UPDATING SUSTAINABILITY ACTION PLANS BASED ON UPDATED CARBON CREDIT DATA
An enterprise system may include one or more devices that perform respective operations of an enterprise and a sustainability platform system. The sustainability platform system may obtain a sustainability model representative of a state of operations of the enterprise and a current sustainability action plan associated with improving one or more sustainability parameters of the enterprise. The sustainability platform system may also receive updated carbon credit data, simulate an effect of the current sustainability action plan on the sustainability parameters based on the updated carbon credit data (generating simulated sustainability parameters), and determine whether the current sustainability action plan is effective based on a comparison of the simulated sustainability parameters to sustainability target data. In response to determining that the current sustainability action plan is effective, the sustainability platform system may send commands to the devices to maintain their operations according to the current sustainability action plan.
1 . An enterprise system comprising:
one or more devices configured to perform one or more respective operations of an enterprise; and
a sustainability platform system configured to:
obtain a sustainability model representative of a state of operations of the enterprise;
obtain a currently implemented sustainability action plan associated with improving one or more sustainability parameters of the enterprise via one or more abatement technologies;
determine that updated carbon credit data associated with the one or more respective operations, the sustainability model, or both is available;
receive the updated carbon credit data;
simulate an effect of the currently implemented sustainability action plan on the one or more sustainability parameters over a period of time based on the updated carbon credit data to generate simulated sustainability parameters;
determine whether the simulated effect of the currently implemented sustainability action plan is effective based on a comparison of the simulated sustainability parameters to sustainability target data; and
in response to determining that the simulated effect of the currently implemented sustainability action plan is effective, send one or more commands to the one or more devices to maintain the one or more respective operations according to the currently implemented sustainability action plan.
2 . The enterprise system of claim 1 , wherein the sustainability platform system is configured to simulate the effect of the currently implemented sustainability action plan by:
simulating economic data associated with the sustainability model based on the updated carbon credit data; and
comparing the simulated economic data to economic target data.
3 . The enterprise system of claim 2 , wherein the simulated economic data comprises estimated expenditures associated with carbon credits the currently implemented sustainability action plan, and wherein the carbon credits modify the simulated sustainability parameters, the sustainability target data, or both.
4 . The enterprise system of claim 1 , wherein the sustainability platform system is configured to determine the sustainability target data based on the updated carbon credit data, wherein the sustainability target data comprises changes from previous sustainability target data based on the updated carbon credit data.
5 . The enterprise system of claim 1 , wherein the sustainability target data comprises one or more threshold limits corresponding to the one or more sustainability parameters, one or more ranges of the one or more sustainability parameters, or both, and wherein the one or more sustainability parameters comprise a carbon footprint of the one or more devices, a water usage of the one or more devices, a waste output of the one or more devices, a greenhouse gas emission of the one or more devices, or any combination thereof.
6 . The enterprise system of claim 1 , wherein the sustainability platform system is configured to, in response to determining that the simulated effect of the currently implemented sustainability action plan is not effective:
obtain an alternate sustainability action plan; and
send one or more other commands to the one or more devices to adjust the one or more respective operations according to the alternate sustainability action plan or provide an indication to supplement or supplant the one or more devices with one or more other devices according to the alternate sustainability action plan.
7 . The enterprise system of claim 6 , wherein the sustainability platform system is configured to obtain the alternate sustainability action plan by:
identifying one or more engineering workflow systems corresponding with the sustainability model and associated with the one or more sustainability parameters;
determining, via the identified one or more engineering workflow systems, at least one implementation of the one or more abatement technologies or one or more other abatement technologies estimated to improve at least one sustainability parameter of the one or more sustainability parameters, relative to the simulated sustainability parameters, based on the updated carbon credit data; and
generating the alternate sustainability action plan based on the at least one implementation of the one or more abatement technologies or the one or more other abatement technologies.
8 . The enterprise system of claim 1 , wherein the sustainability platform system is configured to determine that the updated carbon credit data is available by:
querying one or more data sources for the updated carbon credit data; and
determining that the updated carbon credit data has changed by at least a threshold amount compared to previous carbon credit data.
9 . The enterprise system of claim 1 , wherein the sustainability platform system is configured to obtain the sustainability model by:
receiving enterprise data indicative of the state of operations of a portion of the enterprise associated with a geographical region, wherein the state of operations of the portion of the enterprise comprises a listing of the one or more devices and emissions data associated with the one or more devices; and
generating the sustainability model based on the enterprise data.
10 . The enterprise system of claim 9 , wherein the sustainability platform system is configured to:
update the sustainability model based on the updated carbon credit data, wherein the updated sustainability model comprises adjusted economic constraints associated with carbon credits for augmenting the sustainability parameters of the enterprise; and
simulate the effect of the currently implemented sustainability action plan on the one or more sustainability parameters based on the updated sustainability model.
11 . A method comprising:
obtaining, via a computing system, a sustainability model representative of a state of operations of an enterprise;
obtaining, via the computing system, a currently implemented sustainability action plan associated with improving one or more sustainability parameters of the enterprise via one or more abatement technologies;
determining, via the computing system, that updated carbon credit data associated with the sustainability model is available;
receiving, via the computing system, the updated carbon credit data;
simulating, via the computing system, an effect of the currently implemented sustainability action plan on the one or more sustainability parameters over a period of time based on the updated carbon credit data to generate simulated sustainability parameters;
determining, via the computing system, whether the simulated effect of the currently implemented sustainability action plan is effective based on a comparison of the simulated sustainability parameters to sustainability target data; and
in response to determining that the simulated effect of the currently implemented sustainability action plan is effective, sending, via the computing system, one or more commands to one or more devices of the enterprise to maintain one or more respective operations of the one or more devices according to the currently implemented sustainability action plan.
12 . The method of claim 11 , comprising determining, via the computing system, the sustainability target data based on the updated carbon credit data, wherein the sustainability target data comprises updated economic data relative to previous sustainability target data based on the updated carbon credit data, wherein the updated economic data comprises estimated expenditures associated with carbon credits the currently implemented sustainability action plan, and wherein the carbon credits modify the simulated sustainability parameters, the sustainability target data, or both, and wherein the sustainability target data comprises one or more threshold limits of the one or more sustainability parameters, one or more ranges of the one or more sustainability parameters, or both, and wherein the one or more sustainability parameters comprise a carbon footprint of the one or more devices, a water usage of the one or more devices, a waste output of the one or more devices, a greenhouse gas emission of the one or more devices, or any combination thereof.
13 . The method of claim 11 , wherein obtaining the currently implemented sustainability action plan comprises:
identifying one or more engineering workflow systems of the computing system that correlate with the sustainability model and are associated with the one or more sustainability parameters; and
generating, via the identified one or more engineering workflow systems, the currently implemented sustainability action plan based on an estimated improvement to at least one sustainability parameter of the one or more sustainability parameters, relative to previous sustainability target data, based on the sustainability model.
14 . The method of claim 11 , comprising, in response to determining that the simulated effect of the currently implemented sustainability action plan is not effective:
obtaining, via the computing system, an alternate sustainability action plan; and
sending, via the computing system, one or more other commands to the one or more devices to adjust the one or more respective operations according to the alternate sustainability action plan or providing an indication to supplement or supplant the one or more devices with one or more other devices according to the alternate sustainability action plan.
15 . The method of claim 11 , comprising updating, via the computing system, the sustainability model based on the updated carbon credit data, wherein the updated sustainability model comprises adjusted economic constraints associated with carbon credits for augmenting the sustainability parameters of the enterprise, and wherein simulating the effect of the currently implemented sustainability action plan comprises simulating the effect of the currently implemented sustainability action plan based on the updated sustainability model.
16 . The method of claim 11 , wherein simulating the effect of the currently implemented sustainability action plan by:
simulating economic data associated with the sustainability model based on the updated carbon credit data, wherein the simulated economic data comprises estimated expenditures associated with carbon credits the currently implemented sustainability action plan, and wherein the carbon credits modify the simulated sustainability parameters, the sustainability target data, or both; and
comparing the simulated economic data to economic target data.
17 . A non-transitory, machine-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
obtaining a sustainability model representative of a state of operations of an enterprise;
obtaining a currently implemented sustainability action plan associated with improving one or more sustainability parameters of the enterprise via one or more abatement technologies;
determining that updated carbon credit data associated with the sustainability model is available;
receiving the updated carbon credit data;
simulating an effect of the currently implemented sustainability action plan on the one or more sustainability parameters over a period of time based on the updated carbon credit data to generate simulated sustainability parameters;
determining whether the simulated effect of the currently implemented sustainability action plan is effective based on a comparison of the simulated sustainability parameters to sustainability target data; and
in response to determining that the simulated effect of the currently implemented sustainability action plan is effective, sending one or more commands to one or more devices of the enterprise to maintain one or more respective operations of the one or more devices according to the currently implemented sustainability action plan.
18 . The non-transitory, machine-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the operations comprise updating the sustainability model based on the updated carbon credit data, wherein the updated sustainability model comprises adjusted economic constraints associated with carbon credits for augmenting the sustainability parameters of the enterprise, and wherein simulating the effect of the currently implemented sustainability action plan comprises simulating the effect of the currently implemented sustainability action plan based on the updated sustainability model.
19 . The non-transitory, machine-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein determining that the updated carbon credit data is available comprises:
querying one or more data sources for the updated carbon credit data; and determining that the updated carbon credit data has changed by at least a threshold amount compared to previous carbon credit data.
20 . The non-transitory, machine-readable medium of claim 19 , wherein the operations comprise in response to determining that the simulated effect of the currently implemented sustainability action plan is not effective:
obtaining an alternate sustainability action plan; and
sending one or more other commands to the one or more devices to adjust the one or more respective operations according to the alternate sustainability action plan or provide an indication to supplement or supplant the one or more devices with one or more other devices according to the alternate sustainability action plan, wherein obtaining the alternate sustainability action plan comprises:
identifying one or more engineering workflow systems corresponding with the sustainability model and associated with the one or more sustainability parameters;
determining, via the identified one or more engineering workflow systems, at least one implementation of the one or more abatement technologies or one or more other abatement technologies estimated to improve at least one sustainability parameter of the one or more sustainability parameters, relative to the simulated sustainability parameters, based on the updated carbon credit data; and
generating the alternate sustainability action plan based on the at least one implementation of the one or more abatement technologies or the one or more other abatement technologies.