Use cases
The range of our energy and emissions data’s utility and application can be seen in these brief cases that span the public and private sector. Crosswalk’s data enables benchmarking, climate research, planning optimization, reporting and communication, and sustainable investment products. With sharper insights, it’s clearer where to look, and what to do.
Client: State/local government, a network of 300+ cities
Usage: Instant emission inventory & benchmarking for comparison and planning.
Impact: By using Crosswalk’s neighborhood scale data as their emissions intel or as a benchmark to their own, cities and municipalities can compare their results against peers and/or national averages to inform policies and budget decisions. Several state clients have used our data for government grant proposals.
“Clayton is committed to climate action, but like many cities we do not have the resources to build granular emissions inventories. Crosswalk Labs gave us reliable data that we can track over time. With accurate, visualized insights at our fingertips, we can benchmark, measure progress, and plan smarter. Tools like Crosswalk are game changers.” - City of Clayton, Missouri
"Crosswalk Labs has given our team a credible, cost-effective way to validate our greenhouse gas inventory and benchmark Dubuque against peer communities. The platform helps us communicate progress and opportunities to city leadership using trusted data, while reducing the time and expense of relying solely on outside consultants." -City of Dubuque, Iowa
Client: Non-Profit, Climate advocacy
Usage: Civic participation and climate reporting.
Impact: Crosswalk provides citizens, advocates, and media with reliable emissions and energy data to tell the story of local climate progress—or stagnation. By turning complex data into clear, comparable insights, communities can hold policymakers accountable, celebrate successes, and drive action where it is needed most.
"Crosswalk Labs makes detailed emissions data by city and county accessible and actionable. Their neighborhood-scale estimates allow us to compare communities, identify meaningful trends, and more clearly identify the highest impact local climate policies." - Run on Climate
"Crosswalk Labs has expanded the City Health Dashboard’s ability to connect environmental conditions with public health by providing accessible, localized CO₂ emissions data at both per capita and census tract scales. The strong interest from our users reflects growing demand for integrated climate and health insights at the community level." - NYU City Health Dashboard
Client: Private sector
Usage: From clean energy companies siting their next facilities, to carbon capture projects looking for locations with specific strategic requirements, Crosswalk provides the intel. Crosswalk data also fills information gaps in emissions assessments for assets held and managed by large investment firms and trusts.
Impact: For example, asset managers can use Crosswalk data to understand how emissions would be impacted by potential partnerships or acquisitions. The data enables powerful mapping and spatial analytics to identify opportunities, assess risk, understand climate realities, and enhance location context.
Why Crosswalk
Increase awareness
Get buy-in to prioritize climate action by effectively communicating emissions information in a way that is plain to see and easy to understand.
View your emissions data
View your emissions data, take action to reduce emissions, and track your progress over time.
Compare Cities
Learn what sustainable cities are doing to quantifiably reduce emissions, and connect with city leaders to put their insights to work for you.
Solve Converging Problems
Find opportunities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while advancing priorities such as low-incoming housing, equity in health care, and transportation planning.
Attributes unique to Crosswalk Data
Atmospherically verified
Crosswalk’s process includes comparing its emissions estimates with government-measured CO₂ concentrations in the atmosphere.
Peer-review
Crosswalk data have been developed through scientific research in academia, partially funded by NOAA, NASA, and NIST. Crosswalk submits the sources, methods, and results for review by experts, and for publication in reputable scientific journals
Gap-filling
Crosswalk can leverage location-based activity data to calculate emissions for individual assets and can provide reliable estimates for gap-filling when utility bills or other use data are unavailable.
Comparability
Crosswalk data allow for clear comparisons across different locations, assets and organizations because Crosswalk uses the same sector definitions, scopes, and methods across the entire country. Crosswalk data are also aligned with The World Resource Institute’s greenhouse gas reporting protocols and CDP disclosure framework.
Temporal resolution
Annual Crosswalk emissions data are available through 2023.
Corporate campus scale
The native resolution of Crosswalk emissions estimates is census block group level and can be aggregated to any geographic footprint, including corporate, university or military campuses.
Scope, Scale, Sector
Data for aggregated geographic areas are available across all sources of fossil fuel CO₂. Scope 1 data are available for the complete dataset and Scope 2 data date back to 2019. Our products report for 50 states, 435 congressional districts, tribal lands, 3,000+ counties and 3,601 urban areas. Crosswalk has building-level and street-level emissions data for over one hundred U.S. cities and can add your community to this growing list.
Scope 2
Crosswalk Scope 2 data, estimates of CO₂ emissions from electricity use, are based on grid modeling traced to power plants to estimate emissions at the point of electricity consumption.
Latency
Crosswalk is developing quarterly data updates and now-cast capabilities.
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