Praise for Symbiotic Engineering and the CarbonCity SIMS from Anaheim

"Anaheim Public Utilities couldn’t be more satisfied with our selection of Symbiotic Engineering as a partner to implement our Sustainability Information Management System (SIMS). Each of Symbiotic’s staff are brilliant, hard-working, friendly, and most importantly, passionate about the work they do. Other vendors were well-qualified to deliver highly functional software which met our specifications, however, Symbiotic Engineering is deeply motivated to see that the technology they provide doesn’t just perform as advertised but that it truly makes a positive difference in the lives of people in our community now and several generations into the future."

Reid Watkins
GIS Supervisor/Assistant Business
Information Systems Manager Anaheim
Public Utilities

CarbonCity® SIMS

Sustainability Information Management System

Our top-down tools provide sustainability managers and officials with powerful data analysis and reporting capabilities while the bottom-up tools facilitate community outreach to better engage local businesses and residents in sustainability initiatives.


View Current and Historic Utility Consumption Trends Over Time

CarbonCity integrates resource activity data, geographic information systems (GIS) and numerous associated attributes of structures (e.g. footprint, date of construction, cost, etc. where available) with standard emission factors to provide for the common back-end quantification of a carbon footprint for an entity such as City facilities, or city-wide.

Utilizes Climate Registry (TCR) protocols.

Track Demand Side Management Programs to Evaluate Effectiveness

Track by number of participants, resource reduction, GHG reduction, costs, and measures.

Engage the Community – Teach for Sustainability™

Often, improvements in energy efficiency and converting to a more renewable energy supply mix are not enough to meet utility DSM and city GHG reduction goals.  Additional tools are needed to facilitate social behavioral change to drive consumers to reduce energy consumption.  Symbiotic Engineering's software tools, exemplified with the Teach for Sustainability pilot, are providing cities and utilities with additional tools to meet DSM goals and reduce GHG emissions.

Forming groups allows for true social engagement to reduce resource usage. An innovative program to engage kids and parents is Symbiotic Engineering’s Teach for Sustainability program being piloted in the Boulder Valley School District Fall and Spring 2009/2010.

Contact reiner@symbiotic-engineering.com