HEAT+ is ICLEI’s newest software tool designed to help local governments reap the benefits of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and common air pollutants—such as CO2, NOx, SOx, CH4, CO, and VOC—and the benefits are significant. Save money. Improve air quality. Mitigate global warming. Protect public health.

For the first time ever, cities using HEAT+ can compare “apples to apples” and benchmark emissions levels against local, state, national, provincial, and international standards. Anyone interested in translating energy use, transportation demand, and waste activities into emissions data can use HEAT+ to

• Inventory and forecast emissions
• Prepare Action Plans
• Track commitments
• Measure progress against targets
• Inform policy decisions
• Determine Priorities
• Quantify progress, and
• Report results

HEAT+ is the only web-based product of its kind, offering secure data storage, a global data bank, comprehensive technical support, and accessibility 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. A variety of software packages are available.