WES Protocol: The Industrial Scoring Standard for Water-Positive AI
The Water Efficiency Score (WES) is a deterministic protocol that anchors industrial vapor recovery to on-chain value. It transforms raw telemetry into a recomputable metric, enabling the transparent issuance of AI-WPC assets at a 10m3 scale.
1. The WES Core Function
To ensure institutional-grade auditability, every 10m3 unit is scored using a multi-variate weighted sum:
- YieldFactor (m3/kWh): Volumetric efficiency of recovery units relative to net power consumption.
- NetEnergyPenalty (kWh/m3): Corrective term applied when energy intensity exceeds industrial baseline thresholds.
- EnergyTierWeight: The sustainability multiplier determined by energy provenance (capped at 1.50x to ensure market stability).
- ClimateHardnessFactor: An uplift coefficient for recovery performance in low-humidity or thermally extreme ASHRAE climate bins.
2. Strategic Multipliers
AquaraIQ incentivizes the decarbonization of the AI ecosystem by rewarding resource efficiency through tiered multipliers:
| Tier | Energy Source | Multiplier | Objective |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tier 3 | Waste-Heat | 1.50x | Circular cooling & thermal exhaust reuse in Data Centers. |
| Tier 2 | Renewables | 1.25x | Decarbonized recovery using Solar, Wind, or Hydro. |
| Tier 1 | Grid Power | 1.00x | Standard industrial baseline for recovery operations. |
3. The Verification Pipeline
A decentralized, four-stage process ensures that every issued credit is tamper-proof and physically verified:
- Edge Attestation: The Data Logger Unit (DLU) cryptographically signs water yield (m3) and energy tiers at the hardware level.
- Oracle Validation: A distributed network of nodes verifies signatures and cross-references data against theoretical physical bounds.
- Credit Minting: Smart contracts aggregate validated streams into 10m3 snapshots to compute the final WES.
- On-Chain Settlement: AI-WPC tokens are issued, providing an immutable primitive for ESG reporting and performance-based financing.
4. Institutional Integrity
The WES Protocol is deterministic and recomputable. Any institutional node with access to the underlying signed telemetry can verify that the credited water assets are consistent with observed physical performance, making it the ideal standard for programmatic water-positive commitments.
