Real estate technology provider receives top honor from the Environmental
Protection Agency
SANTA BARBARA, March
31, 2020 – Yardi® has
once again been named ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year, the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency’s highest level of recognition. The award celebrates
companies demonstrating superior leadership, innovation and commitment to
environmental protection through energy efficiency and ENERGY STAR.
The award
acknowledges Yardi’s technology solutions and philanthropic efforts across a
variety of real estate sectors including:
- Helping more
than 100 clients benchmark energy in over 2,300 buildings, leading to a nearly
110 percent increase from the previous year - Benchmarking
water in over 2,000 buildings, a 300 percent increase from 2018 - Highlighting
the importance of ENERGY STAR scores to clients through education and
visibility by building it into Yardi’s energy management software dashboard - Publishing
more than 20 articles on benefits of ENERGY STAR and resources for benchmarking
energy performance and energy management - Earning
ENERGY STAR certification for its corporate headquarters in Santa Barbara,
Calif.
An EPA statement applauded Yardi and other ENERGY STAR
award recipients for exemplary dedication to leadership in energy efficiency
and the ENERGY STAR program.
“I salute the 2020 ENERGY STAR award winners. These leaders
demonstrate how energy efficiency drives economic competitiveness in tandem
with environmental protection,” said Anne Idsal, EPA principal deputy assistant
administrator for air and radiation.
“We are very
proud of our clients’ continued success in using ENERGY STAR resources to
achieve their corporate and community sustainability goals. Once again, this
award reflects our clients’ achievements, and we look forward to helping them
and the industry reap even more ENERGY STAR benefits going forward,” said Anant
Yardi, president and founder of Yardi.
For a
complete list of 2020 winners and more information about ENERGY STAR’s awards
program, visit energystar.gov/awardwinners.
About ENERGY STAR
ENERGY STAR® is the government-backed
symbol for energy efficiency, providing simple, credible, and unbiased
information that consumers and businesses rely on to make well-informed
decisions. Thousands of industrial, commercial, utility, state, and local organizations—including
more than 40 percent of the Fortune 500 companies—rely on their partnership
with EPA to deliver cost-saving energy efficiency solutions. Since 1992, ENERGY
STAR and its thousands of partners helped American families and businesses save
more than 4 trillion kilowatt-hours of electricity and achieve over 3.5 billion
metric tons of greenhouse gas reductions. In 2018 alone, ENERGY STAR and its
partners helped Americans avoid nearly $35 billion in energy costs. More
background information about ENERGY STAR can be found at: energystar.gov/about and energystar.gov/numbers.
About Yardi
Yardi® develops and
supports industry-leading investment and property management software for all
types and sizes of real estate companies. Established in 1984, Yardi is based
in Santa Barbara, Calif., and serves clients worldwide. For more information on
how Yardi is Energized for Tomorrow, visit yardi.com.