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Uninterruptible power systems (UPS) - Part 4: Environmental aspects - Requirements and reporting

IEC · IEC TC 22

IEC 62040-4:2013 was a product standard on declaring the life-cycle environmental aspects of UPS; the IEC webstore shows it as withdrawn.

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Overview

The standard is a product standard that specifies the process and requirements for declaring the environmental aspects of a UPS over its complete life cycle. It is harmonised with generic and horizontal environmental standards and adds UPS-specific details. Edition 1 was published on 29 April 2013 and runs to 34 pages. Its status in the IEC webstore is withdrawn.

Its scope covers movable, stationary and fixed UPS with single- or three-phase fixed-frequency AC output up to 1 000 V AC and an energy storage system. Most low-voltage UPS products used in data centres therefore fall within its subject matter. It is a paid standard; only the publisher's public catalogue abstract was used, and the full text was not read. Details of the declaration fields, calculation methods and reporting format are therefore absent from this record. Related standards recorded are IEC 62040-3 and IEC 62430.

The key limitation is its status: because the standard has been withdrawn it should not be cited as a live requirement. For a designer its value lies in showing which headings of a UPS environmental declaration (materials, end of life, use-phase losses) were historically addressed.

Key points

  1. Specifies the process and requirements to declare environmental aspects of UPS over the complete life cycle.
  2. Harmonised with generic and horizontal environmental standards, with UPS-specific details.
  3. Applies to movable, stationary and fixed UPS with single- or three-phase fixed-frequency AC output up to 1 000 V AC and an energy storage system.
  4. Edition 1 published 2013-04-29, 34 pages.
  5. Status in the IEC webstore: withdrawn.
  6. Related standards: IEC 62040-3 and IEC 62430.

Using it in design

  • In the sustainability catalogue, allow UPS environmental declaration fields (materials, end of life, use-phase losses).
  • Mark IEC 62040-4 as withdrawn so it is not cited as a live requirement.
  • Prefer EPD/PEP data where available.
  • Relate use-phase losses to UPS efficiency by consulting IEC 62040-3 data.

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Who should read it

Sustainability and procurement specialists comparing UPS environmental declarations, and electrical designers selecting UPS.

Related standards

  • IEC 62040-3
  • IEC 62430

Publication details

Authors
IEC TC 22
Publisher
IEC
Year
2013
Document number
IEC 62040-4:2013
Document language
English
Source type
Standard
Access
Citation only
Licence
Copyright retained; citation only — the publisher’s terms apply to the original document
Original licence note

Paid standard. Record built only from the publisher's public catalogue abstract and product metadata; full text not redistributed.

Citation

IEC TC 22 (2013). Uninterruptible power systems (UPS) - Part 4: Environmental aspects - Requirements and reporting. IEC. IEC 62040-4:2013. https://webstore.iec.ch/en/publication/6346

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