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Yardi’s AEE award recipient Christy Cannon

AEE award: Energy leadership earns industry honors

Yardi Energy team members Jesse Oshiro, Veronica Hendricks and Christy Cannon earned honors from the Association of Energy Engineers for exceptional contributions to the energy industry.

09 / 25 / 25

U.S. Capitol building with overlaid text: Keep calm and benchmark on

ENERGY STAR update: Potential EPA budget impact June 2025

Debate over federal support and funding for ENERGY STAR® initiatives continue to be in the headlines. Yardi experts are closely monitoring the situation and regularly engage with stakeholders.

06 / 17 / 25

Energy-efficient building with digital blueprint overlay and sustainability features

Yardi Energy Suite shines light on energy-efficient technology

Properties that balance occupant comfort and the lowest possible consumption see higher market values, lower operating expenses and higher net operating income, among other benefits.

05 / 15 / 25

Energy meters on a commercial building

How the Yardi Energy Suite assists with reporting compliance

Across the U.S., commercial and residential property owners are required to comply with ENERGY STAR® energy benchmarking and transparency policies. In these jurisdictions, metrics ranging from electricity usage per square foot to greenhouse gas emission volumes must be reported to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ENERGY STAR® Portfolio Manager®, the most widely used energy reporting […]

03 / 11 / 25

Energy month

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

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

Discover ENERGY STAR solutions: Q&A with Yardi’s Randy Moss

As environmental, social and governance (ESG) regulations evolve, so do the challenges building owners and managers face with data aggregation and reporting. Fortunately, Yardi offers Energy Solutions that provide ongoing access to reliable data, automated workflows and streamlined reporting tools — all of which help alleviate those challenges. It all starts with our Invoice Processing […]

03 / 26 / 24

A STAR is Born

October is Energy Awareness Month, which gives businesses and consumers lots of opportunities to learn about, adopt and promote energy-efficiency practices that reduce consumption and save money. First comes Energy Efficiency Day on Oct. 4. Even more opportunities come just a week later – on ENERGY STAR® Day, Oct. 11. ENERGY STAR Day seeks to […]

10 / 03 / 23

Energy Efficiency Day, Oct. 4

On the 8th annual Energy Efficiency Day, Oct. 4, Yardi Energy will join thousands of organizations in the U.S. and Canada in sharing ideas for reducing energy waste and expanding energy efficiency. Energy Efficiency Day provides a forum for U.S. and Canadian corporations, local governments, universities, utilities and other organizations to document such initiatives as […]

09 / 26 / 23

Energy Buzz

Here’s the latest of our periodic reports on projects undertaken by businesses and academic institutions that are sponsored by the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), the U.S Department of Energy’s R&D arm. Domestic energy production projects In August, the DOE announced funding for 18 ARPA-E projects designed to establish potential new areas of technology development […]

09 / 20 / 23

Property Energy Data Requirements

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requires commercial and multifamily building owners to improve performance in energy consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, water use among other aspects of building operations. With compliance deadlines approaching, several jurisdictions are stepping up their energy benchmarking efforts. Indianapolis, Miami and New Jersey, for example, have deadlines this year. Deadlines for […]

09 / 07 / 23

Energy Projections

Here are recent projections 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. Record liquid fuel consumption coming in ’24 Global consumption of liquid fuels such as gasoline, diesel and jet fuel will set new record highs in 2024. […]

08 / 09 / 23

Satisfying Investors

Today’s real estate investors not only want the financial and operational numbers on their assets but what’s driving them. That includes environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance, which is becoming increasingly important to property occupants, investors and regulators.  In fact, many institutional investors who provide money for U.S. real estate companies incorporate ESG criteria into […]

07 / 24 / 23

Earth Day Options

Let’s go green! Earth Day is April 22. Earth Day is celebrated with over a billion people worldwide, promoting a clean, green environment. Companies that have developed robust Environmental Social Governance (ESG) standards are seeing better profitability, stronger financial performance, and happier employees. Yardi was recently awarded the ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year for […]

04 / 12 / 23

STAR Power

Each year, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) honors a group of businesses and organizations that have made outstanding contributions to protecting the environment through superior energy efficiency achievements. Since 1992, the EPA’s ENERGY STAR program and its partners helped prevent four billion metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions from entering our atmosphere. In 2020 alone, […]

04 / 05 / 23

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