by Denise Deverelle | Mar 29, 2019 | conservation, energy efficiency, multifamily management, submeters
Let’s say you have a multifamily property and one water meter for the building. Residents pay their own gas and electric, but you pay the water bill and have always just factored water in when you calculate your rental rates. The water bill keeps getting higher, but... 
by Denise Deverelle | Mar 26, 2019 | conservation, energy efficiency, multifamily management
California is leading the way on utility benchmarking in an effort to understand and enforce conservation. Assembly Bill 802 directed the California Energy Commission to create a statewide utility benchmark for buildings larger than 50,000 square feet. The... 
by Denise Deverelle | Mar 21, 2019 | multifamily management
Move-in day is a happy one for multifamily managers, but as anyone who has moved recently knows, it can be very stressful for the new resident. I have moved many times and have become something of a pro at having the “day one” box ready with everything I’ll need for... 
by Denise Deverelle | Mar 18, 2019 | energy efficiency, multifamily management, submetering, submeters
I don’t know anyone who doesn’t think their utility expenses are too high. I recently examined my own utility bills and discovered I pay, as a single person, an average of $335 per month for electricity, gas, water, and trash/sewer. I started to really think about... 
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