Welcome to SDX

SDX (Sustainability Data Exchange) is a not-for-profit, industry-governed platform that provides free tools for real estate sustainability data management, benchmarking, and reporting.

Who is SDX for?

SDX serves four canonical groups. Each gets a dedicated docs landing page:

  • Owners — real estate owners, asset managers, and sustainability leads at owner orgs
  • Consultants — sustainability consultants managing many client portfolios with delegated access
  • Developers / Third-Party Apps — engineers integrating with SDX via API or wiring it into agents via MCP
  • Capital Markets — index providers, lenders, and research teams consuming SDX data via MCP

The platform is free

There are no fees to use SDX. Owners, consultants, and third-party software platforms can read from and write to the platform at zero cost. The only monetization comes from board-approved licensed content sold to capital markets and other third parties who consume aggregate data products.

Data contributors receive all licensed content free for their own internal use, plus a share of the revenue generated from third-party sales through the Data Dividend.

What you can do with SDX

  • Benchmark your buildings against six global standards simultaneously (SDX, ENERGY STAR, NABERS, EU EPC, CRREM, GRESB)
  • Report against 16+ regulatory and voluntary frameworks
  • Audit your data quality with completeness, coverage, and freshness scoring
  • Integrate with 35+ utility providers for automated meter data
  • Connect with existing software platforms via open APIs

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