JP2022174747A - support system - Google Patents

Abstract

To reduce the burden on reporters related to ESG.SOLUTION: A support system 100 includes: a first device 110 capable of performing various types of information processing; a second device 112 including at least one of a computer (site management device 112b), a terminal device 112a and a sensor device 112c and capable of communicating with the first device 110. The first device 110 acquires a predetermined type of original data from the second device 112 and generates utility data including at least one of energy consumption, water consumption, an amount of greenhouse gas emissions, and an amount of waste emissions, used for ESG reporting based on the acquired original data.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a support system that supports preparation of reports such as ESG.

For example, Patent Literature 1 discloses a system for supporting ESG management. This system supports ESG management by analyzing and visualizing ESG data and financial data.

Japanese Patent No. 6866054

By the way, companies sometimes prepare ESG reports for the purpose of communicating their ESG initiatives to various stakeholders. In addition, there is GRESB as an ESG in the real estate sector. For example, a building owner may generate a GRESB report to obtain a rating for their building. In order to prepare these reports, it was necessary to collect and summarize various data, which was a burden on the reporter.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of such problems, it is an object of the present invention to provide a support system capable of reducing the burden on a reporter regarding ESG.

In order to solve the above problems, the support system of the present invention includes a first device capable of executing various types of information processing, and at least one of a computer, a terminal device, and a sensor device, and is capable of communicating with the first device. and a second device, wherein the first device acquires a predetermined type of original data from the second device, and based on the acquired original data, energy consumption and water consumption used for ESG reporting. , generates utility data including greenhouse gas emissions and/or waste emissions.

The second device is a computer that manages a portal site of a company that supplies at least one of energy and water. Page data indicating a page related to a building to which at least one of them is supplied may be obtained as original data, and utility data relating to the building may be generated based on the page data obtained as the original data.

In addition, the second device includes a measuring instrument for measuring energy consumption, a measuring instrument for measuring water consumption, a measuring instrument for measuring greenhouse gas emissions, and a measuring instrument for measuring waste emissions. A sensor device that is associated with a measuring device that includes at least one of them, acquires measured data from the measuring device, and can transmit the measured data to a first device, and the first device receives the measured data from the second device. It is possible to acquire utility data relating to a building in which a measuring device corresponding to the second device is installed based on the measurement data acquired as the original data.

Also, the second device is a terminal device capable of transmitting bill data representing an electronic bill to the first device, and the first device acquires the bill data as original data from the second device. However, based on the invoice data acquired as the original data, utility data relating to the building to be billed by the invoice may be generated.

ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, it becomes possible to reduce the burden of a reporter regarding ESG.

FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining the procedure for preparing a conventional GRESB report. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the support system according to this embodiment. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of an input table. FIG. 4 is a flow chart for explaining the operation flow of the arithmetic unit of the first device. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a method of collecting utility data by the data collection unit. FIG. 6 is a sequence diagram illustrating the flow of collecting utility data by invoice. FIG. 7 is a sequence diagram illustrating the flow of utility data collection by the portal site. FIG. 8 is a sequence diagram illustrating the flow of utility data collection by the sensor device. FIG. 9 is a sequence diagram illustrating the flow of referencing and editing of the input table. FIG. 10 is a sequence diagram illustrating the flow of report creation by the first report creation unit. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a GRESB report created by the first report creation section.

Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The dimensions, materials, and other specific numerical values shown in these embodiments are merely examples for facilitating understanding of the invention, and do not limit the invention unless otherwise specified. In the present specification and drawings, elements having substantially the same function and configuration are given the same reference numerals to omit redundant description, and elements that are not directly related to the present invention are omitted from the drawings. do.

(About ESG and GRESB)
ESG means taking into consideration the three perspectives of environment (E), society (S), and governance (G) in order to realize a sustainable world. Companies sometimes prepare ESG reports for the purpose of communicating to various stakeholders how they are implementing ESG initiatives.

Here, as ESG in the real estate sector, there is something called GRESB (Gresby or Gresbu). GRESB is a building rating system by a public interest group that rates buildings. GRESB reviews the ratings of buildings and/or the companies that own or operate them.

Buildings include, for example, buildings, condominiums, offices, commercial facilities, accommodation facilities, factories, warehouses, hospitals, and various facilities. The buildings are not limited to those illustrated, and may be various types of real estate fixed to the land.

Those involved in building operations may wish to obtain a GRESB rating to demonstrate the ESG considerations of the buildings in which they are involved. Hereinafter, for convenience of explanation, a person involved in the operation of a building may be referred to as an operator. The operator here is a building owner (owner), a building developer, a building asset manager, a building operation manager, or the like.

A building operator prepares a GRESB report and submits it to the GRESB headquarters when he/she wishes to obtain a rating for a building in which he/she is involved. A GRESB report is submitted, for example, once a year. The GRESB report includes the items "energy," "water," "greenhouse gases," and "waste," and provides data for each of these items for buildings in which operators are involved.

The GRESB Headquarters refers to the submitted GRESB report, examines the building indicated in the GRESB report, and grades the building. This gives a GRESB rating to the building in which the operator is involved. By obtaining a GRESB rating, building operators can demonstrate to various stakeholders that the buildings they are involved in are ESG-friendly. The GRESB report will be described below as an example of a report on ESG. For convenience of explanation, the GRESB report may be simply referred to as the report.

(Procedures for preparing conventional GRESB reports)
FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining the procedure for preparing a conventional GRESB report. Conventionally, when preparing a GRESB report, an operator 10 collects utility data on buildings 12 in which they are involved (S1).

Utility data is used in the preparation and submission of ESG reports, specifically GRESB reports. The utility data includes at least one of building 12 energy consumption, building 12 water consumption, building 12 greenhouse gas emissions, and building 12 waste emissions. Energy consumption includes at least one of power consumption and gas usage.

The building 12 may actually be managed individually by a facility manager, a tenant manager, or the like. In such cases, the administrator who actually manages the building 12 knows the utility data regarding the building 12 under management. The operator 10 collects utility data relating to the building 12 in which the operator is involved in management from the administrator who actually manages the building 12 .

An operator 10 may be involved in the operation of a number of buildings 12 (eg, 80, etc.). As a result, the operator 10 collects utility data on each building 12 involved in management.

After collecting the utility data, the operator 10 puts together the collected utility data in a format conforming to the format of the GRESB report to create a GRESB report (S2). The format of the GRESB report is similar to a sheet of spreadsheet software in which a plurality of cells are arranged in a matrix, and predetermined types of utility data are entered in predetermined cells.

After creating the GRESB report, the operator 10 self-checks whether there is an error in the description of the GRESB report (S3). Also, the operator 10 may be checked by a third-party organization such as an audit corporation (S4). After such checks, the operator 10 submits the GRESB report to the GRESB headquarters (S5).

(embodiment)
Here, if the operator 10 is involved in the operation of many buildings 12, utility data will be collected from many buildings 12, so collecting the utility data is a burden on the operator 10. is large. Moreover, not only the collection of utility data, but also the collection of utility data and the creation of the GRESB report impose a heavy burden on the operator 10 .

Therefore, in the present embodiment, when the operator 10 prepares an ESG-related report such as the GRESB report, the collection of utility data and the preparation of the report are supported.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the support system 100 according to this embodiment. Support system 100 includes first device 110 , second device 112 and communication network 114 .

The first device 110 belongs to a system administrator who manages the support system 100 . The first device 110 is a computer capable of executing various types of information processing. The first device 110 is, for example, a cloud server managed by a system administrator. Henceforth, the 1st apparatus 110 may be called a cloud server or a server.

The second device 112 is a device capable of communicating with the first device 110 and includes at least one of a computer, a terminal device, and a sensor device. In the example of FIG. 2, the second device 112 is a terminal device 112a. The terminal device 112 a belongs to the user of the support system 100 , ie the operator 10 of the building 12 .

The first device 110 comprises a communication unit 120 , a user interface 122 , a storage unit 124 and an arithmetic unit 126 . The communication unit 120 can communicate with various devices by wire or wirelessly through the communication network 114 .

The user interface 122 includes a display device such as a liquid crystal display or an organic EL display that displays various information. In addition to the display device, the user interface 122 may also include an output device such as a speaker that presents various information to the user. The user interface 122 also includes an input device that receives user operations, such as a touch panel, keyboard, or mouse.

The storage unit 124 is composed of nonvolatile storage elements. Note that the nonvolatile memory element may include an electrically readable/writable nonvolatile memory element such as a flash memory. A database 130 and an input table 132 are stored in the storage unit 124 .

The database 130 is a collection of various data related to the building 12 in which the operator 10 who is the user of the support system 100 is involved. The database 130 contains previously acquired utility data. That is, the storage unit 124 accumulates utility data.

Database 130 may include basic information about buildings 12 with which operator 10 is involved. The basic information of the building 12 includes, for example, information specific to the building 12 such as the name of the building 12, the address of the building 12, the building area of the building 12, and the information acquired when the operator 10 acquired the building 12. The date and the like may be included.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the input table 132. As shown in FIG. The input table 132 is a table for managing utility data of the building 12 and basic information of the building 12 . For example, the input table 132 has a format similar to a sheet of spreadsheet software in which a plurality of cells are arranged in a matrix.

Input positions in the input table 132 are divided according to the type of utility data and the collection timing of the utility data. More specifically, in the input table 132, each of "power consumption", "gas consumption", "water consumption", "greenhouse gas emissions" and "waste emissions" The input position of utility data is fixed. In addition, in the input table 132, the input position is determined for each utility data collection timing even for the same type of utility data. The collection timing may include not only the timing at which utility data was acquired in the past, but also the timing at which utility data is scheduled to be acquired in the future.

In the example of FIG. 3, one row corresponds to one building 12, and each column corresponds to the type of utility data and the date of collection of the utility data.

Further, the input table 132 may have input positions classified according to the type of basic information of the building 12 . In the example of FIG. 3, the input positions of the name, address, building area, and date of acquisition of the building 12 are determined in columns other than the column of utility data.

As will be described later, the collected utility data is stored in the storage unit 124 in association with the input position specified by the collected utility data in the input table 132 .

Note that the input table 132 may include input positions for which the collection timing has not yet arrived. An input position for which the collection timing has not yet arrived is associated with no utility data, such as a blank space.

Returning to FIG. 2, computing device 126 includes one or more processors 140 and one or more memories 142 coupled to processors 140 . The memory 142 includes a ROM storing programs and the like and a RAM as a work area. Processor 140 cooperates with a program contained in memory 142 to control each unit of first device 110 and perform various types of information processing.

Processor 140 also functions as data collection unit 150, data input unit 152, check unit 154, first report creation unit 156, second report creation unit 158, and countermeasure creation unit 160 by executing programs.

The data collection unit 150 collects utility data when a predetermined first trigger occurs. The predetermined first trigger can be arbitrarily set, for example, when a predetermined date and time every month comes. A method of collecting utility data will be described in detail later.

Each time utility data is collected, the data input unit 152 causes the storage unit 124 to store the collected utility data in association with the input position specified by the collected utility data in the input table 132 . For example, when the power consumption in January 20XX is collected by the data collection unit 150, the data input unit 152 puts Input the collected data. The data input unit 152 causes the storage unit 124 to store the input data in association with the position data (for example, matrix coordinates) in the input table 132 indicating the input position where the data is input.

The input table 132 may also include an item of total energy consumption, which is the sum of the power consumption and the gas consumption. The data input unit 152 sums the collected power consumption and the collected gas usage to derive the total energy consumption, and puts it in the total energy consumption input position of the input table 132. You may associate and store it in the memory|storage part 124. FIG. In addition, the data input unit 152 multiplies the total amount of energy consumption by the greenhouse gas emission factor to derive the amount of greenhouse gas emissions, and associates it with the input position of the amount of greenhouse gas emissions in the input table 132. may be stored in the storage unit 124.

Check unit 154 checks the validity of data associated with the specified input position in input table 132 . Checking the validity of data means determining whether or not the data is an abnormal value, but may also include determining whether or not it is an error. For example, the check unit 154 highlights the input position when the data associated with the input position of the specified power consumption should be input with ◯◯ MW and ◯◯ GW is input. You may be made to call attention by.

First report creation unit 156 creates a GRESB report (first report) based on the utility data accumulated in storage unit 124 when a predetermined second trigger occurs. The predetermined second trigger can be arbitrarily set, for example, when a predetermined date and time every year has arrived. Further, the predetermined second trigger is not limited to the date and time set in advance, and may be, for example, the output request from the terminal device 112a or the like requesting the output of the report.

The first report creating unit 156 derives utility data for a predetermined period for each type of utility data based on the utility data for each input position in the input table 132 . The first report creation unit 156 creates a GRESB report that describes the derived utility data.

For example, assume that a predetermined second trigger occurs while utility data up to January 20XX is accumulated in the storage unit 124 . In this case, the first report creating unit 156 refers to the input table 132 and reads from the storage unit 124 monthly utility data for the most recent year including January 20XX. For example, the first report creating unit 156 identifies the input position of the input data based on the type and period of utility data necessary for creating the report. Since input positions and utility data are associated in the input table 132, the first report generation unit 156 can easily identify and read the utility data necessary for generating a report by identifying the input positions. be able to.

After reading out the specific utility data, the first report creation unit 156 collects the "power consumption" for the most recent year including January 20XX (in other words, power consumption). The first report creation unit 156 writes the total value of the "power consumption" for the most recent year in the "power consumption" column of the GRESB report.

The first report creation unit 156 derives the total value for the most recent one year including January 20XX for other types of utility data in the same manner as for the “electricity consumption”, and calculates the relevant data for the GRESB report. Describe in the column corresponding to other types of utility data. The first report creation unit 156 stores utility data for a predetermined period of time for all types of utility data necessary for reporting in specific locations corresponding to the types of utility data. By performing such processing for each building 12, a GRESB report in which utility data for a predetermined period is described for each building 12 is finally created.

Second report creation unit 158 creates another report of a type different from the GRESB report (first report) created by first report creation unit 156 based on the utility data accumulated in storage unit 124. prepare a report (second report). The other report may be, for example, a report related to the Act on Rationalization of Energy Specifications (Energy Conservation Act), or a report related to the Act on Promotion of Global Warming Countermeasures (Global Warming Act). good too. By creating other reports, the user of the support system 100 can further reduce the burden of creating reports.

The countermeasure generation unit 160 analyzes the GRESB report generated by the first report generation unit 156 and generates information indicating countermeasures for improving the evaluation of future examinations. By presenting the information indicating countermeasures, the operator 10 who is the user of the support system 100 can review the operation of the building 12 more specifically.

Note that the check unit 154, the second report creation unit 158, and the countermeasure generation unit 160 may be omitted. Further, the check unit 154 may check the input table 132 before the GRESB report is created, or may check the created GRESB report.

The second device 112 comprises a communication unit 170 , a user interface 172 , a storage unit 174 and an arithmetic unit 176 . The communication unit 170 can communicate with various devices by wire or wirelessly through the communication network 114 . For example, the communication unit 170 can communicate with the first device 110 .

The user interface 172 includes a display device that displays various information, such as a liquid crystal display or an organic EL display. In addition to the display device, the user interface 172 may also include an output device, such as a speaker, for presenting various types of information to the user. The user interface 172 also includes an input device that accepts user operations, such as a touch panel, keyboard, or mouse.

The storage unit 174 is composed of nonvolatile storage elements. Note that the nonvolatile memory element may include an electrically readable/writable nonvolatile memory element such as a flash memory.

Computing device 176 includes one or more processors 180 and one or more memories 182 coupled to processors 180 . The memory 182 includes a ROM storing programs and the like and a RAM as a work area. The processor 180 cooperates with a program contained in the memory 182 to control each unit of the terminal device 112a and perform various information processing. The processor also functions as the terminal control unit 190 by executing programs.

For example, when an operation requesting output of a report is input through the user interface 172, the terminal control unit 190 can transmit information requesting output of the report to the first device 110 through the communication unit 170. . When the display data of the report is transmitted to the terminal device 112a in response to this, the terminal control unit 190 can cause the display device of the user interface 172 to display the report.

When an operation requesting display of the input table 132 on the terminal device 112 a is input through the user interface 172 , the terminal control unit 190 transmits information requesting display of the input table 132 to the first device 110 via the communication unit 170 . can be sent to When the display data of the input table 132 is transmitted to the terminal device 112 a in response to this, the terminal control unit 190 can cause the display device of the user interface 172 to display the input table 132 .

Further, when an editing operation for the displayed input table 132 is input through the user interface 172, the terminal control unit 190 can change the display of the input table 132. FIG. In addition, when an operation to save the input table 132 is input through the user interface 172, the terminal control unit 190 transmits information requesting update of the input table 132 to the first device 110 to overwrite and update the input table 132. be able to.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart illustrating the operation flow of the arithmetic device 126 of the first device 110 . The arithmetic unit 126 repeats the series of processes in FIG. 4 at predetermined interrupt timings that occur at predetermined intervals.

The data collection unit 150 of the computing device 126 determines whether or not the first trigger has occurred (S10). If the first trigger has not occurred (NO in S10), the data collection unit 150 proceeds to the process of step S14.

When the first trigger occurs (YES in S10), the data collection unit 150 performs data collection processing (S11) for collecting utility data. The data collection process (S11) will be detailed later.

After the data collection process (S11), the data input section 152 performs a data input process (S12) for storing the utility data collected by the data collection section 150 in the storage section 124 in association with the input position of the input table 132.

After the data input process (S12), the check unit 154 performs a check process (S13) to determine whether the data at a specific input position in the input table 132 is valid, and proceeds to the process of step S14. The specific input position is, for example, the input position where the data input process (S12) is performed, but may be any input position in the input table 132. FIG.

In step S14, the first report creating unit 156 determines whether or not a second trigger has occurred (S14). If the second trigger has not occurred (NO in S14), the first report creating unit 156 terminates the series of processes.

When the second trigger occurs (YES in S14), the first report creation unit 156 performs report creation processing (S15) for creating a GRESB report based on the utility data accumulated in the storage unit 124, End a series of processes. In the report creation process (S15), first report creation unit 156 causes storage unit 124 to store the created GRESB report.

The first report creating unit 156 may transmit the created GRESB report to the terminal device 112a, and the GRESB report may be displayed on the terminal device 112a. In addition, the first report creation unit 156 may send the created GRESB report to a third-party institution by e-mail or the like to request a third-party check, or may send the created GRESB report to the GRESB headquarters by e-mail or the like. may submit a GRESB report as

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a method of collecting utility data by the data collecting unit 150. As shown in FIG. The data collection unit 150 acquires a predetermined type of original data from the second device 112 . Based on the acquired original data, the data collection unit 150 generates utility data corresponding to the original data. In other words, the original data is the original data of the utility data for collecting the utility data.

Methods of collecting utility data by the data collection unit 150 include, for example, "collection by invoices", "collection by portal sites", and "collection by sensor devices".

In the "collection by invoice", the data collection unit 150 acquires invoice data representing electronic invoices as original data, as will be described later. In the “collection by portal site”, the data collection unit 150 acquires page data indicating pages of the portal site as original data, which will be described later. In the “collection by the sensor device”, the data collection unit 150 acquires measurement data acquired by the sensor device as original data, which will be described later.

In the “collection by invoice”, the support system 100 has a terminal device 112a as the second device 112. FIG. The terminal device 112a may be a personal computer or the like used by the operator 10 .

The terminal device 112a is configured to be able to digitize paper bills. The bill is, for example, a bill for charges incurred for each utility due to use of the utility, such as a "power bill." Bills are generated monthly, for example, on a monthly basis.

FIG. 6 is a sequence diagram illustrating the flow of collecting utility data by invoice. When the operator 10 performs an operation to scan a paper bill through the user interface 172, the terminal control unit 190 generates electronic bill data such as PDF based on the scanned bill. (S20).

The terminal control unit 190 transmits the computerized invoice data to the first device 110 (server) through the communication unit 170 according to the input operation of the operator 10 (S21).

The data collection unit 150 of the first device 110 receives the bill data from the terminal device 112a and acquires the bill data as original data (S22). That is, in "collection by invoice", the first trigger corresponds to receipt of invoice data. The data collection unit 150 stores the acquired invoice data in the storage unit 124 (S23).

Based on the invoice data acquired as original data, the data collection unit 150 generates utility data regarding the building 12 to be billed by the invoice (S24).

For example, it is assumed that the data collection unit 150 has acquired the bill data of the “electricity bill” for January 20XX for the predetermined building 12 . In this case, the data collection unit 150 performs OCR (Optical Character Reader) processing on invoice data such as PDF to convert the invoice data into text data. The data collection unit 150 extracts numerical data indicating power consumption from the bill data converted into text data. The data collection unit 150 uses the extracted numerical data as utility data of “power consumption” in January 20XX in the predetermined building 12 .

Returning to FIG. 5, the support system 100 has a site management device 112b as the second device 112 in “collection by portal site”. The site management device 112b is a computer that manages a portal site of a company that supplies at least one of energy and water. Energy here includes at least one of electric power and gas. The site management device 112b has a communication unit capable of communicating with the first device 110 through the communication network 114, although illustration is omitted.

The portal site provides, for each building 12, a page related to the building 12 supplied with at least one of energy and water from the company managing the portal site. For example, the portal site of a company that supplies power provides a history of the monthly amount of power received in each building 12 that receives power from the company.

In the portal site, pages related to buildings 12 are managed by a predetermined identifier (ID) and password for each building 12 . Here, it is assumed that the operator 10 using the support system 100 permits disclosure of the identifier and password of the page related to the building 12 in which the operator 10 is involved to the first device 110 .

FIG. 7 is a sequence diagram illustrating the flow of utility data collection by the portal site. The data collection unit 150 of the first device 110 communicates with the site management device 112b when a predetermined date and time arrives, and performs login request processing (S30) for requesting login on behalf of the operator 10. FIG. That is, in "collection by portal site", the first trigger corresponds to the arrival of a predetermined date and time. In the login request process, login information including an identifier (ID) and a password permitted by the operator 10 is transmitted to the site management device 112b.

Upon receiving the login information, the site management device 112b performs login processing (S31) for authentication using the identifier (ID) and password included in the login information. When the login succeeds in the login process (S31), the site management device 112b transmits to the first device 110 access information permitting access to the page regarding the building 12 in which the operator 10 is involved.

The data collection unit 150 performs page request processing for requesting a page related to the building 12 related to the operator 10 among the pages of the portal site (S32). In the page request process, page request information requesting a page is sent to the site management device 112b.

Upon receiving the page request information, the site management device 112b transmits page data indicating the page requested by the page request information to the first device 110 (S33).

By receiving the page data, the data collection unit 150 acquires, as original data, page data indicating a page related to the building 12 in which the operator 10 is involved (S34). The data collection unit 150 stores the acquired page data in the storage unit 174 (S35).

The data collection unit 150 generates utility data related to the building 12 in which the operator 10 is involved, based on the page data acquired as the original data (S36). For example, if the portal site is a portal site of a company that supplies power, the data collection unit 150 extracts data indicating the amount of power received in the most recent month from the acquired page data. The data collection unit 150 uses the extracted amount of power received in the most recent month as utility data of power consumption in the latest month.

Returning to FIG. 5, in “collection by sensor device”, the support system 100 has a sensor device 112c as the second device 112. FIG. The sensor device 112 c is associated with the measuring device 200 . The sensor device 112 c may be installed externally to the measuring device 200 or may be built into the measuring device 200 .

A measuring instrument 200 is provided for each building 12 . The measuring device 200 includes at least a measuring device for measuring energy consumption, a measuring device for measuring water usage, a measuring device for measuring greenhouse gas emissions, and a measuring device for measuring waste emissions. including any Energy here includes at least one of electric power and gas. The measuring device 200 is, for example, a power meter, a gas meter, a water meter, or the like. The measuring device 200 may be a smart meter.

The sensor device 112 c is configured to be able to acquire measurement data from the measuring device 200 . For example, if the measuring device 200 is a smart meter, the sensor device 112c may electrically acquire measurement data from the measuring device 200 . If the measuring device 200 is an analog meter, the sensor device 112c may, for example, capture an image of the guideline value of the measuring device 200 with an imaging device and acquire measurement data from the captured image.

The sensor device 112c includes a communication unit capable of communicating with the first device 110, although not shown. For example, sensor device 112 c may be in wireless communication with repeater 202 of communication network 114 and may communicate with first device 110 through repeater 202 and communication network 114 .

FIG. 8 is a sequence diagram illustrating the flow of utility data collection by the sensor device 112c. For the sensor device 112c, for example, the acquisition timing of measurement data is set in advance. The acquisition timing of the measurement data is set, for example, at a predetermined time every day, but is not limited to this example and may be set at any timing.

The sensor device 112c determines whether or not it is time to acquire measurement data at a predetermined interrupt timing that comes at a predetermined cycle (S40). If the measurement data acquisition timing has not arrived (NO in S40), the sensor device 112c terminates the current process.

When it is time to acquire measurement data (YES in S40), the sensor device 112c acquires measurement data from the measurement device 200 corresponding to the sensor device 112c (S41). The sensor device 112c transmits the acquired measurement data to the first device 110 (S42).

The data collection unit 150 of the first device 110 acquires the measurement data as original data by receiving the measurement data from the sensor device 112c (S43). That is, in "collection by the sensor device", the first trigger corresponds to reception of measurement data. The data collection unit 150 stores the acquired measurement data in the storage unit (S44).

The data collection unit 150 generates utility data regarding the building 12 in which the measuring device 200 corresponding to the sensor device 112c is installed, based on the measurement data acquired as the original data (S45).

For example, it is assumed that the data collection unit 150 acquires measurement data, which is image data indicating the indicator value of the power meter, from the sensor device 112c corresponding to the analog power meter. In this case, the data collection unit 150 performs image analysis on the measurement data and extracts the numerical value of the guideline value from the image of the measurement data. The data collection unit 150 derives the absolute value of the difference between the numerical value of the guideline value acquired last time and the numerical value of the guideline value extracted this time. The data collection unit 150 uses the absolute value of the derived difference value as utility data of “power consumption” for the most recent month.

In this way, the data collection unit 150 collects utility data for each building 12 and for each utility type periodically (for example, once a month), and the storage unit 124 stores the utility data. accumulated.

When utility data is acquired by the data collection unit 150, the data input unit 152 inputs the acquired utility data to the input table 132 as described above. The operator 10 can refer to and edit the input table 132 reflecting the utility data by operating the terminal device 112a.

FIG. 9 is a sequence diagram illustrating the flow of referencing and editing of the input table 132. As shown in FIG. When referring to the input table 132 , the operator 10 performs an operation requesting output of the input table 132 through the user interface 172 . The terminal control unit 190 of the terminal device 112a performs input table output request processing (S50) for transmitting output request information requesting output of the input table 132 to the first device 110 in response to an operation requesting output of the input table 132. I do.

When the data input unit 152 of the first device 110 receives the output request information of the input table 132, the input table output processing (S51 )I do.

Upon receiving the input table information, the terminal control unit 190 of the terminal device 112a causes the display device of the user interface to display the input table 132 (S52).

Further, when various operations for editing the input table 132 are input through the user interface 172, the terminal control unit 190 performs an input table editing process (S60) for editing the input table 132 according to the various operations.

When an operation indicating saving of the input table 132 is input through the user interface 172, the terminal control unit 190 performs input table update request processing (S61) for transmitting update request information requesting update of the input table 132. FIG.

When the first device 110 receives the update request information, the first device 110 changes the contents of the input table 132 to those indicated by the update request information and performs an input table update process (S62) of overwriting and updating the storage unit 124 .

In this manner, in the support system 100, various utility data are centrally managed by the input table 132 stored in the storage unit 124 of the first device 110, so management of utility data can be facilitated.

FIG. 10 is a sequence diagram illustrating the flow of report creation by first report creation unit 156 . When the operator 10 wants to output the report, the operator 10 may perform an operation through the user interface 172, such as clicking a software switch that requests output of the report. The terminal control unit 190 of the terminal device 112a performs report output request processing (S70) for transmitting output request information requesting output of the report to the first device 110 in response to the operation requesting the output of the report. .

When the report output request information is received from the terminal device 112a, the first report creation unit 156 of the first device 110 creates a report based on the utility data accumulated in the storage unit 124. (S71) is performed. The report creation process (S71) in FIG. 10 corresponds to the report creation process (S15) in FIG. In other words, in the example of FIG. 10, the second trigger corresponds to receiving report output request information. The created report is stored in storage unit 124 . The first report creation unit 156 performs report output processing (S72) for outputting the created report to the terminal device 112a.

Upon receiving the report from the first device 110, the terminal control unit 190 of the terminal device 112a performs report display processing (S73) for displaying the received report on the display device of the user interface 172. FIG. Thereby, the operator 10 can confirm the created report.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of the GRESB report created by the first report creating unit 156. As shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 11, the GRESB report describes basic information and utility data for each building 12 . In addition, the GRESB report describes utility data for one year going back from the time the report was created for each type of utility.

As described above, in the support system 100 of the present embodiment, the first device 110 acquires predetermined original data from the second device 112 and generates utility data used for ESG reporting based on the acquired original data. do. As a result, in the support system 100 of the present embodiment, the burden of collecting utility data on the reporter of the report can be reduced, and as a result, the burden on the reporter regarding ESG can be reduced. In addition, in the support system 100 of the present embodiment, utility data used for ESG reporting can be collected more efficiently than when the operator 10 collects it.

In addition, in the support system 100 of the present embodiment, the first device 110 collects utility data, accumulates utility data, and creates a report. Therefore, in the support system 100 of this embodiment, it is possible to reduce the burden of creating a report.

In this embodiment, an example of creating a GRESB report has been described. However, the report to be created is not limited to the GRESB report, and may be any report on ESG.

Further, in this embodiment, the data collection unit 150 collects utility data, and the first report generation unit 156 generates a report based on the utility data. However, the operator 10 may collect utility data, and the first report creation unit 156 may create a report based on the utility data.

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings, it goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to such embodiments. It is obvious that a person skilled in the art can conceive of various modifications or modifications within the scope described in the claims, and these also belong to the technical scope of the present invention. Understood.

12 Building 100 Support system 110 First device 112 Second device 112a Terminal device 112b Site management device 112c Sensor device 124 Storage unit 132 Input table 150 Data collection unit 152 Data input unit 154 Check unit 156 First report creation unit 158 Second 2 Report creation unit 160 Countermeasure generation unit 200 Measuring equipment

In order to solve the above problems, the support system of the present invention includes a first device capable of executing various types of information processing, and a computer that manages a portal site of a company that supplies at least one of energy and water , a second device capable of communicating with the first device ; among the pages of the portal site, pages related to buildings supplied with at least one of energy and water are provided with a predetermined identifier and A predetermined identifier and password are disclosed in advance to the first device, and the first device relates to the building of the portal site using the predetermined identifier and password disclosed in advance. access the page, acquire the page data indicating the page related to the building from the second device as the original data, and based on the page data acquired as the original data , the energy consumption used for the ESG report, Utility data including water consumption, greenhouse gas emissions and/or waste emissions is generated for the building .
In order to solve the above problems, the support system of the present invention includes a first device capable of executing various information processing, a measuring device for measuring energy consumption, a measuring device for measuring water consumption, a greenhouse effect Associated with a measuring device that includes at least one of a measuring device that measures gas emissions and a measuring device that measures waste emissions, acquires measurement data from the measurement device, and transmits the measurement data through a communication network a second device that is a sensor device that can be transmitted to the first device, and the first device acquires measurement data as original data from the second device, and based on the measurement data acquired as the original data, ESG Utility data including at least one of energy consumption, water consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, and waste emissions used for reporting, wherein measuring equipment corresponding to the second device is installed Generates utility data about the building being built.
In order to solve the above problems, the support system of the present invention includes a first device capable of executing various types of information processing, and a terminal device capable of transmitting bill data representing an electronic bill to the first device. The first device acquires PDF format bill data as original data from the second device, and performs OCR processing on the PDF format bill data acquired as the original data. to convert the invoice data into text format, and from the invoice data in text format, calculate at least one of energy consumption, water consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, and waste emissions. Utility data including at least one of energy consumption, water consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, and waste emissions for use in ESG reporting by extracting numerical data containing Generate utility data for buildings that are billed by invoice.

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a first device capable of executing various types of information processing;
a second device that includes at least one of a computer, a terminal device, and a sensor device and is communicable with the first device;
with
The first device is
obtaining original data of a predetermined type from the second device;
generating utility data including at least one of energy consumption, water consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, and waste emissions for use in ESG reporting, based on the obtained original data; support system. the second device is a computer that manages a portal site of a company that supplies at least one of energy and water;
The first device is
obtaining from the second device page data indicating pages of the portal site related to buildings receiving supply of at least one of energy and water as the original data;
2. The support system according to claim 1, wherein said utility data relating to said building is generated based on said page data acquired as said original data. The second device comprises a measuring instrument for measuring energy consumption, a measuring instrument for measuring water consumption, a measuring instrument for measuring greenhouse gas emissions, and a measuring instrument for measuring waste emissions. A sensor device associated with a measuring device including at least one, capable of acquiring measurement data from the measuring device and transmitting the measurement data to the first device,
The first device is
Acquiring the measurement data as the original data from the second device;
2. The support system according to claim 1, wherein said utility data relating to a building in which said measuring device corresponding to said second device is installed is generated based on said measurement data acquired as said original data. the second device is a terminal device capable of transmitting invoice data indicating an electronic invoice to the first device;
The first device is
obtaining the invoice data as the original data from the second device;
2. The support system according to claim 1, wherein said utility data relating to a building to be billed by said bill is generated based on said bill data acquired as said original data.

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