A common issue faced in environmental management for commercial real estate is the collection and reporting of operational carbon data from building usage. Typically, this data comprises of on-site electricity and gas usage by the landlord and tenant. However, more and more, we are seeing that environmental reporting requirements broaden to also cover other areas of impact, such as water, waste, effluents, and others.
Avani is different from other approaches to environmental management, as within a single platform we can:
- Provide adaptive connection, capturing an asset’s energy use and associated carbon footprint, irrespective of asset age and technological capacity
- Read from and write to any digital device, allowing true building automation based on prevailing conditions, including the source of energy
- Collect and collate data at the sensor, building and portfolio level, aggregating the machine level energy output used by facilities management staff
- Present portfolio-wide metrics to ESG managers and Fund managers accurately and in real-time, ensuring consistency of data across business
- Enable innovative carbon reduction strategies through dynamic, real time carbon monitoring and demand management strategy execution
These features allow Avani to provide carbon reporting and decarbonisation pathways for global portfolios irrespective of size and asset composition.
Avani collects data from buildings on timing that makes sense for each individual sensor, rather than monthly or quarterly, as is the case when this information is taken from utilities bills. Taking a more regular view (which totals tens of thousands of data points per year) creates greater opportunity for carbon reduction than looking at 12 data points provided by monthly data sources. Reducing carbon via demand management and 24/7 renewable energy procurement is a cost-effective approach to realising zero carbon emissions today.
Our approach allows building owners, of all sizes, to realise these cost-effective emissions reduction opportunities, today.