Sustainable Smart Venues: PwC

The good news; sustainability isn't just beneficial for the environment, it can also help your business.

Here’s how PwC and Microsoft are helping smart venues reap the benefits of sustainability.

What is a smart venue?

Incorporating next-generation technology into physical spaces, smart venues are designed to help reduce friction and enhance customer experiences while improving venue efficiency, sustainability and security. Learn more.

Sustainable practices can increase business value.
By improving operational efficiency and reducing waste, your smart venue can save money and lessen its environmental impact.
Environmental considerations often drive consumer decisions.
About 80% of consumers are more likely to buy from a company that stands up for environmental issues.¹

Infrastructure
Running a venue can be a complex operation. By using digital twins, you can generate 3D visualizations of building performance and emissions using real-time operational data.
Deploy Azure solutions on IoT devices to help track renewable energy, water usage and carbon emissions in real-time
Give stakeholders visibility, encourage collaboration and track progress against your ESG goals by using Microsoft Sustainability Cloud to centralize data
People
From digital check-ins to concession stand purchases—your smart venue is gathering customer information with each interaction. Use this data to help create personalized experiences for your customers and employees.
Monitor loT data to understand trends that help inform energy planning and allocation reductions
Create premium virtual experiences that can allow spectators to participate remotely and reduce their environmental impact
Consumables
Large events often consume significant resources—from single-use plastics to food and water. Smart venues can reduce waste by tracking consumption and analyzing trends to identify inefficiencies.
Connect sustainable supply chains in Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability to help strengthen collaboration, accountability and reporting transparency
Deploy IoT sensors to help track consumption at the venue and identify inefficiencies in real-time
Transportation
Crowds often travel long distances to see their favorite performer. To achieve carbon neutrality, venues should take measures to reduce and—as a last resort—offset residual emissions from travel.
Record real-time emission data with Microsoft Azure to help develop your transport carbon reduction and offset strategy
Use IoT technology to increase traffic flow to reduce traffic gridlock surrounding the venue
Education
In-person events can draw in hundreds, if not thousands, of people, making this an ideal opportunity to capture their attention. Promoting your sustainability initiatives throughout the event can both improve brand perception in like minded customers and help influence them to make more sustainable choices.
Unify manual and digital reporting of sustainability data and observations with Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability
Promote transparency and education with public-facing information on emissions, waste and travel reduction using Microsoft’s Emission Impact Dashboards
Partnerships
Choosing to work with companies that share your vision can demonstrate to customers that you are committed to reaching your sustainability goals. Encourage transparency and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders, prospective advertisers and business partners.
Generate waste reduction reports for stakeholders using Microsoft's Emission Impact Dashboard
Team up with ethical business partners to analyze smart venue data, share industry-leading practices and gain insights to help create a more sustainable business