Monitor carbon reduction efforts
What is carbon monitoring?
As regulations become tighter and requirements for reporting more thorough, businesses must go further than simply gaining an accurate picture of their carbon emissions. They should implement a carbon reduction plan and strategy and, from this point, the journey to net zero is an evolving and far-from-linear one that must be continuously tracked.
Carbon monitoring is the act of tracking the amount of carbon dioxide or methane produced over a prolonged period to discontinue, adapt, or progress activities within a sustainability strategy. Carbon tracking is crucial if businesses are to continually measure emissions, build out reliable data, produce effective reporting, and drive meaningful change. But, crucially, there’s a need for assurance that any systems and technologies are working sufficiently and, in turn, bringing a return on investment.
This is where Greenarc comes in.
Carbon monitoring: is your software up to the job?
We provide support and insight as you embark on your sustainability journey, from emissions measurement and calculations to project management and delivery via our network of certified installation partners. However, the next step is a vital one, as we help you monitor any new or existing systems, ensuring your technologies are working at optimum efficiency and delivering on your objectives.
Greenarc’s automated monitoring provides tracking of sustainability-related technologies with a public API, as well as AI-driven analysis of the entire system to identify opportunities to improve efficiencies. The installation of products and systems is not the end of our service – we’re then with you to monitor, analyse, and demystify what these technologies and software are producing.
Plus, we can monitor longer-term trends to compare with historic results or consider alongside similar systems.
The benefits of carbon monitoring and ensuring accurate returns
Once a business has measured its baseline emissions data and actioned a carbon reduction plan, the next step is continual monitoring and reporting to identify opportunities or, conversely, pinpoint challenges and risks early enough to make amendments. The benefits of doing this are vast – but it’s as much about ensuring monitoring software and technology is fit for purpose and working effectively, able to report accurately and deliver your return on investment.
If technology is installed and maintained, its data or readings can be appropriately responded to and you can remain compliant with regulations and rulings that require thorough reporting and disclosure of emissions (SECR, for example). However, even if your business is of a size that isn’t legally required to report on emissions, there will likely be imminent legislation, so it makes sound business sense to ensure software and systems are performing optimally.
Furthermore, cost savings are an indisputable key benefit of measuring your software. Reduce waste, increase efficiencies, and decrease dependence on fossil fuels. With current discussions around scope 4 emissions – also known as ‘avoided emissions’ – and its categorisation alongside traditional greenhouse gas metrics in the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol, insights from software monitoring will see businesses get one step ahead.
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