CADmeleon launches carbon management tool

CADmeleon is to launch software that will help organisations with large estate portfolios measure, manage and lower carbon emissions.

CADmeleon has developed a system that compares asset and operational data to a level that adds real value and depth to existing operational data that is typically held on a building.

The launch of the software, Carbon Estates, comes at a pivotal time for organisations that face the prospect of accounting for carbon emissions, as the government prepares to launch the Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency Scheme.

The mandatory scheme is designed to improve energy efficiency and reduce CO2 from the UK's top 5,000 organisations.

The scheme is central to the UK's strategy to reduce its carbon emissions by 80 per cent by 2050, as set out in the Climate Change Act 2008.

The Carbon Estates software allows users to monitor energy use on an individual building level and on an estates level.

Instant comparison can be made on how the building should optimally perform against how the building is actually being run.

Carbon Estates incorporates a virtual retrofit simulation that uses a combination of 64 parameters such as lighting, heating and building fabric modifications.

This enables managers to instantly view changes in consumption across their portfolio before physical alterations have been applied.

This allows for a cost benefit analysis of asset costs against energy consumption savings, making the procurement procedure streamlined and ensuring that costly procurement mistakes are avoided.

The ability for asset managers to forecast without capital risk and the ability to forecast savings in GBP's, kWh and CO2 is hugely beneficial to a company's bottom-line, especially when relating to missing target penalties and Carbon allocation repayments.

The Carbon Estates software will be launched in Glasgow on 20 May at Oran Mor in Glasgow's West End.

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