Building compliance software that supplies the measured evidence every program asks for
Building compliance software collects the measured data that energy, water and air standards ask for. Aqueduct meters energy, water and indoor air by site, floor and zone, builds weather-normalized baselines, verifies savings at the meter and exports the numbers for ISO 50001, LEED, WELL, Local Law 97, GRESB and CSRD. Your team or consultant files and certifies.
One measured dataset behind every standard, rating and filing your buildings face.
Evidence collected every day, not gathered at the deadline
- Live meters
Energy, water and gas meters report on a 60-second refresh, so consumption is known by site, floor and line.
- Air per zone
CO2, particulates, VOCs, temperature and humidity are recorded per zone, with exposure tracked in zone-hours.
- Device health
Connection rate and battery voltage per device show where data is trustworthy before it goes into a report.
Weather-normalized baselines a reviewer can follow
- Degree day regression
Usage is modeled against cooling and heating degree days, so a mild year does not pass for a saving.
- Day-one start
Uploading 6 to 12 months of utility bills gives a baseline before the first live month closes.
- Savings in money
Rate configuration from your bills turns the difference from baseline into cost, per site and per period.
Verified results, ready for the people who file
- Verified at the meter
A saving counts only after the meter confirms it, and every verified result becomes the new baseline.
- Exports by period
Totals by site, fuel, month and zone export cleanly for consultants, investors and city portals.
- Audit trail kept
Command history and fault closures show what was done and when, which reviewers increasingly ask for.
Compliance reporting, before and after Aqueduct
- Bills are chased across sites weeks before every deadline.
- Each standard gets its own spreadsheet and its own numbers.
- A warm year hides waste and a cold one hides savings.
- Air quality is sampled once and assumed the rest of the year.
- Nobody can show the claimed saving actually happened.
The Aqueduct way- Metered data is collected every day and ready before the deadline.
- One measured dataset feeds every standard, rating and filing.
- Weather-normalized baselines show real change in any year.
- Air is recorded per zone continuously, with exposure in zone-hours.
- The meter verifies each saving before anyone reports it.
ISO 50001 energy management, measured from the meter up
ISO 50001 is the international standard for energy management systems. It asks an organization to set an energy baseline, track energy performance.
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ASHRAE 62.1 ventilation evidence, recorded zone by zone
ASHRAE 62.1 is the ASHRAE standard for ventilation and acceptable indoor air quality in buildings other than dwelling units.
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ASHRAE 90.1 controls and metering, proven in operation
ASHRAE 90.1 is the energy standard for buildings other than low-rise residential, and the basis for most US commercial energy codes.
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LEED energy, water and air data, measured for every credit and recertification
LEED is the US Green Building Council's green building rating system, with certification levels from Certified to Platinum.
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WELL Building Standard air quality, monitored continuously per zone
The WELL Building Standard is the International WELL Building Institute's performance-based standard for health in buildings.
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ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager benchmarking, fed by meters instead of bills
ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager is the US EPA's free online tool for benchmarking building energy and water use, and the basis for the 1 to 100 ENERGY.
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Local Law 97 compliance data, tracked against the limit all year
Local Law 97 is New York City's building emissions law, setting annual greenhouse gas limits for most buildings over 25,000 square feet.
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Building performance standards software that tracks every target all year
Building performance standards are city and state laws that set energy or emissions targets for existing buildings.
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GRESB asset-level energy and water data, with the coverage investors look for
GRESB is the global ESG benchmark for real assets, used by investors to compare real estate and infrastructure portfolios each year.
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CSRD energy and water datapoints, measured at the site for ESRS E1 and E3
The CSRD is the EU's Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive, which requires in-scope companies to report under the European Sustainability.
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BREEAM energy, water and air evidence, sub-metered and recorded
BREEAM is BRE's sustainability assessment method for buildings, with schemes for new construction, refurbishment and buildings in use, rated.
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AWWA M36 water audits built on a live, measured water balance
AWWA M36 is the American Water Works Association manual for water audits and loss control.
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Dubai Al Sa'fat metering, controls and air quality, designed in and measured
Al Sa'fat is Dubai Municipality's green building evaluation system, with tiers from Bronze, the minimum for new buildings in Dubai, up to Platinum.
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NABH facility and infection control records, from continuous measurement
NABH is the National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers, the Quality Council of India's accreditation program for hospitals.
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ASHRAE 170 healthcare ventilation, measured room by room
ASHRAE 170 is the standard for ventilation of health care facilities. It sets design requirements for air change rates, pressure relationships.
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ASHRAE 188 water management, with control points measured all year
ASHRAE 188 sets minimum requirements for managing Legionella risk in building water systems.
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NABERS ratings, prepared from measured energy and water
NABERS is Australia's national rating system for the measured environmental performance of buildings, covering energy, water, waste and indoor.
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ESOS compliance starts with knowing where your energy goes
The Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) requires large UK undertakings to measure their total energy consumption, audit their areas.
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SECR reporting from metered energy, not year-end estimates
Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting (SECR) requires quoted companies, large unquoted companies and large LLPs in the UK to report energy use.
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BRSR Core footprints, measured at the meter and ready for assurance
BRSR Core is the set of key ESG indicators within SEBI's Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report that listed companies in India must.
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BEE PAT and ECBC, backed by measured energy data
India's Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) runs two programs that depend on energy data.
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Estidama Pearl, from design credits to measured operation
Estidama is Abu Dhabi's sustainability program, and the Pearl Rating System rates buildings, villas and communities on water, energy, materials.
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CDP climate and water responses built on measured site data
CDP runs a global disclosure system through which companies report on climate change, water security and forests, usually at the request of investors.
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GHG Protocol Scope 1 and 2, measured from the meter up
The GHG Protocol Corporate Standard is the most widely used method for corporate greenhouse gas inventories.
Read moreISO 14001 environmental management, with the aspects measured
ISO 14001 is the international standard for environmental management systems. It asks an organization to identify its significant environmental.
Read moreThe EU Energy Performance of Buildings Directive, met with measured data
The Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) is the EU law that drives building energy performance through certificates, minimum performance.
Read moreJoint Commission Environment of Care, with utility records measured continuously
The Environment of Care (EC) chapter of the Joint Commission accreditation standards asks hospitals to manage risks from utility systems, maintain.
Read moreLegionella control under L8 and HSG274, with temperatures logged all year
In Great Britain, the HSE Approved Code of Practice L8 and technical guidance HSG274 set out how duty holders control Legionella in water systems.
Read moreEvidence, not paperwork
Every standard on this page asks the same thing in a different format: show what the building used, show what changed, and show that the change was real. Most teams answer with bills gathered at the deadline, spreadsheets and a site walk. Aqueduct answers with meters, sensors and equipment data collected all year on one data layer.
Aqueduct is not a certification body, an auditor or a filing service. It supplies the measured inputs, the baselines and the verified results. The owner, the energy manager or the consultant still runs the management system, prepares the submission and signs it.
Energy management and building performance laws
Metered energy by fuel, weather-normalized baselines and savings verified at the meter.
ISO 50001
Energy baselines, energy performance indicators and verified improvement for your energy management system.
Learn moreASHRAE 90.1
Operational evidence that the controls the energy standard requires are actually running.
Learn moreENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager
Monthly metered consumption for benchmarking, scores and disclosure filings.
Learn moreLocal Law 97
Energy by fuel per building, tracked against the emissions limit all year in New York City.
Learn moreBuilding performance standards
Weather-normalized performance against city and state targets, with the gap acted on early.
Learn moreDubai Al Sa'fat
Metering, monitoring and controls evidence for Dubai's green building system.
Learn moreGreen building ratings and ESG disclosure
One measured dataset feeds the rating, the benchmark and the annual report.
ASHRAE 62.1
Ventilation and CO2 records per zone, with demand-controlled ventilation verified.
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Water audits and hospital accreditation
Continuous measurement where audits and surveys used to rely on samples.
AWWA M36 water audit
Measured volumes for each line of the water balance, so the audit is a check, not a reconstruction.
Learn moreNABH
Utility, water and air records that support facility management and infection control chapters.
Learn moreUse case: IAQ compliance
How hospitals, schools and offices hold air targets and keep the record.
Learn moreWhat Aqueduct does, and what stays with you
A clear line keeps the evidence credible.
| Step | Aqueduct | Your team or consultant |
|---|---|---|
| Measure | Meters, sensors and equipment data on one data layer, refreshed every 60 seconds | Decide scope, boundaries and which meters count |
| Baseline | Weather-normalized baselines, or a day-one baseline from 6 to 12 months of bills | Approve the baseline period and method |
| Act | Faults found and routed to your CMMS, setpoints adjusted where control is enabled, with owner approval | Carry out the work and approve control |
| Verify | Savings confirmed at the meter, exports by site, period and fuel | Prepare, sign and file the submission |
| Certify | Nothing. Aqueduct does not certify buildings | Work with the certification body, auditor or authority |
Where teams put it to work
Portfolio filings from one dataset
A commercial real estate client with a 20M+ sq ft portfolio needs benchmarking, investor reporting and city filings to agree. One metered dataset keeps them consistent.
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Utility and air records ready for survey
A hospital chain with 22 hospitals and 9 clinics is an Aqueduct client. Continuous water and air records support accreditation and infection control teams.
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Benchmarking for city-owned buildings
Cities that require private owners to benchmark must often do it for their own buildings too. Aqueduct supplies the metered energy and water per building.
Learn moreWhich standards apply where you operate
Rules differ by country, but they ask for the same measured inputs: energy by fuel, water by source, air by space and carbon by site. Pick a market to see the pages that cover it.
United States: codes, city laws, ratings and hospital accreditation
US obligations come from model codes adopted by states, city and state building performance laws, voluntary ratings and healthcare accreditation. Benchmarking runs through ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager, which most city laws use.
- Energy codes and standards: /compliance/ashrae-90-1, /compliance/ashrae-62-1 and, for hospitals, /compliance/ashrae-170
- City and state laws: /compliance/local-law-97 and /compliance/building-performance-standards, benchmarked through /compliance/energy-star-portfolio-manager
- Water: /compliance/awwa-m36-water-audit for utilities and /compliance/ashrae-188-water-management for Legionella programs
- Ratings and accreditation: /compliance/leed, /compliance/well and /compliance/joint-commission-environment-of-care
- Common data
- monthly energy by fuel, room conditions, water control points
- Who checks
- city agencies, rating bodies, surveyors
- Aqueduct
- one measured record feeding every filing
United Kingdom and European Union: audits, reporting and building directives
Europe leans on mandatory audits, corporate disclosure and building performance law transposed nationally. The UK runs its own schemes alongside ratings used across the region.
- UK energy and carbon: /compliance/esos and /compliance/secr
- UK water safety: /compliance/legionella-hsg274-l8
- EU law and disclosure: /compliance/eu-epbd and /compliance/csrd
- Ratings and management systems: /compliance/breeam, /compliance/iso-50001 and /compliance/iso-14001
- Common data
- total energy by site, Scope 1 and 2 inputs, BACS monitoring
- Who checks
- regulators, lead assessors, auditors
- Aqueduct
- metered data with a trail auditors can test
Middle East: green building codes built for heat and scarce water
Gulf codes put weight on cooling energy and water, and ask for metering and leak detection from design. District cooling makes thermal energy metering central.
- Dubai: /compliance/dubai-al-safat
- Abu Dhabi: /compliance/estidama-pearl
- International ratings used in the region: /compliance/leed, /compliance/breeam and /compliance/well
- Portfolio disclosure for regional owners: /compliance/gresb and /compliance/cdp-climate-and-water
- Common data
- sub-metered energy and water, district cooling, leak alerts
- Who checks
- municipal authorities and rating bodies
- Aqueduct
- meters specified, commissioned and kept online
India: listed company disclosure, energy efficiency law and hospital accreditation
Indian obligations come from SEBI disclosure for listed companies, the Energy Conservation Act and BEE programs for plants and buildings, and NABH accreditation for hospitals.
- Listed company disclosure: /compliance/brsr-core
- Plants and buildings: /compliance/bee-pat-and-ecbc
- Hospitals: /compliance/nabh
- Management systems often run alongside: /compliance/iso-50001 and /compliance/iso-14001
- Common data
- energy by source including DG sets, water by source including borewells
- Who checks
- assurance providers, accredited auditors, assessors
- Aqueduct
- measured footprints traced to the meter
Australia: measured performance ratings and disclosure
Australia rates buildings on actual performance, not design, and links ratings to disclosure when office space is sold or leased.
- Ratings and disclosure: /compliance/nabers
- Investor reporting for property owners: /compliance/gresb
- Corporate carbon inputs: /compliance/ghg-protocol-scope-1-and-2
- Management systems: /compliance/iso-50001
- Common data
- 12 months of energy and water by scope
- Who checks
- accredited NABERS assessors
- Aqueduct
- base building and tenancy split by meter
The same six evidence problems sit under every standard
Select a topic to see where evidence usually breaks, what gets measured and which pages cover it.
Energy performance
Bills arrive late and cover odd periods, and nobody can say which system used what. Baselines ignore weather, so progress looks like luck.
Main and sub-meters by fuel, feeder and major equipment, plus weather per site.
Weather-normalized baselines, EnPIs and verified savings. Pages: /compliance/iso-50001, /compliance/ashrae-90-1, /compliance/energy-star-portfolio-manager, /compliance/esos, /compliance/nabers, /compliance/bee-pat-and-ecbc, /compliance/eu-epbd/.
Building performance laws
Owners find out they missed a limit after the year closes, when nothing can be done.
Energy by fuel per building, monthly, against the limit for the year.
Year-to-date tracking against each limit, with the gap acted on early. Pages: /compliance/local-law-97, /compliance/building-performance-standards, /compliance/eu-epbd/.
Water use and loss
Leaks and unmetered uses hide inside a single utility bill, and water audits rely on estimates.
Main and sub-meters by source and use, pressure and level, with night flow.
A live water balance and leak alerts. Pages: /compliance/awwa-m36-water-audit, /compliance/leed, /compliance/breeam, /compliance/dubai-al-safat, /compliance/estidama-pearl/.
Water safety
Temperature drift and stagnant branches go unseen between manual rounds.
Water temperature and flow at instrumented control points and low-use branches.
Continuous control point records with excursions closed. Pages: /compliance/ashrae-188-water-management, /compliance/legionella-hsg274-l8, /compliance/joint-commission-environment-of-care/.
Indoor air and ventilation
Spot checks show a good day, while pressure reversals and CO2 build-up happen when nobody looks.
CO2, temperature, humidity, particulates, VOCs and room pressure per zone.
Per-zone records against each space's limit. Pages: /compliance/ashrae-62-1, /compliance/ashrae-170, /compliance/well, /compliance/nabh, /compliance/joint-commission-environment-of-care/.
Carbon and disclosure
Year-end spreadsheets mix estimates with bills, and assurance providers cannot trace totals to source.
Fuel and electricity by site, water by source, with factors and estimates flagged.
Measured activity data with a meter-to-total trail. Pages: /compliance/ghg-protocol-scope-1-and-2, /compliance/secr, /compliance/csrd, /compliance/cdp-climate-and-water, /compliance/brsr-core, /compliance/gresb, /compliance/iso-14001/.
From scattered records to audit-ready evidence across a portfolio
The order is the same whatever the standard: map obligations, connect what exists, fill gaps, then run the year on live data.
Map obligations to sites
List each site's standards and filings with their deadlines, then list the data each one needs. Upload 6 to 12 months of bills for a day-one baseline.
Connect existing meters and the BMS
Read utility meters, sub-meters and BMS points over BACnet, Modbus, M-Bus or pulse outputs. aQ Atria tags each new device to its site, floor and zone.
Fill the evidence gaps
Add wireless meters and sensors where a standard asks for data you cannot produce, such as tenant splits, room pressure or water temperature at control points.
Run the year on live data
Excursions and faults are flagged and closed as they happen. Each filing draws on the same measured record, exported with its trail.
Which measurements serve which standards
One device often serves several standards. This is the usual starting kit.
| Measurement | Typical device or source | Standards it serves |
|---|---|---|
| Electricity by building and feeder | Utility meter, CT-based sub-meters, BMS power points | ISO 50001, ASHRAE 90.1, Portfolio Manager, LL97, NABERS, ESOS, SECR, PAT |
| Gas and other fuels | Gas meters with pulse outputs, fuel flow meters, generator meters | GHG Protocol Scope 1, LL97, SECR, BRSR Core, CDP |
| District heating and cooling | Thermal energy meters over M-Bus or Modbus | Al Sa'fat, Estidama Pearl, GHG Protocol Scope 2, EPBD |
| Water by source and use | Main and sub-meters, borewell and tanker meters | AWWA M36, LEED, BREEAM, BRSR Core, CDP, CSRD |
| Water temperature and flow at control points | Pipe temperature sensors, branch flow meters | ASHRAE 188, L8 and HSG274, Joint Commission EC |
| CO2, temperature and humidity per zone | AirSafe sensors or BMS points | ASHRAE 62.1, WELL, LEED, NABH, EPBD |
| Room pressure and airflow | Room pressure monitors and BMS airflow points | ASHRAE 170, Joint Commission EC, NABH |
| Particulates and VOCs | Multi-parameter air quality sensors | WELL, LEED, NABH |
| Weather and occupancy | Weather data per site, PIR and occupancy sensors | Every weather-normalized baseline and EnPI |
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Common questions
Building compliance software collects and organizes the data that energy, water and air standards require. Aqueduct does this from live meters and sensors rather than bills gathered at the deadline, and adds weather-normalized baselines and savings verified at the meter. The owner or consultant still prepares and files the submission.
No. Aqueduct supplies measured evidence, baselines and verified results, and helps teams act on the gap. Compliance, certification and filing stay with the owner, their consultant and the certifying body or authority.
Aqueduct supplies data for ISO 50001, ASHRAE 62.1 and 90.1, LEED, WELL, BREEAM, ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager, Local Law 97 and other building performance standards, GRESB, CSRD, AWWA M36 water audits, Dubai Al Sa'fat and NABH. The same metered dataset feeds each one.
Energy compliance reporting is the recurring submission of energy use, emissions or performance data to a city, regulator, investor or certification program. Aqueduct keeps that data measured all year by site and fuel, so the report is an export rather than a scramble.
Yes. Aqueduct can build a day-one baseline from 6 to 12 months of utility bills, then track performance against it as live meter data arrives.
No. Aqueduct is the measured data behind the consultant's work. Consultants spend less time chasing bills and more time on strategy, submissions and the projects that close the gap.
Aqueduct measures water, energy and indoor air with equal weight. Water balances, zone-level CO2 and particulates, and energy by fuel all sit on the same platform, which matters for LEED, WELL, BREEAM and water audits.
Start with the market view on this page, then add the topic standards your investors and customers ask for, such as GRESB, CDP or CSRD. One measured dataset in aQ Core feeds all of them, so each site is metered once.
Usually not. Most standards share the same measurements, and existing utility meters, sub-meters and BMS points can be read. New devices go where a standard asks for something nobody measures today.
Readings are stored at interval level, so the same data can be totaled by calendar year, financial year or a rating period such as NABERS's 12 months, without re-collecting anything.
We describe each standard as accurately as we can, but standards, thresholds and deadlines change. Always check the current edition and your local rules, and confirm with your consultant or assessor.
Always your team, your consultant, your assessor or the authority. Aqueduct supplies measured evidence; it never certifies, accredits or files on your behalf.
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