Slashing the carbon footprint of energy intensive buildings

The challenge

Owners of grocery outlets consume a large amount of energy per square meter, and are seeking to reduce it regardless if they are a tenant or if they own the building.

The EU has a bold vision to achieve climate-neutral buildings by 2050. This is a tall order, as today the operation of buildings accounts for 30 per cent of global energy consumption and 26 per cent of global energy emissions. But not all buildings are equal in this regard. The largest 5 per cent of buildings account for 20 per cent of the built environment’s carbon footprint. Large commercial buildings, such as supermarkets, are a good place to start if we are going to reach the Paris climate targets.

Grocery stores and supermarkets are among the most energy-intensive buildings there are, with energy consumers like large freezers, refrigerated rooms and sidewalk de-icing systems often not found in other buildings.

These are regulatory pressures on all supermarket operators, but there is also critical to reduce the energy bill to stay competitive. Grocery outlets and supermarkets are normally very energy inefficient, with high maintenance costs, manual data collection and reporting, and complicated multi-site benchmarking.

In addition, grocery stores are now competing to provide the best EV charging experience to attract customers.

The Solution

Bember’s solutions joins together all energy-related building systems in one cloud-based platform. The solution is system agnostic, making it available to all commercial buildings regardless of the existing software and hardware in use.

Our software allows the building systems to talk to each other. Some systems date as far back as the 1970s. By connecting the separate data silos, you can optimise facilities management, including energy consumption.

Our solution is different because we don’t work within silos; we design with the end-users in mind. We focus on their needs and gain access to any silos needed. Our technology enables the impacts.

The results

The solution gives property owners and tenants control across existing technology silos, lowering energy costs, consumption and environmental impact.

Bember´s TRM tool gives users an easy, transparent overview of their building’s system. This enables them to take early corrective action, such as adjusting the temperature of refrigeration cases. It also accelerates cost reporting and promotes sustainability.