Resource consumption
Get an overview of the resource consumption of your buildings. You can view in the dashboard the resource types and subtypes consumed by your buildings.
The overview chart shows Net energy demand, excluding on-site renewable energy sources. While these sources contribute to the total energy consumption, they don't impact operational carbon emissions. If you feed excess energy back into the grid (e.g., from solar power), it reduces the Net energy demand.
Depending on the selected element in the left-side menu, you can view the resource consumption for the whole portfolio, custom-defined or geographic sub-portfolios, and selected sites, or buildings.
The resource consumption is the foundation for further carbon emission calculations and overviews under Operational emissions.
We use the decimal point as a separator for numbers in dashboards (e.g., 10.356). We group numbers with many digits with commas as delimiters (e.g., 28,867,46.56).
Energy
Resource | Type | Description | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
Electricity | Grid (conventional electricity mix) | Electricity purchased as part of a conventional electricity mix contract. Factored in for the carbon emission calculation and displayed as part of the Net energy demand. | kWh, MWh |
Electricity | Grid (100% renewable) | Electricity purchased as part of a 100% renewable energy sources contract. Factored in for the carbon emission calculation and displayed as part of the Net energy demand. | kWh, MWh |
Electricity | Self-generated and exported | Electricity is generated on-site and fed back into the grid, like solar power. This value reduces the Net energy demand. | kWh, MWh |
Electricity | Self-generated and consumed | Electricity is generated and consumed on-site, like solar power. Not factored in for the carbon emission calculation and not part of the Net energy demand. | kWh, MWh |
Electricity | Unspecified | Electricity purchased as part of an electricity contract missing further specification (conventional or renewable). Factored in for the carbon emission calculation similar to electricity from a conventional electricity mix contract and displayed as part of the Net energy demand. | kWh, MWh |
Fuels | Natural gas | Non-renewable, conventional gas source. Factored in for the carbon emission calculation and displayed as part of the Net energy demand. | kWh, MWh |
Fuels | Oil-based fuels | Non-renewable, conventional oil-based fuel source. Factored in for the carbon emission calculation and displayed as part of the Net energy demand. | kWh, MWh |
Fuels | Renewable natural gas | Gas that is produced from renewable sources. | kWh, MWh |
District energy | District heating | Heat energy purchased from distribution networks enabling space or water heating. | kWh, MWh |
District energy | District cooling | Cooling energy purchased from distribution networks enabling space cooling. | kWh, MWh |
Others | Solar thermal | Energy generated by solar thermal collectors usable for space and/or water heating. | kWh, MWh |
Others | Biomass | Matter from recently living (but now dead) organisms which are used for bioenergy production, like wood, wood residue, energy crops, agricultural residue, organic waste, | kWh, MWh |
Other
Resource | Type | Description | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
Water | Rainwater | Water collected on-site from groundwater resources. Only the discharge is factored in for carbon emissions. | m3 |
Water | Reclaimed water | Water reused on-site. Only the discharge is factored in for carbon emissions. | m3 |
Water | Freshwater | Supply and discharge are factored in for carbon emissions. | m3 |
Water | Groundwater | Water collected on-site from groundwater resources. Only the discharge is factored in for carbon emissions. | m3 |
Water | Unspecified | Supply and discharge are factored in for carbon emissions. | m3 |
Waste | Biodegradable | Waste that micro-organisms can disintegrate. Not factored in for carbon emissions. | kg |
Waste | Non-recyclable | Residual waste that is not biodegradable, hazardous, or recyclable. Not factored in for carbon emissions. | kg |
Waste | Recyclable or reusable | Waste that can be reused or from which one can create new materials or objects. Not factored in for carbon emissions. | kg |
Waste | Hazardous | Waste that is a threat to health and the environment. Not factored in for carbon emissions. | kg |
Waste | Unspecified | Waste that does not fit any of the other waste categories. Not factored in for carbon emissions. | kg |
Fugitives | Unspecified | Emissions of fugitive gases from refrigeration or air conditioning devices are factored in for the carbon emission calculation in terms of CO2 equivalents (CO2e) according to the global warming potential (GWP) of each specific gas. Methane (CH4), e.g., has a GWP of 28 kgCO2e per kg. | kg |