Optimaze.net environmental calculation
The environmental impact of your premises is not solely a result of your building’s energy consumption. The location and the use of your premises are just as important. By anticipating stricter environmental requirements you can simultaneously achieve substantial savings per work station.
Optimaze.net helps companies to prepare themselves for the future environmental challenges
In the service sector, usage of space accounts for almost 75% of a company’s primary environmental impact. With the right premises solutions you can significantly influence your company’s carbon footprint. Effective premises management requires accurate information about the key sources of emissions.
Optimaze.net examines the following key areas that are crucial in terms of the environmental management of premises:- Energy consumption
- Business travel
- Commuting
- Water use, waste and paper use
By combining emissions figures with space utilization data you can generate reports from organizational level all the way down to a single employee. This way environmental data supports not only the company’s external communications, but also its internal environmental communications.
Reporting is based on Global Reporting Initiative’s (GRI) sustainability reporting guidelines. Optimaze.net Environmental Calculation can be used for the various needs of annual corporate responsibility reporting. Optimaze.net Environmental Calculation follows The Greenhouse Gas Protocol’s (WRI/WBCSD) international accounting standards. The calculation model is developed in cooperation with VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and audited by KPMG (calculation-specific). Emissions factors for energy consumption and traveling can be applied internationally.