Services
Point380 breaks its services into two classes, what we call "technical" and "intelligence" services. Our intelligence services provide analysis on public policy, regulation, and market trends to corporations, trade associations and the financial industry. Our technical services provide design and operational analysis for industrial and commercial operations for an array of needs, from carbon baseline development to operating cost reduction.Intelligence services:
Financial Industry Support GHG Policy Tracking and Lobbyist Technical SupportTechnical services:
Energy and GHG Risk Analysis Design for Energy Efficiency (DfEE) Enterprise Energy and GHG ManagementAdditional services
Financial Industry Support
Point380 evaluates industry and regulatory trends for institutional investors, private equity firms, hedge fund managers, venture capital groups, and others interested in making plays in climate- and energy-related fields. Point380 evaluates market opportunities and exploitable market inefficiencies for our financial industry clients, especially in the insurance and reinsurance sector. Point380 also provides support to alternative energy and climate services firms seeking investors.
U.S. GHG Policy Tracking and Lobbyist Technical Support
Point380 tracks policy developments at the State and Federal level specifically for mid-sized manufacturing industries. Food and beverage, pharmaceutical, semiconductor and high-technology manufacturing industries have found their facilities on the cusp of regulation under the various GHG controls implemented and proposed worldwide. Companies and trade associations that join Point380's GHG Policy Insider Group can receive up-to-date information and analysis of U.S. and international policy developments.
Energy and GHG Risk Analysis
Point380 staff performed a project to assess energy and interruption cost risk for 22 industrial facilities owned and operated by a large multinational in 19 countries. Forecasted energy commodity costs and volatility were analyzed and compared to plant specific prices and energy consumption. Monte Carlo models of each facility were built to predict ranges of cost and confidence intervals. Plant systems were analyzed for opportunities to improve efficiency, apply renewable energy resources and reduce risk of production interruption.
Design for Energy Efficiency (DfEE)
Point380 staff have developed and managed conceptual design of industrial energy systems that have reduced capital and operating costs for new facilities and production lines. We lead design workshops that effectively combine the deep knowledge of specialized processes held by a company's internal technical team with Point380's expertise in common industrial utility systems such as compressed air, chilling, HVAC, steam, lighting and heat integration. This design process has proven effective to reduce the capital costs of facility utilities while reducing energy and water consumption 30 percent.
Enterprise Energy and GHG Management
Point380 provides a full spectrum of energy and GHG emission management services to companies that have limited internal staff to cover all energy and climate issues. Point380's services have been used to jump-start energy management programs by establishing data collection and analysis methodology and by providing content for manuals and best practices case studies. Point380 consultants have guided companies' assessment of exposure and response to legislation of carbon emissions from their own facilities and their energy utilities.
Additional services:
Facility energy and GHG emission risk analysis New facility design workshops Best practice analysis, documentation and presentation Facility walkthrough assessments Company energy "help desk" Preliminary engineering feasibility analysis RFP development Energy and climate legislation analysis and tracking GHG emission baseline development and verification Rebate and tax incentive assessment and submission