Problem Addressed

While there are many strategies for reducing the operational carbon of buildings, many of these are only maximally effective when there is robust engagement by the building’s users. Utility consumption in particular can be effectively reduced when those living and working within a building are well informed about specific sustainability objectives and actionable methods for achieving them.

Solution Overview

hello energy offers an online SaaS solution to monitor a building’s performance and engage its users to achieve their sustainability goals.

By connecting to meters, submeters, and other sensors, hello energy collects data and presents it through its sustainability dashboard. Electricity, heat and gas, water, solar, and electric vehicles can all be monitored.

Inspire Plan

hello energy’s standard offering focuses on developing awareness and inspiring building users and tenants. Interactive screens throughout a building can provide information about its consumption alongside tangible goals. Inspire helps to create a dialogue between stakeholders to promote a community-minded approach towards sustainability.

Interact Plan

The Interact plan offers all the same features as the Inspire plan while offering additional features. Buildings can use hello energy to earn credits towards GRESB, BREEAM, WELL, and in areas including health and wellbeing, smart mobility, and tenant engagement. With the Interact plan, key data and insights can be derived for calculating Scope 2 and 3 emissions, ESRS, and GRI reporting.

Activate Plan

The most comprehensive plan offered by hello energy is their Activate plan. In addition to the services offered by the Interact plan, Activate includes challenges and tips for users to encourage participation on topics including waste, energy, and mobility. This plan is best suited to engage a building’s users daily while providing them with content and stories around sustainability.

Data Services

Hello energy provides other ways to maximise ESG data collection. They can help obtain tenant consent to share their utility data. Their API integrations can collect this information in a variety of formats to make it easier to develop sustainability performance reports.

Case Study

One of the largest office buildings in Lisbon, MB4 began using hello energy’s software, data collection, and touch screens to promote participation and reduce energy consumption by their tenants. MB4 was also able to use hello energy to report on ESG metrics more easily. To encourage sustainable choices, touch screens in the lobby highlight these sustainability metrics as wells as weather updates and public transport options. Since implementing hello energy’s array of services, MB4 has earned credits towards BREEAM-in-use and WELL certifications while achieving an 3.5% reduction in their energy costs.

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