Ardor
Documentation · Version 1.0 · April 2026

Documentation

Technical and regulatory foundations behind Ardor. This documentation is intended for operators, auditors, heat offtakers, and the competent authorities in Germany, France, the Netherlands, and the ten additional EU member states in which Ardor maintains site data.

Legal Framework
Ardor translates the European Energy Efficiency Directive 2023/1791 and Delegated Regulation 2024/1364 for data centres into verifiable reports, a public heat map, and a private marketplace. At the national level, the platform initially covers the German Energy Efficiency Act (EnEfG) and the French Decree Décret n° 2025-1382, with further transpositions (NL, IE, IT, ES, SE, DK, FI) in preparation.

Reading Path

If you are reviewing Ardor for the first time, read the methodology in the order shown. The sections build on each other and reference the underlying standards and research throughout.

  1. 01

    Methodology

    available

    Thermodynamic foundation, calculation model, data sources, feasibility logic, and verification. Includes a detailed worked example for a 10 MW site and the mapping to EN 50600-4-6 (ERF).

  2. 02

    Regulatory Framework

    available

    Country-specific legal bases (EnEfG, Décret 2025-1382, RVO, CRU, MASE, MITECO, Nordics), deadlines, thresholds, and competent authorities.

  3. 03

    Assistant

    coming soon

    Guide to the three-step input assistant, field descriptions, expected values, and handling of measured versus estimated values.

  4. 04

    Marketplace

    coming soon

    Masked search, matchmaking flow, verification tiers, heat offtaker classes, and WHC pilot mechanics.

Documentation feedback to /contact. Methodological notes are published annually in a public transparency report.