CAMBRIDGE, England and CHICAGO, August 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

CRedit360, the award winning sustainability software provider, has joined the ENERGY STAR partnership program. Over 100 organizations including McDonald's, Mattel, PG&E and ProLogis use CRedit360 solutions to collect, analyze and communicate sustainability data. A key aspect of this is the collection of energy data from commercial properties - essential for evaluating and improving building efficiency as well as contributing to enterprise level energy and carbon reporting.

Collecting energy data can be a complex and time consuming process involving multiple energy providers, utility companies, and bills. Automated data collection systems help organizations streamline the traditionally complex processes. The ENERGY STAR partnership ensures CRedit360 clients can further automate the collection of facility energy consumption data by integrating directly with the ENERGY STAR Automated Benchmarking System (ABS).

Data is stored securely in the web-based CRedit360 system where it is combined with a broad range of ESG performance metrics. This integrated approach extends energy management to provide a 360-degree view of sustainability performance.

In partnership with ENERGY STAR, CRedit360 can help organizations to:

- Automatically obtain energy data from hundreds of facilities

- Automatically calculate emissions using libraries of GHG factors (including EPA eGRID) from a trusted and accredited Gold level Carbon Disclosure Project Partner.

- Assess and visualize performance on dashboards, scorecards, and interactive maps

- Use actual consumption data to run scenarios to predict future performance and create action plans

- Plan, manage, and report on energy reduction initiatives

- Set energy use targets and track performance down to the site or meter level

"Our success over the past ten years has been built on collaboration with both our clients and key industry partners like the CDP and GRI. We're proud to be involved in the ENERGY STAR program. The Automated Benchmarking System provides a valuable method of simplifying energy data management and supplements CRedit360's existing tools for automating data collection." Mark Shields, Managing Director, CRedit360

For more information on CRedit360, visit http://www.credti360.com

About CRedit360

CRedit360 is a specialist provider of sustainability software and winner of the 2012 Best Sustainability Software Award from Ethical Corporation. CRedit360 supports over 100 clients through offices in the United Kingdom, United States, Australia and China. Founded in 2002 by a group of sustainability professionals and an innovative UK IT company, CRedit360 has developed software from the ground up to handle the complexities of managing sustainability data. CRedit360 maintains strong client relationships and manages every aspect of product development and support with in-house technical teams and sustainability experts.

At CRedit360, it's our mission to help companies manage the full spectrum of sustainability issues in a single system. Our clients aren't limited to single issues, so neither are we. Supply Chain, Energy & Carbon, CSR, EHS, and Compliance - we give our clients a 360-degree view of their sustainability performance.

For further information or to schedule an interview with Mark Shields, please contact Jeremy Fenderson by email at Jeremy.Fenderson@credit360.com or by phone at +1-312-884-9896 or +44-1223-237-200.

SOURCE CRedit360