Greenleaf Advisors, LLC

Join Greenleaf Director Ben Bezark and Intelligent Generation next Wednesday, Sept. 18 for a webinar on #batterystorage, #solar, and #microgrids in the #midwest, hosted by the Midwest Cogeneration Association (MCA) and the U.S. DOE Midwest Onsite Energy Technical Assistance Partnership. They will discuss the role of intelligently managed energy storage as part of a microgrid strategy, with opportunities to generate significant new value streams supporting grid stability while providing critical backup for commercial, industrial and institutional energy users. Register here: https://lnkd.in/gPgdYtqq

Congratulations to Julia Armstrong D'Agnese for being awarded B2B Women Tech Entrepreneur of the Year! Earth Knowledge's platform brings climate and nature-based data and indicators to corporations, organizations, investors, and governments.

This Earth Day as we again find ourselves in the midst of what is shaping up to be the hottest year on record, we remain focused on addressing #climate change with strategic solutions for the global #transition towards a thriving and #sustainable world, including work with the following partners: Earth Knowledge’s planetary intelligence platform is guiding businesses, investors, and governments on how earth systems dynamics will impact their assets and operations in order to prioritize and underwrite investments in protecting facilities and infrastructure. The Open Group's Open Footprint Forum has created a common model for footprint-related data to help enterprises track, share and report their #emissions, informing companies allocation of resources towards reductions strategies. Intelligent Generation’s #solar and #energy storage optimization services for industrial and commercial companies as well as governments and institutions seeking economic and resilience benefits while driving  decarbonization of the electric grid. Learn about our work with these partners and many more at www.greenleafadvisors.net. We welcome your collaboration on advancing solutions to climate change and protection of natural systems.

We congratulate G&W Electric Co. on receiving a record-breaking clean energy rebate from ComEd for solar and storage as a part of their innovative microgrid. Greenleaf Advisors brought energy partner Intelligent Generation to optimize and manage the distributed clean energy system which allows G&W Electric to earn market revenues, save on electric bills, and protect critical infrastructure, all while providing needed services to the regional electrical grid. We are proud to work with John Mueller, Pat Avery, Kate Cummings, Brian Haug, Marc Thrum, and David Braun (shown below) and thank the entire team for their efforts.

The Open Group's Open Footprint Forum released its Data Model Snapshot that will help manage scope 1, 2, and 3 GHG emissions data with applicability for all companies and industries. This snapshot is published with the intent to gather input from potential users. Greenleaf is excited to join the OFP and looks forward to working with our fellow members to develop the tools and standards we need to build a more sustainable world.

G&W Electric Co. has been featured in Microgrid Knowledge for the leading edge #microgrid at its Bolingbrook, Illinois manufacturing facility. The G&W microgrid features a 1.3MW flywheel, 2MW vanadium flow battery, and 4.4MW of rooftop bifacial solar panels which work in concert with the existing diesel generator to provide uninterrupted power to the manufacturing facility, preventing costly outages. We are proud to have worked with G&W to bring them together with our partners at Intelligent Generation to provide the economic engine for the battery system. Intelligent Generation directs the CellCube battery to generate revenue through grid services and save on electric bills with strategic discharge during peak grid demand.

Congratulations to David Braun of Intelligent Generation who joins the board of directors at the Illinois Solar Energy and Storage Association, bringing his expertise in energy storage.

We are proud to work with Earth Knowledge and Dr. Don Wuebbles. Earth Knowledge is helping enterprises and governments understand and address the climate related impacts outlined in the Fifth Assessment on their facilities and operations.

The Open Footprint Forum convened business and data technology leaders in #Chicago to advance an open source data model for tracking corporate and product level carbon emissions across the value chain. Standardized data and interoperability is essential to addressing compliance and reaching critical reduction targets.  Development to date reflects careful consideration of data security, allocation, flexibility, and alignment to standard frameworks and evolving regulations. Julia Armstrong D'Agnese and Don Wuebbles of Earth Knowledge also highlighted the critical and complementary need for robust climate and nature risk assessment in evaluating the impacts of climate change on business and society.   Thank you to Thoughtworks for hosting the event, and forum members Bertrand Rioux, Arjen (AJ) Van De Voort, Arminder Singh, Pravin Chandran, Jim Hietala who led the workshop and shared their work and expertise. Attending were sustainability and IT leaders from McDonalds, Salesforce, Discover Financial, KPMG, Intertek and more. Greenleaf is pleased to assist Open Footprint Forum with this important initiative.

On Saturday, #California enacted the nation’s first mandate for large businesses to disclose greenhouse gas #emissions. SB253 is one of a slate of global regulations aimed at curbing emissions, including the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and forthcoming rules from the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The Open Footprint Forum arose from a need to standardize the data protocols at the foundation of various tools and frameworks that have been developed to help companies measure, manage and report their emissions. A standard data model will support existing and future frameworks, and ensure that parties using multiple tools can effectively collaborate and report on scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions. Sustainability and data representatives from leading corporations across industries will convene Nov. 9 in #Chicago at a workshop led by the Open Footprint Forum to participate in the development of #GHG emissions data standards. For details and to register interest in participation: https://lnkd.in/g-a5AgeQ The Open Group Thoughtworks #climate #data #standards https://lnkd.in/e8u8SACu