Metric · draft
A measurable indicator (students often call it a KPI) used as evidence for a design decision.
| Category | Energy |
| Unit | MWh/year |
| How it is calculated | Heat produced by IT or process load × recoverable share (e.g. 80 %), compared with the heat demand of nearby users. |
| Origin | student |
| Status | draft |
Also known as: Recoverable heat · Data centre heat production · Total waste heat emitted · Waste heat reused in greenhouse · Heat demand of mixed-use programmes
What it measures
How much waste heat (mainly from data centres) can be reused, e.g. in district heating, greenhouses or wellness programmes.
Calculation
Heat produced by IT or process load × recoverable share (e.g. 80 %), compared with the heat demand of nearby users.
Connections
- Used in case studies: Julia Godard Lombard, Katrin Rybinskiy
- Tools that can calculate it: nPro
- Informs decisions on: Waste heat and cooling of data centres
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