EXPLORE HOW STATEBOOK ANALYTICS SUPPORT THE

ENVISION

FRAMEWORK FROM THE INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE

 

 

 

Data-Driven Insights for Sustainable Infrastructure 

U.S. infrastructure faces mounting challenges due to aging systems, deferred maintenance, increased climate risks, and population growth. Many assets are operating beyond their intended lifespans, posing risks to safety, economic stability, and public trust.

Inadequate data for proactive planning and investment prioritization, combined with significant funding gaps, further complicate decision-making for developers, governments, utilities, and other stakeholders.

Infrastructure gaps across sectors slow economic growth and exacerbate social issues. A more informed, resilient approach is needed. 

StateBook Analytics Align with the Envision Framework

As the nation’s premier provider of geo-visualized infrastructure, demographic, economic, and climate risk analytics, StateBook empowers infrastructure stakeholders to harness data to inform planning, evaluate trade-offs, and prioritize investments that align with Envision’s five pillars:

  • Quality of Life
  • Leadership
  • Resource Allocation
  • Natural World
  • Climate & Resilience

StateBook insights can be tailored for ISI members to meet the goals of the Envision framework—supporting decision-makers with data-driven insights that drive equity, resilience, climate readiness, and long-term value.

Layering digital twin technology with agent-based modeling and StateBook’s powerful data analytics enables us to analyze risk, identify optimal mitigation and adaptation solutions, and run scenarios to determine each solution’s cost-benefit and social, economic, and environmental impact BEFORE investments are made – then track and benchmark progress. 

Place-Based Equity & Climate Insights

StateBook empowers ISI members to:

  • Leverage data science and technology to deliver equitable outcomes that improve community well-being and foster long-term, sustainable, inclusive growth.
  • Evaluate environmental justice, energy equity, broadband access, climate vulnerability, and more to uncover optimal mitigation solutions.
  • Transparently track, benchmark, and consistently report actual impact delivered over time. For example, below we are tracking the Gini Index of Income Inequality to see how it compares to state and national data over time. 

Streamlining Reporting for Investment

StateBook’s exportable, customizable dashboards simplify the communication of sustainability impacts for stakeholders and funders. 

StateBook’s comprehensive data enables a deep understanding of the impacts that residents, businesses, and communities may experience as infrastructure evolves. Users can examine the exacerbating effects of poverty, racial disparities, and lack of affordable housing on a community’s ability to build resilience and better understand the broader implications on the region’s housing, energy, healthcare systems, and more. StateBook supports infrastructure planning, funding, and certification efforts.

As an example, below, we look at the FEMA National Risk Index to evaluate hazards at the Census tract level, then analyze where pockets of poverty may exist and where hospitals sit, where people spend more than 50% of their annual household income on rent, or where homes may be in need of renovation because they are too old to meet current building codes. 

Resilience & Risk Analytics

With climate disasters increasing in both frequency and severity, it is critical to assess both infrastructure and community vulnerabilities.

To maximize impact, StateBook enables users to leverage information across social, economic, and environmental factors to create sustainable resilience solutions. 

Community Engagement

Building sustainable infrastructure is a very personal journey for a community. StateBook analytics helps foster transparency and communication, supporting public-private partnerships and collaboration to develop evidence-based strategies, implement projects, and report progress through a community-led, sustainable process.

Resilience Is an Investment, Not a Cost!

Only 4% of climate finance is dedicated to adaptation, according to the U.N. Disaster Risk Reduction Agency.

The gap between what is needed for community adaptation globally is expected to increase to $240 billion per year by 2030. 

StateBook enables stakeholders to develop models with our data to assess what the future holds with or without specific investments in adaptation and mitigation.

Information Advantage for Infrastructure Resilience