Johnson Controls is collaborating with 3Degrees, a Californian firm that helps organisations achieve renewable energy and decarbonisation goals, to accelerate building owners’ and operators’ progress towards net zero.

This will be done by leveraging 3Degrees’ large-scale environmental commodity offerings, including Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) transactions, long-term renewable energy procurement, carbon credit portfolio management, transportation decarbonisation and climate advisory services.

“The need for global net zero has never been greater, and global organisations are turning to Johnson Controls to help them achieve their goals,” said Dan Svejnar, vice president at Johnson Controls. “This collaboration with 3Degrees provides customers with market-sourced renewable energy supply services, which, together with energy efficiency, is one of the most effective paths for customers to address operational carbon emissions and achieve net zero.”

The energy supply services can be delivered as part of the Johnson Controls OpenBlue net zero buildings offering or as a stand-alone service. The offering designs, digitises and deploys net zero technology at any stage. The steps range from goal setting and facility-wide digitalisation to distributed energy strategies and renewable energy supply services.

This is also available as a performance-based service where users pay for the outcome with a fixed monthly fee to lower their inherent risk and avoid capital investments.

The latest climate report released by IPCC shows a rapidly closing window to avoid irreversible adverse climate change and reach net zero by 2050. Scientists are calling for an immediate decrease in greenhouse emissions after findings showed carbon levels continuing to increase. The United Nations’ Paris Agreement target to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 is fast approaching, causing governments, businesses and organisations around the world to rearchitect regulations and hold themselves accountable. The collaboration with 3Degrees should support global urgency to meet these environmental targets.

“The challenge is clear,” said Scott Martin, vice president at 3Degrees. “Building emissions currently account for nearly 40% of total global emissions. It’s through partnership, innovation and steadfast commitment that we drive meaningful decarbonisation. This partnership offers customers end-to-end climate solutions to accelerate our collective progress to net zero emissions.”

3Degrees, a certified B corporation, makes it possible for businesses and their customers to take urgent action on climate change. It helps organisations around the world achieve renewable energy and decarbonisation goals through its work with Fortune 500 companies, utilities and other organisations that want to join the fight against climate change.

The 3Degrees team has expertise in sustainability consulting, environmental markets, renewable energy and carbon project development, transportation decarbonisation and utility renewable energy programmes.