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the Institute for Market Transformation, a Washington, D.C. based optimization software. Their comfortable, energy-efficient build-
nonprofit that promotes energy efficiency in commercial build- ings are easier to lease and add value by reducing energy and
ings. “Not only will the right solution deliver the coveted ENERGY maintenance costs. Software that enables analytics from meter
STAR certification and fulfill compliance obligations, but it will data has produced similar reductions in building lighting costs.
also increase efficiency and reduce costs, which can boost asset
value and attract energy-conscious tenants.” Kilroy Realty Corporation Automates Demand Response
Los Angeles-based Kilroy Realty Corporation (KRC), a real estate
Dynamic Technology Options investment trust that owns, develops, acquires and manages
An energy management system’s value comes from providing real estate assets, successfully implemented a 10-stage demand
insight into energy consumption across a portfolio so adjust- response system for its 50-acre business park in Long Beach,
ments can be made. That’s where combining
building automation software and energy
procurement services comes in. “The interest and engagement of our
Energy efficiency software platforms environmentally sensitive tenants was
cover all aspects of energy consumption and encouraging and helped reinforce our
management: usage and cost monitoring, commitment to deploying leading-edge
consumption alerts, emissions tracking and sustainability programs throughout
sustainability planning, automated utility our portfolio.”
billing and payment, and budgeting support. —Sara Neff, KRC’s Senior Vice President
Furthermore, efficiency begins even before for Sustainability
the energy reaches the building, with energy
procurement services that negotiate reliable energy at competi- California. The system provides 1.6 MW of automated load shed
tive prices. capacity from six buildings totaling 1 million square feet.
Once implemented in a single building or a portfolio, such The systems controls energy usage by assessing a building’s
platforms monitor usage and create meaningful analytics, energy consumption and automatically adjusting HVAC system
automate billing and utility expense management processes set points dynamically every 60 seconds, allowing the system
to eliminate manual tracking, provide services for entry and to meet demand response load shed targets while maintaining
coding of utility bills and include submetering that passes utility tenant comfort. Building managers can also control which por-
costs to tenants based on actual usage. Real-time consumption tions of a building will participate in a demand response event.
measurement and automatic bill generation reduces per-invoice The system controls consumption without impacting the
processing costs by eliminating labor-intensive manual process- comfort or productivity of KRC’s tenants. “The interest and
ing. Auto-generated data compilation means that consumption engagement of our environmentally sensitive tenants was
information can be easily packaged and delivered for ENERGY encouraging and helped reinforce our commitment to deploying
STAR and other compliance purposes. leading-edge sustainability programs throughout our portfolio,”
With 35%-45% of the electricity used in large buildings going said Sara Neff, senior vice president of sustainability for KRC.
toward heating and cooling, property managers can find addi- New technologies that illuminate a property’s major energy
tional major savings with automated HVAC controls. Building consumption and cost drivers help KRC and other commercial
automation systems frequently employ fixed temperature set property managers understand and make informed decisions
points that are low enough to meet any situation regardless of about their conservation and efficiency efforts. Payoff comes
actual conditions in the building. Alternatively, they may use in the form of reduced energy costs, revenue derived from
‘reset’ strategies that react only to outside weather rather than demand response incentives, and fewer occupant complaints.
actual, real-time conditions in the building. In contrast, intelligent Such capabilities impact all stakeholders positively—tenants
optimization software leverages thousands of real-time data who can understand their consumption and thus control it;
points and sophisticated algorithms to control the HVAC system, owners who can implement new pricing strategies for purchas-
ensuring only just the right amount of heating or cooling is gen- ing power; and investors who get better returns from efficiently
erated for each space in the building at any given moment. These operated properties.
systems further minimize energy costs by increasing the chilled
water temperature, modifying the condenser water temperatures Matt leads the development of software for energy management
or adjusting the amount of fresh air drawn into the building. By and high performing buildings as vice president of Yardi
delivering just enough cooling, and with automated, gradual Energy at Yardi . He has extensive experience in leading
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changes, these systems have the added benefit of making ten- teams to record sales and growing operations and market share.
ants feel more comfortable on a consistent basis. Prior to joining Yardi he was vice president of North American
Operators of office buildings, malls, convention centers, uni- Sales at Tesla Motors, vice president of operations and product
versities, and other facilities have already documented millions of management at Sunrun Inc., and Director of Product Management at fuel cell
dollars of annual electricity savings with intelligent HVAC energy manufacturer Bloom Energy.

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