About us

Your Smart Energy Strategy® partner

Who we are

We are your sustainability manager, creating value in your portfolio

Lowering energy and water costs and usage is an important part of making the most out of your property investment and creating more revenue, but how do you create and execute a plan to do it? With BEST.

BEST understands the many challenges, drivers, and complexities associated with lowering utility costs – our job is to make energy and water management simple. In fact, BEST can cut your utility spending in half.

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Howard Cleaver

Founder, CEO

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Howard Cleaver

Founder, CEO

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Howard Cleaver

Founder, CEO

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Howard Cleaver

Founder, CEO

Our process

How we become your virtual utility manager

We research, analyze, and present holistic plans to solve your energy and water problems in an efficient way.

Engage client

Goal discovery meeting

Capture data

Key metrics collection

Analyze assets

AI-driven proprietary benchmarks and algorithms

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Deliver strategy

Choose the path forward

Execute strategy

Project guidance and management

Manage strategy

Monitoring and M&V

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BEST vendor ecosystem

Our curated vendor network helps you save money

Over our years in the business, BEST has curated a trusted, comprehensive network of vendors who partner with us to provide their cutting-edge products and solutions to our clients. This has allowed us to provide even more support to our clients, helping them find the right technologies and partners to deliver outstanding results.

Learn more about how our partnerships allow us to provide you with top-of-the-line energy and water management and savings solutions by clicking below.

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Cutting-edge technology

Keeping up with the latest industry developments to better serve you

Every year brings new trends and developments to the utility conservation industry. BEST ensures that your strategy includes the most cutting-edge, state-of-the-art technology to create the greatest amount of value in your portfolio. Keep reading to learn more.

LED lighting, Smart HVAC controls / sensors, nuclear-magnetic nanotechnology, Solar PV and glass, Energy procurement, cutting edge window systems, insulation without replacement

Highly efficient fixtures, Smart irrigation systems, Flow / pressure management, Advanced metering and monitoring

Predict and prevent maintenance issues, HVAC short-cycling, small and catastrophic water leaks, lights being on when they do not need to be, and identification of overpayments through T12 analysis.

Alternative Energy

BEST partners with a host of alternative energy vendors to provide our clients with only the best-in-class utility consumption mitigation solutions. From solar energy to innovative microgrid systems and much more – BEST ensures that your property increases NOI in a sustainable way. 

Create value in your portfolio today

Forge the path forward with BEST