The Green Site: Enabling Sustainable Construction with Smarter Software

Making the Invisible Visible

"If we want to build greener cities, we must start with smarter sites. And that means putting sustainability inside the software, not just on the drawing board."

- Seema Vakharia, COO, Xpedeon

While construction sites showcase impressive machinery, efficient crews and abundant materials, the carbon footprint remains largely invisible. Emissions from idle equipment, excess materials sitting unused, or trucks making inefficient trips go untracked. This gap between what teams see and what actually impacts the environment represents a critical challenge that smarter software addresses.

Beyond Good Intentions

Drawing from 18+ years in the ConTech space and experience across India, the UK and the Middle East, Seema identifies a recurring pattern: site teams striving to run sustainable projects but lacking tools that support their goals. She emphasises that sustainability extends beyond green cement or solar panels; it encompasses reducing everyday waste from materials ordered prematurely, equipment running inefficiently, or paper approvals delaying progress. The 2025 PropTech Woman of the Year awardee, Seema Vakharia, stresses that making sustainability work requires first making it visible through data.

Cloud-Based Visibility Drives Action

Xpedeon's ERP platform operates as cloud-based and mobile-first, ensuring information doesn't remain buried in site diaries or spreadsheets. Whether tracking fuel use, managing procurement, or flagging cost overruns, everything connects in real time, giving project teams the visibility needed for quick action. Mobile-based workflows now enable approvals within minutes, delivering not just productivity gains but also reduced emissions from delayed material movement or costly rework.

Sustainability as Efficiency Metrics

Smarter software helps teams avoid over-ordering, prevent delays and reduce paper trails. ERP software solutions can set thresholds, automate alerts and provide decision-makers with real-time insights into material consumption and wastage, equipment idle time, subcontractor performance and approval of bottlenecks. Seema notes these aren't merely efficiency metrics; they serve as sustainability indicators. Streamlined operations directly translate to less physical and financial waste.