This 2019 GreenBiz Research / Schneider Electric report highlights the survey results from 309 industry leaders providing guidance to help organizations align how energy purchase/usage can reduce environmental impacts and build sustainable operations. Findings include: CapEx may be a misleading barrier, data quality/usage is still a struggle, setting public targets enables speed of execution, smarter energy purchasing is important, and technology continues to gain traction. Examples are provided. This paper is relevant for investment/financing, government, technology, utility and business leaders.
Key words: cloud & data analytics, data networking, energy management, Internet of Things (IoT), market sizing, research & development, utilities