{
  "schema_version": "aistory-ai-encyclopedia-v1.0",
  "collection": "english-encyclopedia",
  "language": "en",
  "slug": "environment-as-a-service",
  "title": "Environment as a Service (EaaS)",
  "canonical_human_path": "/en/encyclopedia/environment-as-a-service",
  "universe": {
    "code": "U04",
    "title": "Engineering, Habitation, and Defense"
  },
  "level": "Short Entry",
  "summary": "Environment as a Service (EaaS) is the service model that turns sunlight, rainfall, temperature, humidity, wind, and other environmental conditions into metered, tiered, subscription-based services.",
  "sections": [
    {
      "heading": "One-Sentence Definition",
      "paragraphs": [
        "Environment as a Service (EaaS) is the service model that turns sunlight, rainfall, temperature, humidity, wind, and other environmental conditions into metered, tiered, subscription-based services."
      ]
    },
    {
      "heading": "Operation and Significance",
      "paragraphs": [
        "After PWCN established baseline climate control, residents of standard zones received a minimum low-energy temperature-controlled environment. Users with more Verium could purchase additional rain, fog, direct sunlight, sea breezes, or storms. The environment changed from a shared background into infrastructure allocated through quotas and payment."
      ]
    },
    {
      "heading": "Limitations and Information Boundary",
      "paragraphs": [
        "EaaS is not the same thing as PWCN. PWCN is the engineering network that controls weather; EaaS is the service model that distributes and charges for those capabilities."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "related_entries": [
    {
      "label": "Planetary Weather Control Net (PWCN)",
      "href": "/en/encyclopedia/planetary-weather-control-net"
    },
    {
      "label": "Milk-White Sky",
      "href": "/en/encyclopedia/milk-white-sky"
    },
    {
      "label": "Weather Deprivation Syndrome",
      "href": "/en/articles/the-cloud-tariff"
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "label": "Volume II, “The Cloud Tariff”",
      "href": "/en/articles/the-cloud-tariff"
    }
  ]
}