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Firm on a Mission to Track Army Emissions

Carlsbad-based Enviance said July 20 the U.S. Army has deployed its greenhouse gas reporting and management system to 12 bases nationwide.

Enviance offers an Internet-based software-as-a-service platform that provides real-time tracking and management of greenhouse gas emissions at industrial locations. The system enables the Army to assess the carbon footprint and manage its energy use at each site.

Federal installations are under a government mandate to improve energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions 30 percent by 2015.

“The Army and (Department of Defense) declared that energy intensity reduction is a matter of national security,” said Enviance CEO Lawrence Goldenhersh.

The Army initially tested the system in June 2008 at Fort Carson, Colo., thus creating the first carbon footprint for the Department of Defense. The Army added Fort Benning, Ga., and then 10 more. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

“The Army deployed the greenhouse gas platform across 10 installations in nine weeks. That is lightning speed,” said Goldenhersh. “That attests to the power of the Internet to quickly scale and provide that type of computing power that will allow us all to reduce greenhouse gas so we can save the planet.”

The Army is using the 12 bases as a demonstration. Enviance hopes it will deploy the system across all 165 Army installations.

The system matches an installation’s emissions output using various metrics such as fuel consumed, and matches the output against compliance certificates the organization must follow. The result is an automated workflow system that saves man-hours.

“In our system, the emissions data from a pump is coming in automatically into the Enviance system. The system looks up the permits, checks it against the pump. If it’s over-pumping, it throws out an alert on the Internet, issues regulatory-required tasks to fix the pump and various deadlines. If they’re not done on time, it’s escalated to someone else,” Goldenhersh said.

Chevron in the San Joaquin Valley uses the Enviance system to comply with 2,000 air permits. That’s 25,000 monthly compliance obligations.

“It would take a long time to do it manually,” he said. “And if you had 25,000 to look up, it would take you a very long time.”

The system is used by companies in 45 countries around the world, including large industrial clients such as Sempra and DuPont that save an average of $500,000 per installation, he said.

Enviance employs 52 people. It charges companies monthly subscriptions, ranging from $6,000 to $150,000.

, Ned Randolph

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