In the face of increasing global awareness about climate change, regulatory bodies worldwide are implementing mandatory climate disclosure regulations. These regulations require companies to disclose specific climate-related metrics in their financial filings2. One of the key ways to comply with these new…
Navigating Towards Net-Zero: The Role of Building Analytics in Achieving Carbon Neutrality by 2030
In the face of escalating climate change concerns, the race towards achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2030 has become a global imperative. Organizations across industries are seeking innovative solutions to minimize their environmental impact, and one key technology in this pursuit…
The Carbon Lexicon: What is the difference between Net Zero, Carbon Neutral and Zero Carbon?
Climate change is one of the most urgent and complex challenges facing humanity today. To avoid the worst impacts of global warming, such as rising sea levels, extreme weather events, and biodiversity loss, we need to limit the increase in average…
Real-Time Energy Management Consulting Services: Unleashing Efficiency and Sustainability
Introduction: In today’s dynamic and environmentally conscious world, optimizing energy consumption and fostering sustainability are critical goals for organizations across industries. Real-time energy management consulting services play a pivotal role in achieving these objectives. In this blog post, we will explore…
SEC Mandatory Climate Disclosure Regulations and Their Potential Impact
The SEC’s upcoming mandatory climate disclosure rules, expected to be released in 2023 despite some initial delays, will require all public companies in the US to disclose specific climate-related metrics in their financial filings. This includes the impacts of identified physical…
Application Series on Building Analytics: The Role of Analytics Software in the Pursuit of Healthy Buildings
Since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic – an epidemic of global proportions – back on March 11th, 2020 [1], discussions around health, healthcare and staying healthy have become the norm. In our domain, the topic of healthy buildings…
Application Series on Building Analytics: The Role of Analytics Software to Help Obtain and Maintain LEED Certification
Green building. When you read or hear those words, what comes to mind? Modern Building? Efficient? Sustainable? Accountable? Clean? Environmentally Friendly? Reduced GHGs? A quick web search with the words green building returns numerous definitions using one or more words…
Application Series on Building Analytics: The Role of Analytics Software in the Implementation of an Energy Management System (EnMS)
We all have systems – established either intentionally or by default. We use them to get ready in the morning, commute to work or school, accomplish our daily tasks, prepare meals and communicate with others. Even unstructured and chaotic ways of…
Application Series on Building Analytics: Making Virtual Metering Real
Welcome to CopperTree’s new Application Series – a collection of articles focused on answering key questions around relevant principles and concepts in our building analytics domain. Our main objective is to offer practical how-to advice, clarifying terminology and highlighting benefits help…
Fundamental Series on Building Analytics: How Automated Fault Detection and Diagnostics Complement Energy Information Systems
After careful analysis and consultation, an energy manager at a large corporation has set an energy reduction target of 190 ekWh/m2 (18 ekWh/ft2) in her regional portfolio, a goal to be achieved within the next four years. Her team has prepared…