Joel Nelson

Learn more about how Yardi energy management software and certified experts simplify collecting, assimilating and reporting required energy consumption data.

Yardi Energy Solutions

Yardi Energy Solutions is positioned to support U.S. Environmental Protection Agency initiatives in energy data aggregation, access and reporting. The agency’s new Whole-Building Energy Data Campaign, for example, is designed to help building owners appeal to utilities for access to accurate whole building data for multitenant buildings. Whole building data enables visibility into energy consumption, […]

10 / 07 / 24

Take Action on Energy

Coming in October: ENERGY STAR® Day (Oct. 9) and Energy Awareness Month, which offer businesses and individual consumers an array of money-saving tools and tactics. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which administers ENERGY STAR, announced these designations to showcase how “using energy more wisely reduces your impact on the climate, providing a healthier and cleaner […]

10 / 01 / 24

Giving Up Tech

It often seems that smartphones and other technology items have become inseparable from our business, personal and leisure lives. Is it possible to renounce tech, even temporarily? “Technology is very much a part of us now. We bank with an app, read restaurant menus on phones and even sweat with exercise instructors through a screen,” […]

09 / 28 / 24

Building codes are regulations that apply to architects, builders, owners and others involved in a structure’s construction and maintenance.

Speaking in Codes

What are building codes and why are they necessary? Building codes are regulations that apply to architects, builders, owners and others involved in a structure’s construction and maintenance. Adopted and enforced by state, local, tribal and territorial entities, they ensure that buildings conform with safety and public health standards. They encompass standards for everything from […]

09 / 26 / 24

sinkhole aftermath in a residential neighborhood

Look Out Below

One of them, measuring 100 feet wide and 50 feet deep, opened up at the center of a soccer complex in Alton, Ill., taking down a light pole, benches and artificial turf. Another one in Madera, Calif., consumed a truck trailer. Others forming in front yards in Highland City, Fla., and Las Cruces, N.M., swallowed […]

09 / 13 / 24

Pressure Test

As you admire the expansive view or plush furnishings from the highest reaches of a commercial, residential or other type of building, it’s easy to take some things for granted – such as the system that distributes water for drinking, removing waste and suppressing fire. How does water arrive ready for use at the highest […]

09 / 07 / 24

Twenty-six U.S. states require or will require high school financial education; personal finance education bills are pending in another 15 states.

School Money Rules

The traditional core curriculum for K-12 education comprises “reading, writing and arithmetic,” with science, the arts and health also maintaining a presence. Happy African American student raising her hand to ask a question during lecture in the classroom. Another concentration is joining this essential group: personal finances, a subject that encompasses such concepts as maintaining […]

09 / 06 / 24

What tech is top priority for you or a friend or loved one who’s about to embark on the college adventure?

School’s In

Technology for college students used to mean lamps, typewriters and alarm clocks. Essential items for thriving in today’s higher education environment include: Laptop. “Small screen touch notebooks are a great solution for everyday computing and entertainment around the dorm or apartment, or on the go from class to class,” said Scott Shutter, a senior manager […]

08 / 31 / 24

Fumigation is a big business in the U.S. – and a growing one. Industry revenues totaled about $26 billion in 2022 and have grown almost 9% on average each of the previous five years, according to business research firm IBISWorld.

Debugging Properties

Chances are good that you’ve seen a building encased in a swath of vinyl-coated nylon tarpaulins in residential and commercial properties. That’s a sure sign that fumigation is in progress, which means the space is being inundated with sulfuryl fluoride gas to eliminate termites, cockroaches, wood-destroying beetles and/or other destructive pests. Fumigation is a key […]

08 / 19 / 24

Property management companies are turning to the gamification tools in Yardi Aspire to enhance engagement, focus and motivation.

Making Work Fun

Engaging employees and boosting their performance can be challenging, especially with a busy and dispersed workforce. Traditional training methods often fail to keep employees motivated and interested but gamification can increase employee engagement by over 48 percent, according to some reports. That’s why property management companies are turning to the gamification tools in Yardi Aspire […]

07 / 31 / 24

Buildings account for about 39% of global energy-related carbon emissions, with about 28% coming from operational emissions and 11% from materials and construction.

Significant but Understated

Most people realize that carbon emissions come from heating, cooling and lighting buildings, houses, roads, bridges and other elements of the built environment. But there’s another significant source of carbon whose environmental implications might be less visible but no less urgent: embodied carbon, which comes from the extraction, manufacturing, transportation, installation and disposal of materials […]

07 / 29 / 24

Realtor Reality

When reading about real estate in publications or online platforms, have you ever wondered why the word “realtor” is often in capitalized letters or marked with a registered trademark symbol? Or what the difference is between “REALTOR” and “real estate agent?” Second question first. While the terms are often used interchangeably, there are significant differences. […]

07 / 25 / 24

Moon Mining

The moon has been orbited, sampled by uncrewed spacecraft, walked and driven on by humans, and proposed as a waystation for interplanetary travel. With the Earth facing steady population growth and diminishing resources, its only natural satellite has also been targeted as a potential source of valuable materials. Proposals to secure those resources have been […]

07 / 19 / 24

EIA’s short-term energy outlook in January projected that solar electric generation will account for 7% of total U.S. electricity generation in 2025, up from 4% in 2023.

Energy Forecast

Here’s the latest on our periodic reports on research by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), a statistical and analytical arm of the U.S. Department of Energy that collects, analyzes and disseminates energy information. Sun is up in forecast EIA’s short-term energy outlook in January projected that solar electric generation will account for 7% of […]

05 / 18 / 24