Announcing Goby and GRESB Partnership

CHICAGO - Sept. 5, 2014 - PRLog -- Goby LLC is proud to announce its official partnership with GRESB. GRESB is an industry-driven organization committed to assessing the sustainability performance of real estate portfolios (public, private and direct) around the globe. The dynamic benchmark is used by institutional investors to engage with their investments with the aim to improve the sustainability performance of their investment portfolio, and the global property sector at large.

As the leading sustainability data provider to the real estate industry, Goby is constantly focused on the key inputs and outputs of their clients and industry needs in order to be successful.  As the industry evolves to portfolio reporting, the need for cost effective data capture, reporting, and most importantly, benchmarking to assess future performance has become paramount.  The GRESB platform has become the industry standard and Goby wants ensure customers a seamless process to benchmark and report their performance. By being an Associate Member, Goby will invest in the data driven performance GRESB is focused on, all while removing barriers to that process for the industry. This will drive tremendous value in terms of operational efficiencies and overall fund results.

“Quite simply, our focus is turning the limitless amounts of data available to us today into actionable results, GRESB being a key output in determining fund performance”, said Goby CEO, Chris Happ.

Goby clients are increasingly asking for assistance in benchmarking their portfolio; now that Goby is an official Associate Member of GRESB, it will be even easier to capture key metrics and indicators for reporting. “I am very proud to call Goby our Associate Member, they will be a positive partner for us. With industry leading customers and collaborative qualities, the partnership with Goby will assist in making the platform superior”, said GRESB Executive Director, Nils Kok.

ABOUT GOBY

Goby is an internationally-recognized energy and sustainability consulting firm leading the market in ENERGY STAR benchmarks and LEED certifications. Goby’s award winning SeaSuite™ Software as a Service platform captures and distills multiple data sources into simple, contextualized dashboards, tasks, and reports to cost-effectively monitor, optimize, report, and track whole-building energy and sustainability performance.

SeaSuite™ users annually manage more than 250 million square feet from the cloud including regulatory compliance with energy reporting ordinances nationally, more than 300 ENERGY STAR benchmarks, and over 100 LEED EB:O+M projects. In addition, SeaSuite™ users and buildings have collected reduced average energy consumption by more than 20% since 2010. As a result of Goby’s outstanding contributions to energy and greenhouse gas reduction in commercial real estate, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently recognized Goby with a 2014 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year Service and Product Provider Award. For more information, visit http://www.seasuite.com.

ABOUT GRESB

The Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) is an industry-driven organization committed to assessing the sustainability performance of real estate portfolios (public, private and direct) around the globe. More than 130 members, of which 42 are pension funds and their fiduciaries, jointly representing USD 8.9 trillion in assets under management, use the GRESB benchmark results throughout the investment management and engagement process, with a clear goal to optimize the risk/return profile of their real estate investments.