CA Southern Africa today announced the availability of CA ecoSoftware 2.0, the latest version of its energy, carbon and sustainability management solution designed to help organisations reduce carbon emissions, manage natural resource consumption and cut energy costs.
As sustainability programs become more complex, organisations can gain more control over their green initiatives with CA ecoSoftware's enhanced reporting and forecasting capabilities. Customers can also reduce operational costs and improve overall energy efficiency by integrating CA ecoSoftware and other systems.
“Organisations around the world are under increasing pressure to gain control over their energy consumption and waste: to cut costs, comply with regulations and report their progress with stakeholders,” says Gary Lawrence, MD of CA Southern Africa. “CA is helping customers assess their impacts, align sustainability programs with their business goals and automate this process to accelerate their sustainability efforts.”
CA ecoSoftware 2.0 includes enhancements to CA ecoGovernance, CA's SaaS-based sustainability and carbon management solution and CA ecoMeter, its operational energy management solution, which are already used by many customers. The software meets international reporting standards, such as the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme, the Global Reporting Initiative and the Carbon Disclosure Project.
“Users can pre-populate standard reports in one click,” says Lawrence. “This greatly reduces the time and effort associated with generating these reports. By automating the process, customers can ensure they are providing the most recent and consistent data while maintaining flexibility to add in required narratives and supporting documentation when needed.”
The software is built to work with different currencies and measurement systems, including nine major international languages out of the box.
CA ecoSoftware provides enhanced forecasting and scenario modelling tools, helping management review forecasted outcomes and fine-tune investment levels. This allows alignment and prioritisation of activities with investment and business objectives.
“Measurement and reporting continue to be primary driving forces for many companies looking at sustainability and carbon management software solutions,” says Lawrence. “CA ecoSoftware is well-equipped to meet these environmental resource tracking and reporting needs and enterprises can be confident that the solution will grow with them as the scope of their sustainability and carbon management initiatives expands.”
With CA ecoMeter, customers can achieve real-time bi-directional integration with a variety of devices and systems and can access energy-related information across geographically dispersed facilities. The CA ecoMeter Gateway permits access to these heterogeneous systems using different communications protocols. CA ecoMeter is also designed to integrate with traditional building management systems.
Using visual dashboards, data centre and facilities managers can monitor energy efficiency trends, including historical detail, for insight into how these calculated metrics vary over time. This insight can facilitate better decision-making and lead to improvements in overall energy efficiency. The CA ecoMeter calculation engine can be used by customers to create new formula-based attributes and metrics, which can then be monitored, based on evolving business needs.
CA ecoMeter has an improved discovery process, which enables the system to automatically discover devices with which it can communicate. This process also creates a series of energy data points for the discovered devices, which can then be tracked using the system. Automatic discovery can accelerate the process of setting up and maintaining operational energy management, especially across multiple locations.
“CA ecoSoftware 2.0 enables our customers to meet their needs for individual green initiatives and comply with international reporting standards, as well as anticipated regulations and legislation,” concludes Lawrence.
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