Carbon data management is an enterprise-wide effort, requiring the tracking of resources including energy, waste, and more. Facilities managers (FMs) play a crucial role in supporting an organization’s sustainability efforts. Working closely with carbon and sustainability teams within their organization and incorporating data-driven decarbonization strategies into day-to-day facility operations can simultaneously drive sustainability goals and operational efficiency.
Carbon data management is closely tied to operational efficiency, with FMs needing to be aware of how corporate carbon reduction efforts impact their daily operations and responsibilities. Emissions data can empower FMs to address site-specific issues before they emerge, enabling a proactive approach to facilities management. Achieving sustainability goals (and incidentally actualizing more efficient, profitable facilities) requires deep collaboration among all members of an organization. Facilities management teams have a unique on-the-ground view of daily operations and can play a crucial role in establishing organizational cohesion and collaboration. In the hands of proactive facilities management teams, a carbon data management platform consolidates granular data from site-specific computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS) and real estate service platforms into insights that can inform facilities management and carbon data management.