Sustainable Innovations

PLANET’s Sustainable Innovation Goals

Since its founding in 1993, PLANET Technology has been deeply rooted in the information and communication technology industry, continuously driving innovation in networking products and technologies. The Company has developed intelligent, energy-efficient network equipment and integrated renewable energy applications, steadily advancing toward high-end networking, industrial Ethernet, and AIoT smart applications.

With a product lifecycle mindset, PLANET is enhancing long-term product development and sustainable competitiveness. The Company sets short-, mid-, and long-term goals to maintain its innovation leadership in the network communications industry. (Learn more)

Sustainable Product Design

In response to global climate change, PLANET takes into account both innovation and sustainability in product R&D and design, manages from the source, and evaluates products to reduce the impact on the environment at all stages from raw materials, production, transportation, product usage to recycling. The product development complies with international regulations and customer needs in order to provide sustainable, energy-saving, and smart managed network infrastructure solutions for the global market.

The industrial-grade PoE managed switch, IGS-10020HPT, obtained ISO 14067 product carbon footprint certification for the first time in 2025.

◾ AIoT Application Server – AI intelligent energy management

The industrial-grade NMS-AIoT features a unique cross-protocol AI intelligent energy management design. A single platform is integrated with multiple wireless and wired transmission protocols including LoRa, Wi-Fi, HaLow, Modbus and more. The platform utilizes AI technology to retrieve, analyze and manage data from various IoT sensors, including, but not limited to, current meter, water leak, temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide, light level, door/window sensors, etc. The record of energy usage and carbon emissions can serve as an ESG indicator to optimize energy efficiency and accelerate enterprise sustainable development goals. The innovative and future-proof design ensures flexible deployment of private IoT cloud servers for applications such as smart cities, manufacturing plants, agriculture, transportation, medical facilities, etc.

The NMS-AIoT is also developed by sourcing green energy chips that comply with the EuP Directive, reducing energy consumption by 40% and the carbon footprint of the product life cycles. Cybersecurity and the Patented Network Device Authority Management System feature further protect the AI cloud network, matching the need for AI digital transformation and global ESG standards. The NMS-AIoT has won 2024 COMPUTEX Best Choice Award - Sustainable Tech Special Award and the IoT Application Category Award. (Click video)

◾ Renewable Energy Network Management Solution – Enabling Off-grid, Zero-carbon Communications

PLANET is the first brand in Taiwan to integrate natural renewable energy with Ethernet transmission technology. It pioneered the global development of the "Renewable Energy Network Equipment" series, which operates independently of the power grid. These products significantly enhance the efficiency of power transmission and smart energy-saving management, while improving energy utilization. They also enable independent network communication in both metropolitan and remote areas, accelerating various smart IoT applications. Several product series have been recognized with the Taiwan Excellence Award. (Learn more)

To promote wider adoption of renewable energy, PLANET expanded its ESG application scope in 2024 by launching the BSP-115 Series, a new unmanaged but AI-powered renewable energy PoE switch with low total cost of ownership, building on PLANET’s award-winning renewable energy network solution of the Industrial Renewable Energy PoE Managed Switches BSP-360 and the Renewable Energy Management Controller NMS-360V. It operates off-grid by directly utilizing solar panels and external batteries. During the day, solar panels power the network system and charge the batteries; at night, the batteries provide the required system power—creating a zero carbon and stable green communication solution. These solutions are ideal for applications such as smart cities, remote monitoring, and environmental sensing, delivering reliable and efficient power and data transmission.

In 2024, PLANET's renewable energy product series, operating independently of the grid, helped customers save 86,382 kWh of electricity and reduced carbon emissions by approximately 48,115 kgCO2e, equivalent to the annual carbon absorption of about 4,010 trees. PLANET’s renewable energy network solutions not only reduces carbon emissions from network construction, but also contributes to climate change mitigation and environmental sustainability.

Products	Maximum Power Consumption per Unit (Watts)	BTU Joules per Hour Note 1	2024 Product Annual Power Consumption (kWh)	2024 Product Annual Carbon Emission Reduction (kgCO2e) Note 2	2024 Product Approximate Annual Carbon Absorption by Trees Note 3
Renewable Energy PoE Switch BSP-115HP-5A	75.60	257.96	15,894	8,853	738
Renewable Energy PoE Switch BSP-115PV-15A	140.00	477.70	15,943	8,880	740
Renewable Energy PoE Managed Switch BSP-360	135.36	461.87	54,545	30,381	2,532
Annual Total	350.96	1,197.52	86,382	48,115	4,010

• Note 1. Power unit conversion: P (BTU/hour) = P (kW) x 3412.14, 1 BTU/hour = 0.00029307107 kW.
• Note 2. PLANET’s products are sold worldwide, and carbon emissions calculations use the global average carbon emission factor, based on the sales distribution of PLANET products across continents multiplied by the latest emission factors for each continent (Source: Swiss Environmental Database Ecoinvent), with the average of the emission factors taken.
• Note 3. According to research data from the Bureau of Forestry of the Council of Agriculture of the Executive, one tree per year can reduce the Earth's carbon dioxide equivalent by 12 kilograms on average.

Products Awards and Recognitions

PLANET has been dedicated to network and communication technologies and product innovations, and continuously launches innovative network equipment and solutions to meet the diverse and changing needs of the market. Over the years, PLANET’s products have been recognized by governments, media and international exhibitions in many countries. Its products have also won the "Taiwan Excellence Award" for 21 consecutive years since 2004. (Learn more)