{"id":15548,"date":"2016-06-21T08:43:47","date_gmt":"2016-06-21T15:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/?p=15548"},"modified":"2020-12-24T04:04:33","modified_gmt":"2020-12-24T12:04:33","slug":"naa-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/naa-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"NAA 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Yardi team traveled from all corners to attend the annual National Apartment Association (NAA) Education Conference and Exposition<\/a> in San Francisco last week. More than 9,200 apartment industry professionals joined us for one of the biggest shows of the year. We participated in educational sessions, scoped out new trends, and had a blast meeting with clients and colleagues in the multifamily space.<\/p>\n

7 Things We Learned at the 2016 NAA Education Conference and Expo<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Googlers Have It Good<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    On Wednesday, our friends at Google took us (and some lucky clients) on a tour of the Googleplex in Mountain View. Between the campus bikes<\/a>, nap pods<\/a>, and friendly sculptures<\/a>, their corporate culture is every bit as fantastic as we expected.<\/p>\n

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    1. Michael Strahan Wants to Be the Male Oprah<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      He said so himself! NFL Hall of Famer Michael Strahan was the keynote speaker on Thursday. He discussed motivation, overcoming obstacles, and maximizing your career. He also talked real estate. \u201cI love real estate. It\u2019s a passion of mine. I am a big fan of real estate fixer-uppers. I\u2019m good at demo. If you can\u2019t hit a quarterback, hit a wall,\u201d he joked.<\/p>\n

      Strahan shared that it\u2019s particularly important to him to acknowledge and thank everyone he works with \u2013 whether it\u2019s a producer, make-up artist, or the custodial staff \u2013 noting that \u201ceveryone makes the ship run.\u201d We couldn\u2019t agree more.<\/p>\n

      3. ENERGY STAR Ratings Aren\u2019t Just for Appliances<\/strong><\/p>\n

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      It turns out that buildings can have ENERGY STAR ratings, too. On a panel moderated by Yardi\u2019s Gene Cattani, Michael Zatz, manager for ENERGY STAR Commercial Buildings at U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), desc<\/p>\n

      ribed how the EPA recently launched an aggressive multifamily energy scoring system. ENERGY STAR now has more than 30,000 multifamily properties using the scoring system, which is based on a scale of 1-100. The higher one\u2019s score, the more energy efficient the property is. Find out more about this innovative program here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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      1. You Can\u2019t Fight City Hall \u2013 But You Can Party There<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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        The NAA took over San Francisco City Hall for the Thursday night party, and boy was it fun! Not only was this architecturally stunning building closed for a private event but also it was stuffed to the gills with food, beverages, revelers, and performers. We met Signorina Spaghetti, noshed on some dim sum, and danced in the streets out front.<\/p>\n

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        1. Renters Love the Internet<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n