The intent of this pilot program is four-fold:

1.Identify opportunities to decrease operational costs, extend asset lifespan, and reduce energy-related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through identification of energy conservation measures and assessment of financial and environmental impacts of these measures.

2.Establish a “baseline” of pre-pilot program energy use and emissions intensity for use as a comparison point to measure future improvements against.

3.Serve as the basis for an expanded sustainability index through an in-depth assessment of site energy consumption and associated GHG emissions. This information can be combined with additional metrics related to the agri-food industry to create a comprehensive sustainability index providing quantifiable metrics of their operational environmental sustainability.

4.Provide benchmark values for energy use and emissions intensity for the various facility types within a portfolio, specifically for the agricultural sector which has no published energy use intensity benchmarks.

These facility-use based energy use intensity benchmarks will be included in a broader project undertaken by TrustBix and BuildSense to provide actionable, accurate energy use and emission intensity benchmark values for the Canadian agricultural sector.