The document discusses best practices for organizations to optimize and monetize their energy and emissions analytics. It recommends that organizations begin by clearly defining their sustainability goals and metrics, conduct a pilot program to test measurement and reporting, and partner with a vendor that can provide measurement, reporting, and consulting services to maintain performance over time. Regular review meetings and understanding a vendor's roadmap are also advised to ensure goals stay aligned with initiatives.
1. Best practices to optimize and monetize your energy and
emissions analytics
Walid Robert Norris
Director
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3. Mission statement
CliMetrics is a sustainability analytics software + consulting firm. The cloud-
based solution provides decision-making support and reporting to enable
organizations to create business value by accelerating energy efficiency, water
conservation, recycling and carbon reduction initiatives..
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4. 11 years of success and
customer focus
Parent company founded in 2000
Annual turnover FY2010 – 10+ million USD
11 years of IT software and green technology consulting
Deloitte Fast 50 & 500 four years in a row (2005-2009)
NVTC Green Award for small business 2010
Global presence with 8 offices in USA, Europe and Asia
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6. We help our customers
accelerate business sustainability
Measure energy, carbon, water and waste
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Prioritize high ROI projects
Manage and track sustainability goals
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Reduce operational resource costs
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Data exchange module enabling connectivity with business software applications
and sources of energy data
Services
Support Consulting Training
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7. Key drivers of business
sustainability in 2012
Reputation Save energy Develop sustainable
management products
Retain & motivate Compliance
employees
Source: McKinsey
Global Survey results
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8. Decision-making requires accurate,
comprehensive and timely information
“You cannot save energy if you cannot measure it”.
Derry City Council, Northern Ireland
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9. To demonstrate ROI and accelerate
results, ensure measurement is
rooted in every sustainability project
Executive Organizational
foundation alignment
Measure
Process System
integration infrastructure
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10. Select your goals and
demonstrate unwavering focus
Emissions Energy Reputation
reductions efficiency
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11. Create the ‘wow’ moment
“A similar
company installed
“Estimates show a water recycling
that we could unit – water bills
reduce our are now ZERO”
production plant
electricity bill by
70%”
“A company in
Virginia is now
making more money
by recycling waste
than they used to
spend on dumpster
services”
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12. Defining reporting
requirements
Interview & involve key stakeholders early
What are you going to measure
Build (actionable) report and dashboard mock-ups (e.g. Excel)
Request sign-off from your stakeholders
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13. Agree and communicate
metrics
How will you measure:
• Energy?
• Electricity consumption?
• Water consumption?
• Natural gas?
• Greenhouse gas emissions?
What level of granularity
• Monthly, weekly, daily?
• Department level? Device level?
Will you include cost or only consumption metrics?
Ensure organization-wide understanding of the metrics
• Build a glossary
• Provide examples
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14. Start small, test and optimize
Start with a pilot to build internal capacity and experience in:
Managing data sources
Setting and tracking goals
Creating actionable reports
Communicating success to stakeholders (internal & external)
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15. Best practices in vendor
selection
Before
Are the goals clear and endorsed by leadership?
Define the business case
What will you measure?
Create clear reporting requirements
During
Ease of doing business
Organizational fit
Training and consulting services
Customer support
Trial
Registry reporting (e.g. CDP, GRI, EPA, etc.)
Manual vs. automated data entry
Goal management
Organizational structure
Auditability
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16. Maintain performance = build a
partnership with your provider
Quarterly review meetings – avoid ‘out of sight, out of mind’
Review goals and deliverables
Understand and influence product roadmap
Anticipate challenges
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17. Build a roadmap that will keep
up with organizational initiatives
Energy & Carbon management
Building automation systems
IT management systems
Supply chain systems
Environmental management systems
Business Intelligence
Submetering and billing systems
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18. A quick look at the future
Real-time sub-metering enables peak-power management – further cost
savings
Increasing accuracy and depth of data from utilities
A ‘Green IT’ standard to accelerate education, benchmarking and best
practice sharing
People are coin-operated – organizations to link compensation to
sustainability metrics
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19. In summary
Measurement will
Galvanize the organization around your sustainability goals
Cultivate a performance based approach to sustainability in your
organization
Ensure transparency and accountability
Enable you to identify and prioritize initiatives by ROI
Guide IT investments required to enable the goals
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20. Useful resources – who
should I speak to?
Internally
• Web analytics or Online marketing
• Finance (e.g. new Business Intelligence system?)
Externally
• Climetrics.com
• Green IT council
• Greenbiz.com
• Environmentalleader.com
• LinkedIn groups
• Data Carbon: Software-Strategy-Sustainability
• Green IT Council
• Green Technology for 21st Century
• Green (and sub-groups)
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