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WBENC Certified Women-Owned Business

To be recognized as an enterprising woman is both a great honor and extremely humbling. Like many women who try to do too much, I can often feel like nothing is being done as well as it could be and that goals are not being attained. Taking the time to step back and truly review the achievements made has been very satisfying.

Mentoring Tomorrow's Leaders

Women are starting 1,200 new businesses per day they are inventing products, solving problems, creating jobs and supporting their communities. The impact is undeniable and the growth is unprecedented, but we have a long way to go before reaching parity.

Brooklyn Brewery

HELPING AN ICONIC BRAND WITH OUR 360-DEGREE APPROACH TO ENERGY

Issue:

Brooklyn Brewery has made sustainability a cornerstone of its business philosophy ever since they opened shop in a repurposed matzah factory in 1996. Given the increasing threat of climate change, Brooklyn Brewery looked to enhance its efforts to be as green as possible.

Result:

Gotham 360 was engaged to apply a holistic approach to Brooklyn Brewery's energy needs, where all aspects of the business were on the table for review. The brewery has already enjoyed significant cost savings, as we implement environmentally sound energy practices to their brewing operations.

Details:

Brooklyn Brewery uses a considerable amount of energy – to brew, bottle, package and refrigerate the beer, heat and power the warehouses, and maintain the back offices and tasting room. The logical first step in our 360-degree approach was to analyze and optimize Brooklyn Brewery's energy procurement strategy. New York is deregulated for both natural gas and electricity, so Gotham 360 was able to shop the energy loads on the open market – thereby allowing suppliers to compete for the brewery's business. This strategy has significantly reduced Brooklyn Brewery's energy spend and guaranteed that its energy supplies are secure for the foreseeable future. Gotham 360 then conducted a thorough audit of Brooklyn Brewery's water usage and billing, comparing the metered data with their utility bills and city sewer charges. In this way, we made sure that the brewery was only paying for the water they used. Metering and billing errors cost businesses millions of dollars collectively every year. Brooklyn Brewery is now protected from these kinds of mistakes commonly made by utility companies.

Ongoing Engagement:

Gotham 360 and Brooklyn Brewery continue to develop innovative ways to improve the brewer's efficiency and sustainability scores, reduce its carbon footprint and slash overall operating costs. We are currently exploring a PV Solar + Battery installation for the Brooklyn Brewery warehouse in New Hartford, New York. The brewery recognizes the importance of including more renewable energy sources in their portfolio. In addition to the positive environmental impact, deploying a distributed energy resource (DER) such as PV Solar + Battery affords Brooklyn Brewery the opportunity to generate new revenue streams by participating in peak shaving and demand response programs. Discussions are underway regarding other DER opportunities that will benefit the environment, as well as Brooklyn Brewery's bottom line.

YMCA

NYSERDA Remote Energy Manager Program Deployment with BuildingIQ

Issue:

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) sought creative proposals from remote energy management service providers that would utilize whole-building level energy data analytics to support energy management, provide insights on energy-savings opportunities, and carry out implementation support activities and/or services that will help customers leverage those insights to achieve energy savings.

Result:

Gotham 360, in collaboration with BuildingIQ, was awarded a highly competitive $750,000 grant through the NYSERDA Remote Energy Manager (REM) program to help the YMCA of Greater New York reduce energy consumption across their properties. Our model proposed Gotham 360 as the energy advisor, BuildingIQ as the technology platform, and YMCA of Greater New York as our customer test site.

Details:

Buildings, especially older ones, use a lot of energy. Through providing real-time energy usage data to building operators and coupling that data with an advisory service to help identify conservation opportunities, real success can be achieved in driving down energy consumption. YMCA facilities across New York City are being outfitted with BuildingIQ technology packages, and the building operations managers are receiving training on how to use the Dashboard Portfolio UI. Gotham 360 is providing ongoing training and energy management, based on the real-time energy usage data that is collected.

Ongoing Engagement:

Gotham 360 and BuildingIQ meet regularly with executives from the YMCA of Greater New York, as well as operations managers from the individual YMCA facilities in the city. Through ongoing training, open communication and an in-depth analysis of energy usage data, the YMCA is identifying achievable methods to improve operating efficiencies across their portfolio. In turn, these small changes in building operations will translate into significant, long-term reductions in overall energy consumption, greenhouse gas emissions and operating costs. The Remote Energy Manager (REM) program is a highly competitive pilot, fully funded by NYSERDA. The initial award to the YMCA was $400,000, with an additional $350,000 available if certain conservation benchmarks are reached. We are confident that our team will help the YMCA achieve the levels of energy-savings required for the second tranche of funds to be released.