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Status Functionality already exists
Created by Guest
Created on Jun 9, 2025

Environmental Conditions/Temperature Overlay For Target Tracking

As a user, when I'm setting targets and tracking them, would want the ability to compare with an overlay to environmental conditions.   Example, if my target is 10% less heatign fuel vs. last year, but it's 20% colder on average, to display that information. 

Idea priority Low
Needed By Not sure -- Just thought it was cool
IBM Wide Managed Tags: Ideas Source: IBM Expert Labs, Source: Customer, Market: Americas - Canada
  • Admin
    Vergelle Parrocha
    Sep 10, 2025

    Changing status based on @Travis Bohne 's comment above

  • Guest
    Sep 5, 2025

    As discussed previously the multivariate forecasting capability exists within the Envizi PA add-on:
    https://www.ibm.com/products/envizi/sustainability-planning

    This function can incorporate exogenous variables like temperature data to determine a an emissions or activity/consumption forecast.

  • Guest
    Jun 16, 2025

    Hi Peter; we are actively looking into incorporating this as a Q3 feature for the Planning Analytics (PA) add-on. The PA add-on has an Ai assisted Multivariate forecasting function that can incorporate weather values into a forecast model. You would also be able to do this manually or via other calculation methods if you so choose.

    I am working adapting the Envizi weather data into a data model resource for planning analytics to utilize, targeted for a Q3 release. Planning Analytics can also incorporate other outside sources of data into its model as well.

    I can see we will be meeting today to discuss the Add-On module so i will provide more details for you at that time.

  • Admin
    Michael Dunbar
    Jun 9, 2025

    Hi Peter -- I can understand why this would be useful information when modelling the targets for an organization. We intend to extend our Planning Analytics use-cases to cater for programs, targets and forecasting (forward looking). @Travis Bohne can you please own this idea and provide more insights into future plans.