Data specification sheet

The GoGreen Data specification sheet is designed to assist in setting up sustainability data integration with PMI. Using the data specification sheet ensures a seamless and efficient data integration process into the PMI software suite, enabling better environmental management and reporting.

These documents provide detailed data requirements across various environmental metrics, including:

  • Chemicals: Usage in kg with mandatory data points like property ID, date (DD/MM/YYYY), units (kg), and source type.
  • Energy: Electricity, heating, oil, gas, solar and cooling. Required elements include property ID, date (DD/MM/YYYY), units (kWh), and source type. The hour is optional and is used for hourly values.
  • Food waste: Collect data on total food waste across different categories including production, inventory, guest plates, and events. Key elements include property ID, date, units (kg), and source type.
  • General waste: Record data on various waste fractions including paper, glass, plastics, metals, and other categories. Essential elements involve property ID, date, units (kg), and source type.
  • Towels & linens: Mandatory data points are property ID, date (DD/MM/YYYY), units (number), and source type.
  • Water: Required elements include property ID, date (DD/MM/YYYY), units (liters), and source type. The hour is optional and is used for hourly values.

Select the Data specification sheet you wish to download per resource:  

How your data reaches PMI

Figure 1. Data journey from source systems to PMI. Open full-size diagram.

The data journey has four main steps:

  • Export: Prepare the source data in the format agreed with d2o.
  • Transfer: Send the data using the agreed API, SFTP or email integration.
  • Validate and map: PMI checks the incoming data and maps it to the appropriate fields.
  • Use in PMI: Access the processed data in PMI for planning, reporting and performance follow-up.

See the technical specification for data integration for the full integration process.

Integration options

  • API integration: Follow the provided guidelines to set up API integration with login credentials and specifications.
  • SFTP details: Share SFTP details for data transfer.
  • File format: Excel and CSV.
  • Email integration: d2o will share property-specific data integration email address.

See here for more details on PMS system integration.

See here for a list of PMI source systems.

See here for info on data security and GDPR.