In efforts to reduce energy consumption and CO2 emissions, commercial real estate leaders are turning to sustainable building and management techniques. While there are countless products and services on the market to improve efficiency in these areas, few offer an unobtrusive option that is designed to interface seamlessly with existing  HVAC control systems in most modern buildings–LOBOS is different. Whether it is a newly constructed building or a recent renovation, even the greenest buildings can achieve greater energy and cost savings with LOBOS. Yardi subsidiary Enerliance produces the Load Based Optimization System (LOBOS), an advanced software platform that layers on top of existing HVAC control systems to dramatically reduce energy consumption in large buildings and campuses. The system provides automated energy efficiency reset control strategies, real-time automated demand response functionality (“Smart Grid”), system fault detection and diagnostics, and continuous commissioning.  By adding LOBOS to the Yardi Energy solutions bundle of offerings, our customers can enjoy the maximum gains in energy efficiency and savings possible today. Scot Duncan, Enerliance founder, commends the relationship between software and utilities, “LOBOS is delivering owner-friendly, tenant-friendly demand reduction which benefits the community, owners and occupants alike. This is a great example of the facilities community working with the utility to prevent brownouts and blackouts, reduce the need to build new power plants, and to manage energy costs for the facility,” says Duncan. LOBOS is a comfort based system. That is, it monitors and controls cooling, heating and air handling systems to improve occupant comfort while simultaneously reducing utility costs for building owners and tenants. To date, LOBOS has been installed in over 400 buildings and has delivered more than $7 million in annual energy savings to clients, or nearly 143 million kWh. The results have garnered an honored position for...

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...