Smart Energy Strategy®

BEST helps people by decreasing energy use, water consumption, and carbon production while increasing net operating income (NOI) and asset values.

Trusted by leading real estate portfolio owners and management:

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We navigate the complex and overwhelming landscape of:

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Create value in your portfolio today

The path forward

Making saving on energy and water simple

It’s simple – carbon emissions cause climate disruption. Water scarcity has become critical and evident. Utility costs are dragging down NOI and asset values. That trend is only expected to increase.

Those who are in the position to solve these problems do not have the time, team, or resources to do so. The solutions advertised by providers and vendors are difficult to understand, leaving you wondering whether there might be something better out there.

BEST makes this process simple.

Your savings, our expertise

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our process

How BEST helps you

BEST feeds data about the assets in your portfolio into our proprietary artificial intelligence-powered system, including utility data, building data, financials, and more. This helps us accurately predict a building’s opportunity.

Identify and stack-rank inefficiencies via BEST’s award-winning proprietary analysis tools in building utility consumption and provide an investment roadmap for solving those inefficiencies via UCMs (Utility Conservation Measures) and renewable energy. Beyond just efficient utilities. Think of efficient businesses.

After we identify the projects we make them happen. BEST has curated a best-of-breed UCM solution set in our Vendor Ecosystem, comprising over 100 technologies that address the full spectrum of inefficiencies and alternative energy. We help source funding for the projects  and manage the projects to completion.

Our BEST Track™ service delivers post-project measurement and management of utilities. BEST Track™ enables:

  • Identification of trends and improvement opportunities. 
  • Measurement of how investments in utility efficiency are performing (both in consumption and payback), as well as how carbon is reduced compared to previous years to fulfill sustainability and ESG goals.
  • Proactive management of utility consumption and spend while intelligently predicting problems before failures happen.

how it works

With a few steps, BEST helps you create value in your portfolio.

We solve clients’ problems in a simple & efficient way.

We deliver results for a variety of properties

Senior Housing

Affordable Housing

Hospitality

Multi-Family

Student Housing

Commercial

see what we can do for you

Increasing efficiency while decreasing spending has never been easier

Case study

See BEST’s award-winning work with an Atlanta student housing complex

Cardinal Group's Westmar Lofts, built in 2005, is a 1,218-bed community located in Midtown Atlanta, GA. BEST was engaged by Cardinal to create and execute a Smart Energy Strategy® for the property.

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The results were spectacular.

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We’re passionate about helping people just like you

BEST’s report showed us so much about our facility’s energy use – especially where it’s being wasted – and outlines ways to dramatically improve efficiency.

Becky Sierp
Area Manager of Capstone on Campus

Our maintenance and utility expenses were extremely high and were dragging down NOI in a substantial way. In partnership with BEST, we discovered areas for cost improvements in both facility maintenance and utilities.

Anthony Alsup

Asset Manager, Cardinal Group

BEST analyzed our portfolio to support our ESG strategy and gave us and our university partners a comprehensive roadmap to profitably reach our sustainability goals.

Louisa Scott

Group Sustainability Manager, Campus Living Villages

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