
How the
platform works
Just feed Canary the data and out come the benefits: monitoring, automation, optimization, reporting... It may seem like a lot of functionality and flexibility for one single tool. But look closer and you will see how tried and tested ideas blend together into a platform that is greater than the sum of its parts.

1. Data gathering
When we say: ‘any kind of data’, we mean it. Operational measurements, financial records, hours of training completed, consumptions or emissions… If it can be expressed in numbers, letters or binary, Canary can handle it.
Smart devices can connect directly through our CATCH gateways for real-time monitoring. Are your departments still using Excel spreadsheets for data collection, quick checks or distribution? Release them from those tasks: our software will import the information automatically, as often as you like, and from any platform or device.

2. Data enrichment
Context is everything. And you can have it all. Location, time, category, corresponding SDG… Add any and all information you like to a datapoint to make it more meaningful. Canary knows where every bit of information comes from and how that fits into the bigger picture. Your data is now enriched and ready for action.
Learn moreThink of it as using tags with added functionality. At a basic level, you can group, search and sort related sensors or information, and then use it, share it or build a model out of it. But the right tag can also tell the platform how to convert a measurement into additional information. For example, it can calculate the emissions per distance for any given electric vehicle, taking into account how ‘green’ the energy contract is.

3. Monitor - Alert - Respond
Obviously we’ve got the basics covered, with a twist. All the enriched data that flows into Canary, comes right back out in the form of real-time dashboards, tailored to your operations. That’s dashboards, plural, because you can have several different ones to share the necessary information with the right people. The right data at the right time for the right people: that’s Canary in a nutshell.
The added tags and other contextual data allows for alerts and automation of your processes, using simple logic rules. No actual coding required from your part. Here’s the twist: because Canary combines data from anywhere about anything, you could have some truly radical automation.
Learn moreAn alert when water is running while no one’s supposed to be at work? Sure, play the hits.
Sharing all HVAC related data directly with your maintenance partner, so they see (potential) problems before you even notice them? We like the way you think.
How’s about importing work schedules so Canary knows how to optimize workplace occupancy, to adjust air conditioning and lighting to the expected and real office attendance?
Or managing the working hours of the cleaning staff according to the expected visitor numbers in the offices?
Now you’re starting to scratch the surface of what’s possible!

4. Reporting
You face ever more demands, often even obligations, to provide transparent reporting on everything from your finances to your sustainability efforts. We know and we’ve got your back. The Canary platform collects exactly the kind of data you report on, both internally and to governments and stakeholders. And at the press of a button, Canary shows you what those numbers mean in terms of your impact. Operations used X kWh today? Well, that comes to Y kg of CO2 (per unit of your choice), accounting for your energy mix. Same basic idea for water, waste and resources.
Learn moreWe also know there is a wide variety of different reporting frameworks and benchmarks your stakeholders might ask you to use. And Canary knows where every bit of that enriched data of yours fits in any commonly used framework. GRI, ESG, GHG, SDG… Take your pick. Real-time too.
This also means that there is always a track record that can be audited as a safeguard against greenwashing.
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