Three myths about data estimation for GRESB and decarbonisation planning

(the fourth will shock you)

Data is the foundation of transparency and action towards decarbonisation. Without an accurate assessment of how much energy a building consumes — where, when, and for what — planning capital projects for decarbonisation will yield wasteful, misdirected expense and effort. However obvious this statement may seem, our experience at arbnco has revealed that most property owners and managers on the leading edge of the transition to carbon-free operations struggle with patchy data availability, poor data quality, and inefficient manual data management processes. The bad news is that these are ubiquitous issues, and it is easy to get discouraged, even cynical, about improving data coverage and quality. The good news is that real world organizations have faced these challenges and arrived at a better place. We believe that turning this corner requires, in part, some data coverage myth busting. A discussion about data coverage may never be “fun”, but there are more reasons for optimistic than most people believe.

Read the full blog post here (originally published 14 Dec 2023).