SmartEngergy.qxp_BL 5/3/16 10:55 AM Page 1
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t has been an amazing few years since Imigrated from SCTE/ISBE’s IT team tofocus on and help drive the industry’sEnergy 2020 program. I had nearly 20
years of IT leadership when in 2010, MarkDzuban, SCTE’s new President and CEO,approached me with the idea of driving theenergy program for SCTE. I saw theopportunity to influence change on a wide scaleand have come to appreciate the ability to makea difference in the industry. IT is in my DNA.It is something I focused a lot of personal timeon (to earn undergraduate and graduatedegrees); however, the ability to work on animportant new focus was very exciting. Since, inIT, I was responsible for critical systems,making the transition to the new energyendeavors made sense.
Growing out of the Cable-Tec Expo GreenPavilion concept, SCTE formed a newSustainable Management Subcommittee in theSCTE Standards Program. The new committeewas responsible for defining the first focusedoperational practices and ANSI-accreditedstandards to begin to influence change.Standards and industry agreed-upon practicesare a key enabler to change and adoption in away that should result in improvement andefficiency for implementers. This was a greatfirst step to help our industry make energy apriority. Enter SCTE’s Smart EnergyManagement Initiative, or SEMI for short. Thisphase of SCTE/ISBE’s Energy ManagementProgram focused on proof-of-concept modelingat the SCTE headquarters office. During the2010–2013 time period, SCTE installed someserious new energy technologies to include:
• Hybrid power system (fuel cell, batteries,solar photovoltaic) to power the critical ITload responsible for SCTE/ISBE’scustomer-facing platforms
• LED lighting in the office and parking lot
• Server virtualization consolidating the 6 pluskW load to about 1.5 kW, all whileimproving capacity, processing andredundancy through the use of hypervisortechnologies
The projects were a great learning experienceand provided a foundation, but we felt weneeded something a bit more to betterencourage the industry to prioritize energymanagement.
Enter Energy 2020. People ask, “What isEnergy 2020?” I like to describe it as a programrooted in SCTE/ISBE Standards that has fourgoals driven by cable operators with solutionsdeveloped in conjunction with technologypartners. Cost avoidance is important as it hasbeen estimated though initial data collected bySCTE/ISBE that the industry spends morethan $1 billion in energy. Also, as products andservices continue to be rolled out at a feverishpace, we want to be sure that energy does notbecome an obstacle to our competitive deliveryof advanced services.
So, the four goals of the program are thecompass for the development of the right tools(aka, the standards and operational practices) tosupport the desired change.
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Defining the Energy FutureSMART ENERGY
Derek DiGiacomoSenior Director, InformationTechnology and EnergyManagement [email protected]
Derek has been withSCTE/ISBE for close to 17 yearsand his first responsibility ismanaging the SCTE’s EnergyManagement Program. Derek ishelping drive Energy 2020 acomponent of the SCTE EnergyManagement Program that hasfocused initiatives on five areas:Facilities, Plant, Operations,Technology, andMarketing/Regulatory. Energy2020 will envision and enablewhat energy will look like forcable in the year 2020.
Also under Derek’s leadership,SCTE at its ExtonPennsylvania headquarters hasseen a dramatic 50% reduction inthe dependency of grid suppliedpower. Key projects contributingto this savings include:installation of 25 kW DC solarphotovoltaic (PV) system; LEDlighting deployment.
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The four goals include:
• Reduction of Power Consumption by20 percent on a unit basis
• Energy Cost Reduction by 25 percenton a unit basis
• Reduction of Grid Dependency by10 percent
• Optimization of the TechnicalFacilities and Datacenters Footprint by20 percent
We kicked off the focus program in2014 at Cable-Tec Expo, and since thenwe have published a total of 15documents! Visit Energy Managementunder the Areas of Interest section ofwww.scte.org.
The documents include how we aregoing to measure change (the metrics),standards for products, and operationalpractices addressing everything fromcritical facility energy management toapproaches to find funding via tax andincentives.
So where do we go from here? Let mepaint a picture and report on a recentexperience.
Take a look around, bask in the sun’swarm glow, and feel the breeze on a springday; these are all the subtle hints of thefuture of energy. Flipping on the lightswitch is second nature; you rarely have
anxiety that the light may not come on.With the life expectancy of LEDsolutions, that confidence is amplified. InMarch, I attended an Energy Industryconference bringing utility, vendors andend-user industries together in NewEngland, and some of the highlightsincluded bi-directional controls ofelectricity on the grid, embracement anddeployment of smaller micro-grids, and, ofcourse, the ultra-efficient vendorsshowcasing LED, fuel cell, HVAC, andconsulting services. With an estimated$1 billion spent annually as figured byresearch conducted under early Energy2020 data gathering, we are compelled tonot only begin deployment of some of thelatest-and-greatest efficiency productswitnessed at the show, but also motivatedto define our own solutions.
People will be at the heart of thisdefining activity. The cable industry hassome very creative and talented peoplewho are extremely passionate aboutsuccess. One of the projects that isventuring into new territory forSCTE/ISBE is APSIS™, or AdaptivePower Systems Interface Specification.The simplest way to describe APSIS™ isthat it is a cable network end-to-endenergy command and control system thatwill match power consumption withservice demand. In 2015, SCTE/ISBE
published the ANSI-approved standardthat defines what APSIS™ is and how itcan be implemented.
When we dig a bit deeper into theAPSIS™ concept, how will the definitioncontained within SCTE/ISBE’sdocument become a deployable, industry-changing technology? In early March,Frank Sandoval of Comcast and Ipresented the idea to an open sourcecommunity (OpenDaylight.org) whereAPIs modeled after the APSIS™standard could be built. This API wouldwork across the cable domain (and evenbeyond), influencing how much powerdevices demand in relation to the servicesprovided. The simple diagram depictedbelow (taken from our presentation to theOpenDaylight community) helpsillustrate the concepts of APSIS™. Thecommunity approved the project, andwork is ramping up. We saw someAPSIS™ proof-in-conceptdemonstrations at Cable-Tec Expo 2015in New Orleans, and with the start of theopen source project, the spark is lit. I am excited to be a part of this game-changing Energy 2020 excitement. Getinvolved, connect via social media (yes, wehave a LinkedIn group atwww.linkedin.com/groups/8484997, andreach out to me if you have questions orwant to share your own energy story!
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Application Domain
Energy MgmtApplication
Energy MgmtApplication
Middleware Domain
Device Domain
Energy MgmtApplication
NorthboundRESTful API
SouthboundOn-the-wire
protocols
CCAP CMTS Amplifier
Energy MgmtAPI
OpenDaylight
Protocol Adapters
Energy MgmtPlugin
OpenFlow SNMP Net-CONF IPDR Others
We saw some APSIS™ proof-in-
concept demonstrations at
Cable-Tec Expo 2015 in New
Orleans, and with the start of the
open source project, the spark is lit.
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