Business View Magazine l January 2023

40 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 9, ISSUE 12 “So, that’s their biggest challenge. They don’t have that roadmap. And they usually don’t have the team bandwidth, the subject matter expertise, or the resources allocated to create the roadmap and make the necessary changes. It’s not unusual to see a Fortune 1000 corporation with a new decarbonization and sustainability team of just four or five people. “That’s our value add. We’re a bolt-on team of subject matter experts and project developers that can get these corporate teams up to speed faster. But unlike a typical engineering consulting firm, we don’t just recommend solutions. We also construct and install the needed energy efficiency and renewable energy improvements, then we measure and verify the results.” LeVeck said that Facility Innovations Group has seen a significant uptick in demand for the company’s services since the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced proposed new reporting requirements for public companies making decarbonization and sustainability claims. “The SEC is saying, ‘You can’t say you’re getting to net zero by a certain date unless you can document what you’re doing and how you’re going to reach the goal,’” he said. Facility Innovations Group believes the SEC’s proposed policy change will filter down to private companies as well, as public companies pressure the vendors in their supply chains to work towards carbon neutrality. As for what the firm offers, LeVeck said the company looks at a couple dozen different solutions, including high efficiency environmental control systems, heat pump and waste heat water heating, LED lighting, solar energy generation, variable speed motors, demand response programs, carbon trading, retro- commissioning and battery energy storage arbitrage. Retro-commissioning includes resetting vents and controls that may have been tweaked by employees and are no longer working as originally intended. Facility Innovations Group is also an expert