In light of the May deadline when N.Y.C. building owners must, for the first time, report their building's energy use to the city, MCEnergy, Inc., a world-class energy information and procurement firm, has introduced its new, patented E2Track software. The new, interactive, web-based reporting and tracking program revolutionizes how commercial real estate properties can capture and act upon comprehensive energy and environmental information, comply with the new energy reporting laws, qualify for participation in the EPA EnergyStar Program and satisfy environmental reporting standards.
"E2Track is the future of energy budgeting and carbon forecasting now," said Margaret Carey, founder and president, MCEnergy. "It is the result of decades of experience and knowledge with regard to what property owners need to know to efficiently report, plan, operate, budget and conserve."
E2Track (the Es stand for Energy and Environment) is a groundbreaking, technologically-advanced software, currently patented with additional patents pending, that captures and analyzes a tremendous amount of information, all centrally located and, thereby, more easily understood and actionable. It is the most comprehensive documentation available to building owners today on how their building, or an entire portfolio, uses energy and reports their carbon emissions.
In addition to tracking energy usage, supply contract performance metrics, benchmarking based on property profiles, degree day data tracking and budget variances for electricity, steam, water, natural gas and fuel oil, the E2Track energy component is a repository for contracts, invoices, budgets, forecasts, graphics and "what if" scenarios and will satisfy participation and compliance in the EPA's Portfolio Manager Program and NYC's LL-84 May 2011 benchmarking mandate. The energy component also has the capability to create an efficient, cost-effective audit trail for corporate sustainability reporting.
In addition to the May 1st energy-reporting deadline, calculating energy is also being scrutinized with regard to LEED certification.
"LEED certifications address a building's environmental performance, but don't track emissions, energy cost, usage and conservation," says Carey. "E2Track's user-friendly format allows property owners to analyze, document, change and potentially modify their energy usage with qualitative and quantitative reports that help such decisions to pop."
The environmental component of E2Track centrally tracks a user's carbon footprint and provides an audit trail for compliance. Part of MCEnergy's Green Initiatives program, it calculates and displays direct and indirect emissions of a property's or entire portfolio's operations. It also reports all emission sources contributing to the total carbon footprint including energy, travel, waste, paper, HCFCs and others. Data can be used to satisfy environmental reporting for the client's own requirements and/or those of the International Standards Organization, GHG Protocol and EPA Climate Leaders.
Features include green power purchases and associated environmental benefits; automatic tracking of a property's environmental footprint; direct and indirect emissions tracking; and carbon/emissions forecasting.
Established in 1997, MCEnergy Inc. is known for its innovation, superior analytical skills and tools and in-depth knowledge and understanding of complex energy markets and how energy-related issues economically impact real estate. MCE secures energy at competitive prices, tracks energy usage, calculates carbon footprints, institutes green initiatives, helps clients manage data exporting for the EPA EnergyStar Program, provides submetering services and maximizes recovery of utility revenue.
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