SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BuildingIQ, a leading energy management software company, today announced the addition of Gregory Kats to its board of directors, further expanding on the breadth and depth of the company’s board and advisors.
“I believe strongly in the revolutionary approach BuildingIQ is taking to enabling energy efficient buildings with minimal capital expense,” said Greg Kats, president, Capital E. “As the market continues to transition towards a partnership between government, utilities and the commercial sector, I see solutions like BuildingIQ as pivotal to linking smart buildings to a smarter grid.”
Mr. Kats is an internationally recognized leader in energy efficiency, green buildings and renewable energy and serves as president of Capital E. He served for 5 years as the Director of Financing for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy. He is actively engaged in coaching clean energy CEOs and is Sustainability Advisor to CalPERS. Mr. Kats is a founder of the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE), a founder of the country’s first green bank (New Resource Bank) and the Founding Chair of the National Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). In 2011, Mr. Kats was the recipient of the USGBC’s Leadership President Award for exceptional contributions to the green building movement. In addition, he is the principal author of Green Office Buildings: A Practical Guild to Development and the author of Greening Our Built World: Cost Benefits and Strategies.
“We are delighted to have such a distinguished individual as Greg joining our company’s board of directors,” said Mike Zimmerman, CEO, BuildingIQ. “Greg’s addition further strengthens our commitment to deliver companies the next generation in energy efficiency with our Predictive Energy Optimization™, resulting in reduced energy use and energy spend, while ensuring tenant comfort.”
About BuildingIQ
Founded in 2009, BuildingIQ is a leading energy management software company whose mission is to redefine the way energy is managed in commercial buildings. BuildingIQ’s suite of software offerings are based on unique, patent-pending Predictive Energy OptimizationTM technology. These offerings reduce peak and ongoing energy cost and consumption, helping facility owners, managers and occupants get more value out of their existing HVAC energy systems. BuildingIQ has commercialized 15 person-years of building control systems, modeling and comfort research developed by the world-leading experts at the Energy Division of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia’s national research organization, and combined it with industry expertise and an additional 10 person-years of its own R&D to offer commercial facility owners and managers high value solutions with no capital expense outlay.
The company has been honored as Winner of the AIRAH Award for Excellence in Innovation, Tech23’s Greatest Potential Award, and most recently Environmental Design + Construction and Sustainable Facility’s Readers’ Choice Award two years running and Connectivity Week’s Buildy Award. BuildingIQ also shared an award with Western Power for Sustainable Engineering Association 2011 Award for Excellence in Innovation.
For more information, visit http://www.buildingiq.com. You can also follow the company on Twitter – @BuildingIQ.