Patent ID: 7877235

Claim:
A network-based energy consumption and emissions management system for an enterprise, the system comprising: (a) a central processor accessible on a computer network; (b) an asset database in communication with the central processor, the asset database configured to store (i) emissions information relating to each of a plurality of assets at least two sites; (ii) energy consumption information relating to each of the plurality of assets at the at least two sites; (iii) carbon credit information relating to each of the plurality of assets at the at least two sites; (c) emissions tracking software associated with the central processor, the emission tracking software configured to calculate and track the emissions information relating to each of the plurality of assets at the at least two sites; (d) energy consumption tracking software associated with the central processor, the energy consumption tracking software configured to calculate and track the energy consumption information relating to each of the plurality of assets at the at least two sites; (e) carbon credit tracking software associated with the central processor, the carbon credit tracking software configured to calculate and track the carbon credit information relating to each of the plurality of assets at the at least two sites; and (f) optimization software associated with the central processor, the optimization software configured to be modifiable to calculate and track optimal targets based on any one or more of the emissions information, the energy consumption information, and the carbon credit information.