Seeq announces integration with Microsoft Sustainability Manager

Seeq Corporation has announced its Seeq Solution for Microsoft Sustainability Manager. The solution enables sustainability teams to extend the power of Microsoft Sustainability Manager, a Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability solution, to integrate time series process data preparation, analysis and continuous improvement, reducing the environmental impact of process industry operations.

Analysing time series data from sensors is critical for measuring sustainability impact at process manufacturing companies. Microsoft Sustainability Manager is designed to enable these organisations to unify their data to record, report and reduce their environmental impact. By leveraging the Seeq Solution for Microsoft Sustainability Manager, Seeq says it is possible to decrease data connectivity, preparation and analytics efforts.

With the solution, the Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability data model is incorporated into the Seeq workflow for consistency of emissions data. Process experts can leverage Seeq’s live data connectivity and auditable data cleansing and contextualisation capabilities to enrich their time series emissions data, reducing manual data preparation time by up to 80%, according to the company. Sustainability teams can then access this contextualised data within Microsoft Sustainability Manager to track direct (Scope 1) and indirect (Scope 2) emissions for reports and to set and track emissions reduction goals.

“As a Microsoft Partner, Seeq is committed to help our shared customers navigate their infrastructure and data challenges to achieve measurable sustainability gains,” said Megan Buntain, VP of Cloud Transformation at Seeq. “The Seeq Solution for Microsoft Sustainability Manager is the latest of our solutions built on the Seeq platform to make time series data insights available to all stakeholders for improved outcomes in process manufacturing.”

In addition to providing access to the operational data for the corporate sustainability teams, Seeq says the solution empowers subject matter experts to identify root causes of issues and opportunities for optimisation on an asset operations level. These insights provide continuous-improvement feedback as reports and system-wide emissions views are assembled and utilised by corporate teams in Microsoft Sustainability Manager. Real-time collaboration capabilities within Seeq enable asset operations teams to streamline communications with the broader organisation, improving cross-functional awareness and emissions management.

“Seeq adds value to our mutual customers by integrating their solutions with Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability,” said Dominik Wee, CVP, Manufacturing and Mobility Industry, Microsoft. “The Seeq Solution for Microsoft Sustainability Manager addresses a variety of pain points related to emissions data availability recording, reporting and reduction, and enables customers to accelerate the success of their sustainability initiatives.”

Seeq has been available as a SaaS application in the Azure Marketplace since 2019, with support for many Azure cloud services including Synapse, Azure Data Lake and Active Directory. Seeq also supports connectivity to Azure Data Explorer, Time Series Insights and Power BI.

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