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Deep dive
Beru is a tool made by Ryan Martin to help manufacturers understand and reduce their products’ carbon footprints. Beru’s goal is to make it easier for companies to measure these emissions, find areas to improve, and make better choices to lower their impact on the planet.
Core Features
1. Breaking Down Emissions by Component
One of Beru’s most useful features is that it can show you the carbon footprint of every single part of your product. It helps you figure out which parts of the product are causing the most emissions.
Beru also shows the cost and supplier details for each component, so you can make decisions that balance cost and sustainability.
2. Tracking Emissions with E-Liability Accounting
E-liability accounting is a fancy term for a simple idea: it’s a way to keep track of emissions at every stage of production.
Beru creates E-liability statements that show all the emissions linked to your product. These statements are clear and easy to audit, which means they can be checked for accuracy.
In the future, Beru plans to use blockchain technology to make these records even more secure and tamper-proof. Blockchain is a digital system where information is stored in a way that’s almost impossible to alter, giving you peace of mind that your data is reliable.
3. Testing Changes to Reduce Emissions
Beru doesn’t just measure emissions; it helps you reduce them. It has a tool called the Footprint Optimization Dashboard, which lets you test different scenarios to see how changes would affect emissions and costs. Let’s say your product uses a specific type of steel for its casing. Beru can simulate what happens if you switch to a different supplier or material. It will show how this affects both the cost of production and the product’s carbon footprint.
This is especially useful for finding small changes that can make a big difference without costing you too much.
4. Connecting to Your Existing Systems
Beru works well with software you might already be using, like SAP or other ERP systems. You can easily import your current product and supplier data into Beru, so there’s no need to start from scratch.
Beru also uses a custom database for calculating emissions, which makes its results more accurate.
5. Open Source and Easy to Customize
Beru is an open-source tool, which means anyone can access its code, modify it, and adapt it to their needs. It’s built with modern technologies like SvelteKit, Supabase, and Vercel.
What does this mean for you?
If you have a tech team, they can customize Beru to fit your business perfectly. And because it’s open source, it’s free to use and constantly improving through community contributions.
Plans & Pricing
Beru is currently a prototype and open-source tool, which means you can access it for free. Since the software is open source, it’s perfect for businesses with in-house developers who can customize it to meet their unique needs.
If you don’t have a technical team or want additional support, you may need to collaborate with external developers or consultants to tailor Beru to your requirements. The cost for this would depend on the scope of the customization and the developer's rates.
Future pricing models or premium features may be introduced as Beru evolves, but for now, it remains a free, flexible option for businesses looking to explore carbon management tools.
Closing insights
Beru stands out because it provides more detailed information than many other tools. It doesn’t just give you an overall carbon footprint for your product; it breaks it down into individual components, so you can see exactly where the emissions are coming from. This level of detail helps you make smarter decisions about where to focus your efforts.
For example, instead of trying to reduce emissions across the entire product, you might find that changing just one supplier for a key part can make the biggest difference. Beru’s focus on detailed analysis and transparency—like using E-liability accounting and blockchain—makes it a reliable and forward-thinking tool for manufacturers.
