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We partner with businesses, community members, and governments to create and scale high-performing buildings.
Did you know…
Buildings account for more than 75% of electricity use
Buildings account for more than a third of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions
People of color spend between 20% and 45% more than white counterparts on energy bills
The buildings that make up our homes, businesses, and community spaces are at the center of our lives. They affect our health, our wallets, and our ability to stay resilient against the impacts of extreme weather.
Our work:
- facilitates community and business engagement with building policy
- reduces overall energy use
- accelerates real estate market transformation to high-performance buildings
- supports local efforts to advocate for safe, affordable housing
- promotes electrification and clean energy
Impact Stories
State of Colorado
Through the Building Performance Partnership, IMT is supporting the Community Office for Resource Efficiency (CORE) with the launch of its high-performance building hub work across Aspen and surrounding resort mountain communities in Colorado. The hub will work to equitably and efficiently decarbonize the built environment in this region. It will assist key stakeholders—including real estate professionals, developers, construction tradespeople, and government planning/development staff—in navigating and complying with benchmarking and state-level building performance policies. By providing this support, the hub is facilitating the transition to high-performance, low-carbon buildings.
Chicago, IL
In Chicago, we’re involved in several initiatives focused on building decarbonization and equity. We partner with the City’s Department of Environment, and People for Community Recovery on a Community Climate Shift project. We also collaborate with the Illinois Clean Jobs Coalition to advance building decarbonization efforts at the city and state level. Resident experience informs IMT’s policy priorities at every step in our work; this means we look at connections between building improvements and health. IMT will scale lessons learned to other U.S. cities and states.
New Orleans, LA
New Orleans is a key participant in IMT’s work on Community Climate Shift. This project facilitates collaborative relationships and shared goals between state/local governments and community members to develop equitable building performance policies and supporting programs. To carry out this work in New Orleans, IMT partners with two key organizations: the City’s Office of Resilience and Sustainability and the Alliance for Affordable Energy, a community-based organization. We also provide targeted support to the Office of Resilience and Sustainability on their proposed benchmarking ordinance. This includes real estate engagement, policy development, and implementation assistance to ensure building performance policies and programs are developed with meaningful community input and equitable outcomes in mind.
Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia is another key jurisdiction in our SEBP project. We partner with the City’s Office of Sustainability and Power Interfaith to advance building performance and establish capacity for ongoing strong relationships and co-creation of policies and programs under federal funding or local initiatives.
Washington, DC
IMT’s Building Innovation Hub, alongside the DC Department of Energy and Environment, creates many resources for the building industry in the DC region. One of these is the Capital Region Green Building Careers Map, developed in partnership with Julius Education. The map showcases the wide scope of the green buildings sector, highlights critical occupations, and demonstrates the numerous career advancement paths between different jobs and industry sectors. By providing this comprehensive careers resource, the Building Innovation Hub aims to grow and strengthen the pipeline of talent entering the building performance field in the DC region.
State of Missouri
In Missouri, IMT’s Supporting Equitable Building Performance project fosters collaborative relationships and shared goals between state and local governments, community members, and key stakeholders to advance equitable building performance policies and programs. In St. Louis, we partner with the City’s Building Division, Office of Building Performance, and the Community Builders Network. In Kansas City, we work alongside Kansas City government stakeholders and our community-based organization partner, Bridging The Gap, to drive community-centered, sustainable building practices.
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