\n\t\t\t\tKen Cooper\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\nAfter taking over Sprint\u2019s real estate operations in 2009, CBRE used technology and improved processes to lower Sprint\u2019s operating systems costs by $35 million, generate more than $750,000 in energy savings, reduce energy costs by 14%, and cut the company\u2019s small box retail division\u2019s maintenance costs by 15-20%, Chris Gardner, real estate manager for Sprint Nextel, told the webinar participants.<\/p>\n
A CBRE audit revealed more than 2 million hours of unnecessary run-time. Dedicated to investing in long-term solutions, CBRE greatly expanded its use of Yardi Pulse Central Control to optimize building lighting and control heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems with cloud-based remote management software. The solution enables easy scheduling adjustments and safeguards for continuously monitoring temperatures, thermostat settings and potential equipment malfunctions, ensuring each building only uses the energy it needs.<\/p>\n
But investing in the right solution meant taking the conversation far beyond mere energy savings to address maintenance costs, asset health, employee efficiency and even revenue. According to webinar participant Cole Schoolland, this requires a multifaceted enterprise solution rather than limited scope single-focus point solutions, which stagnate and quickly become obsolete.<\/p>\n
\u201cEnterprise solutions can scale within an organization to solve for multiple roles on multiple levels with global management, with intelligent features that enable scheduling, failure prediction and service validation,\u201d said Schoolland, an account executive for Yardi Energy. \u201cA standard-programmable or simple \u2018smart\u2019 thermostat focuses on a limited set of value, while an intelligent thermostat or a full enterprise management system enables you to go way past energy management.\u201d<\/p>\n
Yardi Pulse Central Control enabled CBRE to take a much more proactive approach to portfolio management. The principal result was a drastically reduced number of comfort calls. It also enabled a predictive maintenance strategy, which is far more efficient than the usual Planned Preventative Maintenance practice which schedules maintenance calls on a calendar in hopes of catching anything critical.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy team and I can see when a unit is struggling before it fails and make a quick, prescriptive fix or adjustment,\u201d said Ken Cooper, a senior manager for CBRE.<\/p>\n
As for \u201cdoing more with less,\u201d Cooper pointed out that this kind of automation can make the \u201crobots\u201d work for people rather than replace them. Automation can make up for shortages in professional labor, reduce the time people spend on simple, repetitive tasks and allow more attention to complex issues.<\/p>\n
Gardner said, \u201cIf investors see an opportunity that returns 14% annually, they\u2019ll grab it. Retail organizations should do the same thing regarding energy consumption. The investment pays off\u2014the worst thing you can do is not act. We see Yardi Pulse Central Control as an investment that enables us to save many times our annual costs.\u201d<\/p>\n
Learn more about PRSM<\/a>, the webinar\u2019s sponsor and the leading membership organization for retail facilities and vendor professionals.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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