Office Tenants Could Be Liable for a Building’s Carbon Footprint
Cliff Majersik recently chatted with BRINK about the Inflation Reduction Act, BPS, and commercial building tenants.
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Leveling Up Building Performance Regulations: ACEEE Summer Study Paper
Building Performance Standards are a powerful tool to improve energy efficiency and building performance, and they can advance community-centered, inclusive, equitable policymaking.
What the Inflation Reduction Act Does and Doesn’t Do for Climate and Equity
Alex Dews and Cliff Majersik offer their take on how the Inflation Reduction Act will affect climate change, equity, and environmental justice
Two New Building Performance Standards Adopted in Maryland
Cliff Majersik analyzes building performance policies in Maryland and Montgomery County
SEC Takes Historic Step Forward on Climate Transparency
Cliff Majersik outlines the real estate implications of the SEC’s proposed rule on climate risk disclosure.
Montgomery County Poised to Be First County to Adopt Building Performance Standards
Montgomery County, Maryland is set to adopt Building Performance Standards, which would make it the first US county to do so.
New Bill in Congress Would Create Jobs, Encourage Energy Efficiency in Housing
Cliff Majersik breaks down the The Green Neighborhoods Act, which includes the SAVE Act
What the White House’s Building Performance Standard Means and How to Do It Right
How the Biden administration can set building performance standards for federal buildings that benefit people and climate
Creating Real-Estate-Friendly Building Performance Standards
Building performance policies can facilitate economic recovery and climate action with support from commercial real estate.
Understanding the Housing Affordability Risk Posed by Building Performance Policies
This paper hopes to help jurisdictions design policies and budget for programs to enable affordable housing to benefit from building performance standards.