Enerliance

Yardi® announced this week that it has acquired Enerliance, a leading developer of energy efficiency software. Enerliance produces the Load Based Optimization System (LOBOS), an intelligent HVAC platform that significantly reduces energy consumption in large buildings and campuses. LOBOS also enables automated demand response participation and system-level fault detection and diagnostics.

Written by Joel Nelson

05 / 06 / 14

2 min read

Yardi^® announced this week that it has acquired Enerliance, a leading developer of energy efficiency software.

Enerliance produces the Load Based Optimization System (LOBOS), an intelligent HVAC platform that significantly reduces energy consumption in large buildings and campuses. LOBOS also enables automated demand response participation and system-level fault detection and diagnostics.

“Joining the Yardi team combines the trust we have earned in the facilities marketplace with Yardi’s 30-plus years of leadership in developing innovative property and asset management solutions. This is a winning combination for clients of both organizations,” said Raymond A. Pustinger, president of Enerliance.

“LOBOS has saved energy, reduced costs, and increased tenant comfort wherever it has been installed, through a combination of building intelligence, efficiency algorithms, and demand response technology. Adding it to our product offerings provides building owners and operators with a single platform for energy management that generates cost savings and furthers our clients’ and Yardi’s environmental initiatives,” said Gordon Morrell, executive vice president and chief operating officer for Yardi.

Enerliance team members will continue serving customers from their offices in Irvine, Calif.

Enerliance, founded in 2005, is the company behind the Load Based Optimization System (LOBOS), an intelligent optimization system for large-scale air conditioning systems that offers improved comfort, energy efficiency and fully automated demand response capability that improves bottom lines for building owners and occupants. LOBOS delivers more than 32 megawatts of fully automated demand response capability to the grid along with more than $5 million in annual energy savings. Enerliance has earned numerous industry accolades, including recognition by CIO magazine, one of the most highly regarded publications in the information technology industry, as one of the 20 most promising utilities solutions providers in 2013. For more information, visit www.enerliance.com

AUTHOR

Joel Nelson, senior marketing writer, joined Yardi in 2007. His byline has appeared in New York Real Estate Journal, Canadian Property Management and Los Angeles Lawyer, among others. He has won multiple awards from major professional organizations including the International Association of Business Communicators and Public Communicators of Los Angeles. Joel earned a bachelor’s degree from Pomona College.