Water consumption

Used in case studies: <a href="../Case-studies/Julia-Godard-Lombard" class="internal alias" data-slug="Case-studies/Julia-Godard-Lombard">Julia Godard Lombard , <a href="../Case-studies/Robin-Jesenský" class="internal alias" data-slug="Case-studies/Robin-Jesenský">Robin Jesenský
Informs decisions on: <a href="../Challenges/Waste-heat-and-cooling-of-data-centres" class="internal alias" data-slug="Challenges/Waste-heat-and-cooling-of-data-centres">Waste heat and cooling of data centres

Metric · draft

A measurable indicator (students often call it a KPI) used as evidence for a design decision.


Category	Water
Unit	m³/year
How it is calculated	Metered or estimated annual water use; for data centres often normalised per kWh of IT energy (WUE).
Origin	student
Status	draft

Also known as: Cooling water consumption · Water usage effectiveness · WUE

What it measures

Water used by the building — critical for evaporative cooling of data centres.

Metered or estimated annual water use; for data centres often normalised per kWh of IT energy (WUE).

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