Press Room

We encourage reporters and members of the press to contact IMT. Please direct inquiries to Andrew Burr, program manager, at (202) 450-7521 / or Cliff Majersik, executive director, at (202) 525-7008
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PRESS RELEASES

• July 27, 2010: SAVE Act aims to factor home energy costs into mortgage financing
• June 17, 2010: U.S. Conference of Mayors Endorses The 30% Solution 2012
• June 2, 2010: IMT Newsletter Release
• Dec. 10, 2009: New York City Enacts Landmark Legislation to Increase Energy Efficiency of Buildings 
• Nov. 4, 2009: IECC Development Committee Recommends Stronger Energy Codes for U.S. Homes and Commercial Buildings

IMT IN THE NEWS

• July 12, 2010: General Services Administration will force its contractors to track emissions in the Federal Times.
• May 15, 2010: Energy efficiency codes mean lower utility bills, but not all builders are sold in the Washington Post
• May 10, 2010: U.S. Government Expands Support for Corporate Energy Efficiency Programs in Area Development Online
• May 2, 2010: Energy and the Empire State in Miller McCune
• March 29, 2010: Industry Leader Q&A: Cliff Majersik in Building Commissioning Association Checklist
• Feb. 17, 2010: Big Landlords, Tenants Waking Up to Green Leases in Law360
• Feb. 16, 2010: Cities and States Mandate Energy Benchmarking for Buildings in Energy Priorities Magazine. Listen to the interview with Cliff Majersik
• Feb. 4, 2010: Mandatory Energy Benchmarking Coming into Vogue in Law360
• Jan. 18, 2010: Consider an Energy-Efficient Mortgage in SmartMoney
• Jan. 13,2010: More Cities, States Require Benchmarking in McGraw Hill Construction ENR
• Jan. 7, 2010: D.C. Buildings to Measure Energy Use in Engineering News-Record
• Jan. 1, 2010: Energy Costs for D.C. Commercial Buildings to go Online in the Washington Post 
• Dec. 22, 2009: Washington, DC, Requires Building Energy Use Metrics in Environmental Leader
• Dec. 22, 2009: "D.C. Creates Building Efficiency Law" on Clean Skies. See the video.
• Dec. 22, 2009: New Energy Efficiency Rules for D.C. Buildings Take Effect in 2010 on WAMU Radio | Listen to the clip (Windows Media)
• Dec. 22, 2009: Energy Efficiency: Your Building May Soon be Tested in ClimateWire
• Nov. 9, 2009: IECC Building Code Recommendations Add Up to 30% in Energy Efficiency Gains in Environmental Leader
• Oct 20, 2009: Vetting the Fridge: Is Your Appliance Lying to You? in SmartMoney
• Sept. 16, 2009: Washington, DC's Clean and Affordable Energy Act of 2008 Explained in FacilitiesNet
• July 29, 2009: The report Unlocking Energy Efficiency in the U.S. Economy by McKinsey & Co. finds the United States could save $1.2 trillion and cut projected non-transportation energy use by 23 percent through 2020 by investing $520 billion in energy efficiency improvements. IMT's Cliff Majersik contributed to the report.
• June 26, 2009: Measuring Sustainability Performance Means Establishing Design Value in the American Institute of Architect's AIArchitect newsletter
• May 15, 2009: NBI's Core Performance Adopted as Part of Massachusetts Stretch Code in Building Design+Construction. The article references IMT's preliminary study that suggests that advanced building codes, such as those put forth by Massachusetts, could create 20,000 jobs nationally.
• Feb. 20, 2009: Will a New Benchmarking Law Shame Landlords into Making Their Buildings More Energy Efficient? in Washington Business Journal
• Feb. 1, 2009: Energy-Saving Actions Yield High Returns -- And Attract Tenants in the District of Columbia Building Industry Association's Pipeline newsletter
•  July 16, 2008: In Washington DC, Energy Star Benchmarking Law Arrives in CoStar Advisor
• 2006 & 2007: IMT's Cliff Majersik appears on NPR's "All Things Considered" program and is quoted in the Washington Post article D.C. Moves to Become Pioneer In Forcing 'Green' Construction, which appears on the front page of the Post in a November, 2006 edition. He comments in both instances on the DC Green Building Act, which he helped craft.