TREE ASSET MANAGER(ECOLAYERS)

Tree Asset Manager (TreeAM) is a software service of EcoLayers, Inc. The company started operations in 2008 recognizing the market need for a cost-effective software platform for the integrated, adaptive, and collaborative management of a broad range of environmental assets such as trees, landscapes, water bodies, and catchments among others. Paper, Excel, email, and GIS based software are the primary tools currently used for managing environmental systems. These tools were never intended for ha... ndling the range of issues and challenges posed by environmental assets. Consequently, almost the entire space of environmental asset management has remained highly inefficient and ineffective. The company’s initial efforts led to the development of its innovative Integrated Environmental Asset Management System (iEAMS). iEAMS has been proven through more than 30 projects for customers that include the California Water Quality Control Board, the US Forest Service, arborists, the World Bank, utilities, cities, counties, water districts, farm bureaus, conservancies, and watershed/river groups Tree Asset Manager (TreeAM) evolved from the work done for the US Forest Service implementing their latest generation of models for urban tree growth, biomass, and ecosystem services. Essentially, TreeAM is iEAMS modified for the management of just one environmental asset class – trees and vegetation. Given the company founder’s deep roots in electric power engineering, TreeAM functionality and market focus naturally shifted towards utility vegetation management.More