These sustainability strategies start at the bottom line

You recognize the pressure to cut carbon emissions. You also know your buildings need updates that can’t wait. Fortunately, you don’t have to choose one or the other. Advance toward both goals with three key strategies.

The push to decarbonize the planet is focused on buildings, which represent nearly 40% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Your organization may already have committed to sustainability goals or be facing regulatory pressure to cut emissions.

At the same time, you need to direct capital toward improvements that cut costs and drive revenue—and there’s only so much money in the budget.

Fortunately, you don’t have to choose between facility improvements and sustainability; one can lead directly to the other. Let Johnson Controls help you with solutions that reduce operating costs and boost productivity while also shrinking your carbon footprint. Consider these three strategies.

1. Infrastructure as a service: Advantages for your balance sheet

This financing strategy, typically focused on creating efficiencies, requires no upfront capital or bank loan. Johnson Controls takes on the risk and responsibilities of planning, funding and servicing. You make regular payments for improvements that optimize equipment such as HVAC systems, your central utility plant and dfacilities infrastructure. The project benefits help offset costs and drive toward net zero goals. 

2. Renewables: Savings plus potential revenue

Renewable energy solutions such as solar power generate savings, can help you capture incentives or avoid penalties and visibly demonstrate your commitment to sustainability. Plus, you have the potential to sell power back to the grid, creating a new revenue stream. We offer a complete range of renewable energy solutions including market-based renewables from front of the meter; distributed energy solutions from behind the meter; and traditional energy management to optimize for cost, carbon and resiliency.

3. Operations and maintenance: Filling the gaps

O&M provides the people, processes and technology to keep building systems working at peak condition. Johnson Controls solutions range from planned service agreements, where factory-trained professionals regularly visit your facility to maintain equipment, to embedding our experts on site for day-to-day service. Augment your staff at a time when skilled labor is in short supply, minimize maintenance costs, extend asset life, and ensure facility performance through contractual KPIs. We’ll also help you create a realistic plan to address deferred maintenance.

Find the funding that maximizes flexibility

These strategies deliver on your priorities and, as a natural byproduct, advance sustainability. And they’re affordable now.

Johnson Controls Capital works with you to determine the funding solution that makes sense for your organization, with options ranging from traditional equipment funding to the as-a-service approach described above. We’ve funded more than $6 billion in customer projects worldwide and can tailor a solution to your goals.