Envision Charlotte

Envision Charlotte is a unique public-private collaboration that is leading Charlotte to become a global model of sustainability for 

economic growth.

Envision Charlotte is partnering with some of the premier companies in the world and has engaged with some of the leading academic institutions.

Leading companies have committed almost $7MM in goods and service in support of our energy and water programs.

Academic institutions have partnered for research and studied our model in their business schools.

Envision Charlotte aims to drive 

dramatic reductions in energy and 

water consumption over the next five 

years, while reducing our waste and 

improving our air quality.

Envision Charlotte is creating modal programs in the areas of

energy, air, water and waste.

We monitor building data, aggregate it for 

our urban core and report it in real time 

using interactive digital kiosks in building 

lobbies.

We use this information to work with 

building occupants and managers to

•Lower operating costs, increasing 

profitability

• Attract tomorrow’s workforce

• Improve the health and livability of 

our community

98% of uptown commercial office buildings are participating

64 digital interactive kiosks deployed

We have made amazing progress since we started 18 months ago.

Envision Charlotte By the Numbers:

81 The number of volunteers working to

create and execute our programs

52 The number of companies they

represent

1 The size of our paid staff

98 The percentage of uptown buildings

participating in our program

64 The number of our digital interactive

kiosks deployed

800 The number of volunteer champions

embedded in those office buildings

Our energy program, Smart Energy Now, is fully deployed

Smart Water Now was announced in Summer 2012

We are negotiating the introduction of a PEV program for uptown businesses

Cities across the US and Europe have contacted us to learn more about our success

Forbes hailed Envision Charlotte as “an especially aggressive model for reinventing the relationship between electric utilities, customers and the built environment.”

Our efforts are already attracting national attention.

The Environmental Defense Fund cited our efforts as “an unprecedented plan to align business interests with smart grid technology. Envision Charlotte is one of the most forward-thinking projects on the East Coast.”

CEO John Chambers noted “With Envision Charlotte we can completely transform a city... suddenly we see a model for the rest of the nation and the rest of the world”

CEO Jim Rogers observed “By attracting more companies with efficient technology to a business district focused on sustainability, we can achieve the energy reduction goal with new technologies and become a more competitive city.”