Usage methodology

Usage impacts can be measured at device or component level from usage configuration.

Usage impacts are measured by multiplying a duration, an impact factor, and an electrical consumption :

impact = electrical_consumption * duration * impact_factor

Characteristics

General usage

Name Unit Default value Description Example
days_use_time None One year (365 days) Number of days considered in the evaluation 2
hours_use_time None One year (8760 hours) Number of hours considered in the evaluation 2
years_use_time None One year Number of years considered in the evaluation 2
years_life_time None 3 Lifespan of the element 4
usage_location trigram EEE (EU27+1) See available country codes FRA
hours_electrical_consumption Watt/hour None Average electrical consumption per hour 120

Server usage

In addition to the parameters from the above table, you can use the following:

Name Unit Default value Description Example
other_consumption_ratio None 0.33 Power consumption ratio of other components relative to RAM and CPU 0.2

Cloud usage

In addition to the parameters from both tables above, you can use the following:

Name Unit Default value Description Example
instance_per_server None 1 See usage 10
years_life_time None 2 Lifespan of the cloud element 2