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Usage methodology

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

Usage impacts are measured by multiplying a duration, a ratio of usage, an impact factor, and an power :

impact = power * (duration * use_time_ratio) * impact_factor

Characteristics

Name Unit Description Example
hours_life_time hours Lifespan of the element 35040 (4 years)
usage_location trigram See available country codes FRA
avg_power Watt/hour Average electrical consumption per hour 120
time_workload %workload or %time:%workload See usage ..
use_time_ratio /1 Proportion of time the device is used during the given duration. 0.5