Discover how Embue’s smart building platform helped a historic mill avoid a chiller disaster on a scorching hot day. Learn why early detection and preventative maintenance are critical for multifamily properties

One of the things we talk about at Embue is how our platform brings together the people who own, manage and work in multifamily apartment buildings to drive value throughout the property.

But what does that really mean?

Stakeholder meetings are incredibly impactful and are designed to set the building and the building team up for success. After the one hour meeting, buildings typically are set up to save 25% or more in energy and carbon reductions and the site team is immediately more productive and responsive to resident calls.

Embue, the first smart building platform for multifamily portfolios, today announced that it has been awarded a $335,000 grant from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) InnovateMass Program to introduce peak load management solutions to a previously underserved sector: affordable multifamily housing.

Embue was recently awarded a generous $335,000 grant from MassCEC’s InnovateMass Program to peak load management solution that will enable affordable housing communities to generate revenue from the grid.

Boston’s Building Emissions Reduction and Disclosure Ordinance (BERDO) aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), improve energy efficiency, and promote sustainability across the city’s building stock, which is responsible for over 70% of the greenhouse gas emissions.

Achieving a net-zero emissions building will mean implementing change in five areas.

The second blog entry in a series written to help building owners understand how to comply with BERDO

Boston has emerged as a leader in the fight against climate change and has put laws with stringent regulations in place to force building owners and managers to reduce greenhouse gas emissions gradually to net zero by 2050.

Based on the latest public BERDO reporting data, over 50% of existing multifamily buildings will fail even the earliest (2025) limits unless their carbon emissions are reduced.

The first blog entry in a series written to help building owners understand how to comply with BERDO

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Embue has been named to Third Derivative’s Cohort 24-1, the latest group of startups working on solving some of the world’s biggest climate issues.

As the rate of electrification accelerates, the grid will experience peak electricity usage on a few of the coldest days of winter - typically seven days, or 2% of the year -  and it may not be able to generate or supply sufficient electricity to meet demand.   

The last year has been remarkable for Embue. In November we announced a seed round of $2.3 million, and that, together with a new 3.8M debt financing facility that we recently secured through MassDevelopment, has enabled us to grow our talented team who are dedicated to developing our platform and furthering our reach into the multifamily market.

Embue joins BeEngaged as it defines the commercial real estate space through networking, mentorship, and collaboration

Embue, the first whole building intelligence, monitoring, automation and control solution for multifamily apartment building portfolios, today announced that it has raised a 2.3M seed round led by Shadow Ventures.

Embue, the first whole building intelligence, monitoring, automation and control solution for multifamily apartment building portfolios, today announced that it has been honored in three recent award competitions.

Embue, the first smart building solution for multifamily apartment building portfolios, today announced that it has been selected as “Affordable Housing Solution of the Year” in the annual PropTech Breakthrough Awards program conducted by PropTech Breakthrough, a leading independent market intelligence organization that evaluates and recognizes standout real estate technology companies, products and services around the globe.

Embue, the first whole building intelligence, automation and control solution for multifamily apartment building portfolios, today announced that the Embue smart building platform has been extended to include the control of window air conditioning units and Packaged Terminal Air Conditioners (PTAC), paving the way for multifamily owners and operators to reduce carbon emissions, improve energy efficiency and to make existing buildings healthier and more comfortable for residents.

Embue, the first whole building intelligence, automation and control solution for multifamily apartment building portfolios, today announced that 2Life Communities will standardize on Embue for future development, renovation and retrofit projects across its growing senior and senior affordable housing portfolio to make the buildings more energy and operationally efficient, to reduce carbon emissions and to improve resident comfort.

Embue has been working with a number of customers on deep energy retrofits and building electrification projects to boost energy efficiency and reduce carbon emissions. This the third part in a series where we look at the projects and the technologies behind them.

Here, we’ll explore some best practices for controlling energy use and comfort and learn why flexibility and working closely with residents and staff is an important part of any successful initiative.

Embue has been working with a number of customers on deep energy retrofits and building electrification projects to boost energy efficiency and to reduce carbon emissions. This the second part in a series where we look at the projects and the technologies behind them. In part one of our series, we looked at what deep energy retrofits are and the reasons why they’re a huge investment opportunity.

Here, we’ll look at why real-time building analytics and whole building intelligence are a crucial part of a successful deep energy retrofit project.

At Embue we are seeing more and more customers performing deep energy retrofits and building electrification projects at their properties.

In the next few blog posts, we’re going to dig into what these projects entail and what factors into getting our customers to net zero energy. 

Believe it or not, about two thirds of today’s buildings will still be here in 2040, so performing deep energy retrofits on these buildings is essential in order to eliminate carbon emissions from building operations and to make the buildings more energy efficient. Renovating these buildings, rather than replacing them, also reduces carbon emissions that result from construction activities.

Let’s be honest, building energy efficiency is boring. People appreciate that saving money and reducing carbon emissions is a good thing; VPs of Sustainability and CFOs can get excited about it. But people rarely brag about energy savings, and never for very long. 

There are two things going on here…