TERMS OF USE
The undersigned member of the Alliance for Water Efficiency (AWE) agrees to the following Terms of Use for free use of the Cooling Tower Estimating Model, Version 3.0:
1. The undersigned member ensures their AWE membership is current, including payment of dues.
2. The undersigned member agrees not to share Version 3.0 (or any subsequent versions) of the Cooling Tower Estimating Model or the companion document, Taking Inventory: A Guide for Identifying Cooling Towers and Estimating Water Use (guide), with any other party.
3. The undersigned member agrees not to post Cooling Tower Estimating Model results on any website unless converted to Adobe Portable Document Format (.pdf) file format or as an image file (e.g., .gif, .jpg, .png).
4. The undersigned member agrees to provide credit to the Alliance for Water Efficiency whenever the Cooling Tower Estimating Model results are published or presented. The following citation should be used (or similar based on style manual being used): Alliance for Water Efficiency. 2022. Cooling Tower Estimating Model, Version 3.0.
5. The undersigned member agrees not to use the Cooling Tower Estimating Model for client analysis unless the client is also a current member of the Alliance for Water Efficiency in good standing.
6. The undersigned member agrees not to provide the Cooling Tower Estimating Model to a consultant or other party conducting an analysis on its behalf unless they are a current member of the Alliance for Water Efficiency in good standing.
7. The undersigned member agrees to release the Alliance for Water Efficiency, its officers, agents, and employees from liability for any claims or damages of any kind or description that may arise from use of the Cooling Tower Estimating Model.
In return, the Alliance for Water Efficiency agrees to the following:
1. The Alliance agrees to provide Version 3.0 of the Cooling Tower Estimating Model and the accompanying guide upon signed acceptance and receipt of these Terms of Use.
2. The Alliance agrees to automatically provide continuous version updates of the Cooling Tower Estimating Model and the accompanying guide, provided the undersigned member’s membership status is in good standing.
Both users and beneficiaries of the AWE Cooling Tower Estimating Model must be current members. Using or benefitting from the AWE Cooling Tower Estimating Model as a non-member is a violation of these terms and constitutes misuse.
AWE reserves the right to enforce the membership requirement for non-members using or benefitting from the AWE Cooling Tower Estimating Model in order to rectify this type of misuse. Membership requires payment of annual dues.
Below is an example of appropriate use and an example of misuse to help you ensure you are adhering to the above terms.
The example uses a fictitious water utility named Utility XYZ and a fictitious consulting firm named Consulting Firm ABC.
Appropriate use looks like this:
Both Utility XYZ and Consulting Firm ABC are members of the Alliance for Water Efficiency. Utility XYZ hires Consulting Firm ABC to begin a cooling tower inventory and intends to use the AWE Cooling Tower Estimating Model. This is appropriate use because both the user and the beneficiary are AWE members.
Unacceptable use looks like this:
Utility XYZ hires Consulting Firm ABC to create a cooling tower inventory intends to use the AWE Cooling Tower Estimating Model. Utility XYZ is a member of AWE and obtains a copy of the AWE Cooling Tower Estimating Model. Consulting Firm ABC is not a member of the Alliance for Water Efficiency. Utility XYZ provides a copy of the AWE Cooling Tower Estimating Model to Consulting Firm ABC. This is a violation of the Terms of Use. (It is also a violation of the Terms of Use if a consulting firm provides analysis using the AWE Cooling Tower Estimating Model for a water utility that is not an AWE member.)
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