Wendy's - Portfolio Energy Management with Custom Energy Score Development
The Need
An international portfolio of thousands of restaurants uses a tremendous amount of energy and presents unique opportunities for energy, carbon, and cost management. Wendy’s continues to support its franchisees as they manage and improve restaurant energy performance and save money while reducing emissions.
Our Approach
In 2017, Go began assisting the Wendy’s Global Energy Initiatives team in monitoring and assessing restaurant performance within participating portions of the more than 6,000 restaurants worldwide. Efforts included identification of best and worst performers based on changes in energy use, with estimation of the associated cost savings. In 2019, this led to Go’s development of the “Wendy’s Energy Score”. This statistical proprietary model analyzes energy usage at company restaurants and franchisees participating in the Wendy’s Energy Challenge from both the U.S. and abroad. The score is used to benchmark and prioritize energy investments while helping to understand progress on energy use across a large portfolio. Working with the Wendy’s team, we continue to collaborate in communicating progress to Wendy’s franchises to help capture their progress and achievements.
The Results
This joint effort between Go and Wendy’s was highlighted in the Wendy’s 2020 Corporate Responsibility Report, in which Wendy’s announced a roadmap to setting science-based GHG emissions targets! The Wendy’s Energy Challenge continues to grow, engaging more franchises and restaurants in benchmarking and tracking energy consumption and identifying opportunities for energy and emissions reductions. We are just a small part of their team as Wendy’s continues to pursue energy savings across its portfolio.
Our Role
Data Analytics and Portfolio Reporting, Wendy’s Energy Score Developer
The Client
Wendy's
Duration
2017-present
Team
Charles Schreier, PE
Emily Jones
Gregory Raffio, PE, LEED AP BD+C
Logan Smith