Words we use

Band

One of five levels every score falls into: Low, Low-Moderate, Moderate, Elevated, High. See the bands.

Board pack

A short document gathering your most exposed locations, ready to take to your leadership. See Share with leadership.

Business case

The financial picture for one intervention at one location. See Build a business case.

Carbon avoided

The carbon that is not emitted because the location generates or stores its own power instead of drawing it from the grid.

Carbon intensity

How much carbon comes with each unit of electricity in the local grid.

Current score

The score for today, as opposed to the 2035 score. The two are separate readings from separate data.

Intervention

Something you could do at a location. Today that is solar, or solar with battery storage.

Interval data

Meter readings every 15 minutes or every hour, instead of one total for the year. See what it adds.

Location ID

Your own identifier for a location. Required on import, and the thing you use to match our results back to your own systems.

NPV

Net present value. What a project is worth in today's dollars. Above zero means it earns more than it costs.

Payback

How long it takes for the savings to cover what the project cost to build.

Pillar

One of the three things scored: Supply, Price, or Carbon Intensity.

Pipeline

Your three stages: Opportunity, Screening, Project. See Track your projects.

Portfolio model

One table with every project at every stage, with its cost, payback, savings and carbon side by side.

Reference set

Every location we score nationally. Your score says where you sit against it. See ranking, not measurement.

Score

A number from 0 to 100 for one pillar at one location. Higher means more exposed.