Sustainability Services

Sustainability consulting for facilities involves evaluating a building’s energy use, emissions, water consumption, materials, and operational practices to identify opportunities for improvement. At Facility Diagnostics, we assess both the environmental and financial performance of your facility, helping you implement strategic changes that reduce your carbon footprint, improve efficiency, and align with your organizational goals—whether that’s ESG compliance, Net Zero targets, or long-term operational cost savings.

We don’t just offer recommendations—we work alongside you to implement them, from engineering strategies to stakeholder engagement and reporting.

A GHG (greenhouse gas) inventory is the process of measuring and categorizing the emissions your organization produces. These are typically broken into three scopes:

• Scope 1: Direct emissions from owned or controlled sources (e.g., boilers, fleet vehicles)

• Scope 2: Indirect emissions from the generation of purchased electricity, steam, heating, and cooling

• Scope 3: All other indirect emissions in your value chain (e.g., employee commuting, supply chain activities)

At Facility Diagnostics, we gather energy and fuel data, standardize it using EPA or GHG Protocol methodologies, and translate it into carbon equivalents. We then help you analyze the findings, identify emission hotspots, and build realistic reduction strategies tied to your operational capabilities.

Energy efficiency upgrades often compete with other capital priorities—but when planned correctly, they can enhance ROI and free up budget over time. Our role is to help you:

• Prioritize projects by lifecycle cost savings, not just initial expense

• Identify quick wins with high impact (lighting retrofits, controls upgrades)

• Model long-term performance improvements (e.g., HVAC replacement, envelope upgrades)

• Bundle improvements to qualify for utility rebates or grants

• Present sustainability as risk mitigation, not just cost

We speak the language of both facility managers and finance teams, so we can help secure buy-in for projects that align capital improvement plans with energy savings and carbon goals.

Facility Diagnostics supports a wide range of global and national sustainability and ESG frameworks. Some of the most common ones we work with include:

• ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager (for benchmarking and energy performance)

• LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)

• GRI (Global Reporting Initiative)

• CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project)

• GHG Protocol (for carbon accounting and reporting)

• Local city ordinances or state compliance programs (e.g., NYC LL97, CA Title 24)

We help you determine which framework best fits your business goals, audience, and reporting obligations—and then guide you through the steps to meet those requirements with verified data and supporting documentation.

Yes, and we strongly encourage clients to explore all available incentives before committing to upgrades. Our team actively researches utility rebate programs, federal/state funding opportunities, and tax incentives that can reduce the upfront cost of sustainability initiatives.

This includes programs like:

• Commercial energy efficiency rebates

• Renewable energy credits and PACE financing

• Local weatherization or building envelope improvement programs

• Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) funding and tax credits

We help you navigate eligibility, handle documentation, and align your project design to meet rebate criteria—so you maximize value while reducing long-term energy use.