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Corporate and government interest and support for sustainability and “ESG” related policies (Environmental Social and Governance) is growing across all segments of the CRE industry. ESG issues are increasingly seen by shareholders as an indicator of a company’s future success and are now a core component of most annual reports by public companies. Key elements of the “E” portion include energy efficiency initiatives, and Greenhouse Gas Emission tracking and reporting.

Our approach to help facility owners and operators address the need to track, report and improve GhG/Carbon performance is the addition of a simple, easy to use, App that converts energy meter data to GhG equivalents with a few mouse clicks.

The SkySpark GhG App allows the user to lookup Emission Source conversion factors published by government agencies, such as the US EPA eGrid service and similar resources around the globe, and apply them to meter data to instantly convert that data into GhG equivalents. The App then provides a range of visualizations of the results as shown below:

SkySpark’s GhG App directly addresses Scope 1 and Scope 2 GhG emissions. Here is helpful information on the different GhG “scopes” from the US EPA: https://www.epa.gov/climateleadership/scope-1-and-scope-2-inventory-guidance

For locales where online conversion factors are not available, the App allows for definition of site-specific factors.

High Resolution GhG Data

The GhG App calculates GhG emissions directly from metered data, whether that data was acquired in real time from smart meters, submeters connected to a BMS or utility webservices, or imported history data in CSV, text, Excel® and other file formats. This means GhG equivalents are calculated and presented with the same resolution as meter data. This enables organizations to visualize their emissions for any time period, from a single interval, a day, the whole year, or any range in between providing the data needed for reporting, but also the detail and insight needed for near real-time analysis.

We saw that adding the capability to calculate, track and report GhG metrics in SkySpark® was a logical extension of our continually growing suite of energy-focused applications that help building owners and operators improve performance and meet society’s critical sustainability goals and move to data-driven facility management.

 
John Petze is a partner and Co-Founder at SkyFoundry, the developers of SkySpark™, an analytics platform for smart device and equipment data. John has over 30 years of experience in automation, energy management and M2M/IoT, having served in senior level positions for manufacturers of hardware and software products including: President & CEO of Tridium, VP Product Development for Andover Controls, and Global Director of Sales for Cisco Systems Smart and Connected Buildings group and is a member of the Association of Energy Engineers. He served as the Executive Director of Project-Haystack.org (2013 – 2022), an open source, 501C trade association focusing on standards and technology to make device data interoperable, and remains a Board member.

More information on SkySpark® analytics is available at www.skyfoundry.com