Cooling and Water
A cooling tower rejects heat to the atmosphere, often through evaporation. It can improve cooling efficiency but creates water demand, plume, treatment, blowdown, and permitting considerations.
Deposit is money posted to secure obligations, access diligence rights, or show commitment. In powered-land and utility processes, deposits may be refundable, non-refundable, milestone-based, or credited against future costs.
Read definition →Critical load is the IT or facility load that must remain powered to avoid service interruption. It drives UPS, generator, switchgear, distribution, and redundancy design more directly than total campus load.
Read definition →An energy charge bills total consumption, usually in dollars per kWh. It captures volume of electricity consumed, while demand charges capture the system capacity needed to serve the customer's peak.
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