CAFM & IT Sponsor
CRC compliance made easy
The recent publication of CRC EES league tables has highlighted the difficulties many organisations face in managing their energy and carbon data. The CRC module in Causeway’s
Sustainability iQ offers an effective solution. It is now very apparent that many organisations have two layers of sustainability activity. At board level there are very clear aspirations to become more sustainable while also driving down costs and complying with legislation. Then there is the second level, where the people at the sharp end are expected to deliver on those aspirations.
It has also become evident that there are several key criteria to successful planning and implementation. Most notable of these are the ability to measure performance and assimilate the data, analyse it and report on it quickly and efficiently. Indeed, it was failure in these areas that led many organisations to perform badly in the Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency Scheme (CRC EES) league tables published last year. This failure will continue to impact on them as they come to purchase their carbon allowances during 2012 and beyond.
One of the major challenges for such organisations is that very often the required energy data will be spread across many buildings in a range of different formats, quite possibly also involving sub-contractors. At the same time, generalised information management systems aren’t configured to deal with energy or other sustainability data.
The nature of this kind of data calls for specialist tools that provide an end-to-end solution from collation of energy data to reporting on financial
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and carbon performance, tracking trends and calculating carbon footprint. Financial and usage tracking will support trend analysis and forecasting for informed decision making.
Without such tools, analysing and reporting on the data can be time consuming and tedious, with sufficient delays between gathering data and reporting on it meaning that the information is too outdated to be of practical use.
For example, we recently came across a large organisation where two people were taking two weeks every month to generate the required carbon data. However, introducing the CRC module in Sustainability iQ - a specialist sustainability/carbon management software system - reduced this time to less than one day per month.
Consequently, use of a specialist tool such as the CRC module turns management of the CRC EES into a genuine opportunity to reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions, rather than a chore.
The functionality of the CRC module ranges from initial entry, storage and auditing of all required information, calculation of carbon footprint and management of scheme participation and trading costs through to tracking of performance trends. The module also enables accurate prediction of future costs and league table positions, with powerful reporting
features - including automatic production of evidence packs if required for Environment Agency audits.
The CRC module incorporates powerful workflow tools such as an integrated Task Manager for generating reminders for key tasks and avoiding penalties. There are also tools for managing significant group undertakings and changes to key data such as meter IDs and responsible personnel.
Furthermore, it is fully scalable and customisable and can be easily expanded to encompass other areas of sustainability management using additional modules in Causeway’s Sustainability iQ software.
All Sustainability iQ modules are also very affordable as they are provided as remotely hosted ‘Software as a Service’. As such they are procured through a competitive monthly fee that can be met from revenue budgets, so there is no capital outlay, while local hardware requirements and IT support are minimised.
To find out more about Causeway’s solutions for carbon and sustainability management, please contact Causeway on 01628 552000, at
marketing@causeway.com (mentioning Tomorrow’s FM) or visit
www.causeway.com
www.tomorrowsfm.com
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