High fidelity, verified data

Backpack creates a secure, unified data layer for every property by integrating information from existing systems with verified on-site data. By digitizing, organizing, and continuously updating each building’s information, Backpack streamlines operations and powers innovation, all anchored by your UBIN™.

 

 

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  Onboarding with Backpack

Backpack delivers a seamless onboarding experience, connects with APIs from leading utilities and ratings programs, and leverages a nationwide network of over 2,000 trained technicians through our partnership with MasTec for on-site data collection. The result is a trusted, continuously updated digital profile and the first real-time system of record for commercial buildings, accessible to owners, operators, investors, and regulators alike.

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Guided Onboarding Wizard

The Backpack onboarding guide walks you through each step of getting your building data into the platform—a process that takes about 30 minutes. As you upload files, Backpack extracts and organizes the information into an accessible format. Backpack also integrates with your existing software, breaking down data silos to create one reliable source of truth for your portfolio.

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Site Visit

The Backpack Site Visit ensures your building data is accurate, verified, and ready to power portfolio insights. Shortly after kickoff, our field team visits each property to document equipment, utilities, and building systems—capturing key details like make, model, installation dates, and photos, and tagging each asset with a QR code. These walkthroughs lay the foundation for reliable, actionable data across your entire portfolio.

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Enhance Connected Data

After the site visit, our team verifies and enhances your data—estimating equipment life, replacement costs, and organizing everything in your Backpack dashboard. This foundation supports reporting, compliance tracking, and capital planning, with annual site visits included to keep your information accurate and up to date.accurate, current, and actionable year after year.

Explore the Data Backpack Collects

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Year Constructed
The year a building completed construction and began occupancy
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Building Name
Includes both the informal building name that is used in marketing materials and internal reporting, along with the legal name for the building.
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Floor Area
Gross and rentable useable floor area of the building.
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Address
Physical address of the building, including latitude and longitude.
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Software Features

Backpack Rewards helps you save money while managing your projects—all in one place.

Earn up to 4% cash back on everyday building materials from trusted suppliers like Global Industrial, Shaw, Sherwin-Williams, and Honeywell.

Rebates can be combined with other discounts and incentives, maximizing your savings on every purchase. Plus, new partners and programs are added each quarter, giving you even more ways to earn rewards on the products you already use.


 

Backpack’s Portfolio Overview Dashboard offers a comprehensive, organized view of your entire property portfolio, presenting building data at both the portfolio and property levels.
 
The dashboard consolidates key insights, including building use type, location, square footage, and unit breakdowns, so you can quickly assess your portfolio’s composition and performance. Interactive visuals and regional maps illustrate how your assets are distributed nationwide, while detailed property cards offer instant access to building-level information, such as contact details for onsite and asset management teams.
 
All data is pulled directly from your Backpack records and can be exported to CSV or PDF for seamless sharing and internal reporting, making it easy to keep building information accurate, accessible, and actionable.

Backpack tracks every piece of equipment, giving you a complete, verified inventory for each property.

During a site visit, our team collects essential details such as make, model, serial number, location, photos, and installation dates, and applies a unique QR code for seamless tracking. We then enrich this data with expert-sourced insights, including usable life, replacement value, equipment size, warranty information, and linked specifications.

This comprehensive data supports smarter capital planning and more informed decision-making. Each year, our team revisits your property to verify, update, and maintain your equipment records—ensuring your information stays accurate, current, and actionable.

 


 

Backpack’s Compliance Overview Dashboard gives you a clear, visual snapshot of compliance requirements for each building or across your entire portfolio, based on location.

The dashboard provides instant visibility into benchmarking, building performance standards, and audit/retro-commissioning requirements, including due dates and direct links to relevant regulatory websites, helping you minimize risk and avoid potential fines. The dashboard also features visual portfolio breakdowns, charts of compliance types, and building-level details, putting all essential compliance information at your fingertips.

Backpack gives you a clear, visual snapshot of ENERGY STAR® performance by building or across your entire portfolio with up-to-date scores, certification history, and monthly energy data.

The ENERGY STAR® Status Report provides direct insights into utility usage, setup details, and score trends, helping you quickly identify underperforming properties.

For properties scoring below 75, the Backpack team offers tailored recommendations to help improve performance and achieve certification. 

Best of all, our team manages your ENERGY STAR® submissions end-to-end—eliminating manual entry and ensuring timely, accurate reporting year after year.

Seamlessly track all your building certifications in Backpack – from LEED to ENERGY STAR® and beyond, we’ve got you covered!

We track the following certifications:

BOMA 360
ENERGY STAR® Certification
Fitwel
GRESB
IREM
LEED
Wired

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