Backpack is a comprehensive solution designed to digitize the built world. By collecting data from documents, integrations, surveys, and annual site visits, Backpack aggregates and centralizes building information, ranging from property characteristics, leasing data, utilities, equipment, real-time data, capital plans, and more. This digital foundation powers built-in tools like automated Energy Star scoring and compliance tracking, while providing the insights needed to effectively run decarbonization programs, prioritize capital projects, lower insurance premiums, and enable Backpack’s Marketplace of products and services to offer cash-back rewards.
Backpack was born out of an acquisition of Bractlet in 2021, a software company that developed the industry’s most advanced energy analytics and modeling technology. Motivated by the philosophy that accurate data is the key for driving change, their team is focused on arming the built world with comprehensive, verified, and accessible property data – transitioning the industry away from the days when data sits siloed onsite, scattered across various spreadsheets, leaving you with more questions than answers.
With digitized and up-to-date information, Backpack is empowering stakeholders to leverage robust information to implement sustainability initiatives, provide intelligence for better planning, effectively track results, and tap into opportunities that increase profit.
The West Coast office owner cycled through three FDD platforms over several years as it tried to bring a non-performing Seattle office building under Washington’s EUI targets. Each attempt created work, not outcomes.
Intuitive Surgical didn’t change its cleanroom ventilation strategy because energy models said it should. It changed course because it finally had data that its manufacturing and EHS teams were willing to trust.
An access control ransomware attack left the front doors of a commercial building unusable for days—and turned a routine IT incident into an operational and financial gut check.
Armis, KODE Labs, and IntelliBuild announced a partnership aimed at connecting cybersecurity asset discovery, building performance analytics, and digital commissioning into a shared workflow for building owners.
Washington State’s building performance standards forced Hudson Pacific Properties to move faster on an underperforming Seattle office building—or face roughly $0.30 per square foot in annual penalties.
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