Product Spotlight
December 1, 2023
Product Spotlight: Invoice Management Portfolio Analytics
Overview: Important Invoice Analysis Features Available to Users: Portfolio analytics Cost ($) Graph Summary Chart Property Analytics View Asset and building characteristics and supply contracts Review invoices with audits After automatic or manual invoice acquisition, WatchWire provides unique functionality to…
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Benchmarking & Sustainability Reporting
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Sustainability
November 29, 2023
Takeaways From The World Energy Outlook 2023
Global Energy Landscape The report acknowledges that while immediate pressures from the global energy crisis have eased, the energy markets, geopolitics, and the global economy remain unsettled with risks of further disruption. Fossil fuel prices have declined from their 2022…
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Benchmarking & Sustainability Reporting
ESG
Regulatory
Sustainability
November 20, 2023
Managing Data for Building Performance Standards
Defining Characteristics of BPS: --> Performance Target: either in terms of on-site energy use intensity (EUI) or annual greenhouse gas emissions— for each building type (e.g. one target for offices, another target for multifamily, etc.). --> Timeframes: Buildings subject to…
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ESG
Regulatory
Sustainability
November 16, 2023
The Importance of Science Based Targets (SBTis)
In 2015, world governments signed the Paris Climate Agreement, committing to curbing global temperature rise to well-below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit warming to 1.5°C. To achieve this, GHG emissions must halve by 2030 – and…
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Product Spotlight
November 10, 2023
Product Spotlight: Utility Invoice Data Acquisition
Overview: Important Invoice Acquisition Features Available to Users: Auto Capture Data directly from Utility Website(s) Optical Character Recognition of Utility Bills Ingested data from existing utility bill pay providers (i.e., Engie Impact, Capturis, Cass, AvidXchange, Conservice, etc.) Manual Upload of…
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Regulatory
November 1, 2023
GRESB Roundup: Reflections and Roadmap
1. GRESB Real Estate Benchmark grew to cover 7.2 trillion USD in asset value The United States recorded the highest number of new participants this year (up from 380 to 433), with the average GRESB scores increasing by a point…
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Regulatory
November 1, 2023
SB 253 and SB 261: What you need to know about new groundbreaking climate disclosure laws in California
Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act (SB 253) About this legislation: SB 253 requires certain companies to report direct emissions from operations (scope 1), indirect emissions from energy use (scope 2), and indirect upstream and downstream supply-chain emissions (scope 3 emissions).…
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ESG
Sustainability
October 16, 2023
What Are Carbon Offsets & Why Are They Controversial
Firms and startups selling offsets have proliferated in recent years, riding the wave of cutting-edge climate tech, and promising a way for ordinary people and organizations inexperienced with sustainability claims, but with dollars to spare, to reduce their footprint and…
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Product Spotlight
October 12, 2023
Product Spotlight: Benchmarking Facilities
Peer comparisons Internal comparisons Comparing facilities is quick and easy in WatchWire. Rank your building(s) against similar subsets of buildings to show whether you are a low- or high-performing building, helping you identify and prioritize cost-saving and emissions-reducing energy efficiency…
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