AirAdvice Upgrade Automates Benchmark Reporting within Industry-Leading Energy Services Program

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Automated Energy Benchmark Reporting Offers Low-Cost Point of Entry to Energy Savings for Commercial Owners, Managers

PORTLAND, Ore. – Feb. 22, 2010 — AirAdvice, developer of innovative technologies to monitor and assess building energy performance, will release an upgrade (www.airadvice.com/newbenchmark) to its BuildingAdvice energy services program Feb. 24. Automation and increased usability are the key improvements to BuildingAdvice’s energy services platform, which now automates generation of Energy Star Benchmarking reports evaluating the current and potential energy efficiency of existing commercial buildings. Through BuildingAdvice’s industry-leading energy services platform, these reports can now be generated in a fraction of the time they previously required.

“Contractors, consultants, and energy engineers will now experience a more streamlined, efficient process to reducing energy consumption and utility cost for their customers,” said Jim Crowder, President and CEO of AirAdvice. “With this automated system, we now provide a low-cost point of entry into Energy Benchmarking. This upgrade is the onramp to energy services.”

Under development for the past nine months, the current upgrades to BuildingAdvice offer powerful data integration and automation in creating building energy reports, which include:
• Energy Benchmark - Determines a building’s Energy Star rating and current utility cost per- square-foot relative to comparable properties and evaluates the savings potential.
• Energy Savings Assessment - Identifies low- or no-cost opportunities to save energy by adjusting current systems and processes. Combined with Energy Benchmark, provides a more comprehensive picture of a building’s energy use.
• Energy Savings Audit - Evaluates return on investment of energy-saving building improvements by calculating projected utility savings on an annual basis. Breaks out savings per capital improvement, or cumulative savings as a result of multiple improvements.

“Energy Star Benchmarking is a critical first step for our service sales team in starting energy discussions with building owners and managers,” said Charlie Fletcher, Executive Vice President for EMCOR Group’s Mesa Energy Systems, an AirAdvice client. “Automation of the process with the latest upgrade from BuildingAdvice will enable us to bring these in-demand services to far more customers.”

[an error occurred while processing this directive] Additionally, several new features enhance the BuildingAdvice upgrade. The Building Data Management System (BDMS) offers a building-centric data architecture, storing utility bill and other building information for use in any of the energy report types, thereby eliminating duplicate data entry and streamlining report generation. Integration with Energy Star’s Portfolio Manager means that contractors, property managers, and energy engineers who use the BuildingAdvice Energy Benchmark application not only have complete building information stored in Energy Star’s Portfolio Manager, they’re better equipped to service and oversee the building’s operational bottom line. MultiLogOn, another added BuildingAdvice feature, enables users to collaborate on energy efficiency projects with other team members, or to work on multiple projects at any given time.

For more information on BuildingAdvice’s recent upgrade or to contact a sales representative, go to www.airadvice.com/newbenchmark.

About AirAdvice and BuildingAdvice
AirAdvice, a leader in diagnostic technology since 1999, is the developer of the industry-leading BuildingAdvice™ program, focused on reducing operating costs in commercial buildings. BuildingAdvice™ offers mechanical service contractors, real estate management companies, energy engineers, and consultants the ability to quickly provide sophisticated energy efficiency assessments for their customers’ commercial buildings. BuildingAdvice™’s Energy Savings Assessments offer customized, data-based efficiency recommendations and implementation solutions, often providing low- and no-cost actions for improving energy efficiency and presenting opportunities for significant annual savings over the long term. Through its comprehensive platform of innovative sensors, software, reports, consulting and marketing services, BuildingAdvice™ is helping companies and buildings across North America to reduce energy costs and improve sustainability. For more information, visit www.airadvice.com/commercial.

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