Equitable Funding Mechanisms for Climate Action in Minneapolis
This paper recommends sustainable approaches to generate funding for equitable climate action and just transition efforts in Minneapolis.
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A Flimsy Challenge to Colorado Green-Buildings Policies
This guest blog post from Daniel Carpenter-Gold at IMT’s partner, the Public Health Law Center, analyzes a recent lawsuit challenging Colorado’s and Denver’s Building Performance Standards.
How Cities Can Mitigate the Impacts of the Gas System and Accelerate the Shift to Clean Energy
This white paper aims to deepen city leaders’ understanding of the interaction between gas distribution systems and local climate objectives.
Top 5 Reasons You Should Care About Utility Data Access
Check out why IMT’s new Model Utility Data Access Law is a great tool that promotes utility savings for building owners and tenants.
Mitigating Real Estate Risks through Efficiency: Partnership
This guest blog post from PropertyWorks discusses mitigating real estate risks through energy efficiency and performance-based leasing.
Building Performance Standards: Beyond the Meter
First appearing in Public Utilities Fortnightly, this article addresses how building decarbonization policies will impact utilities, the grid, and planning.
Redistributing Power to Communities in Oregon
Verde, Coalition of Communities of Color, and the Institute for Market Transformation pursue energy justice in Oregon, driving community wealth with utility investments.
It’s in the Details: Benchmark 8760 Encourages Switching from Annual to Hourly Building Data
Benchmark 8760 – named for the number of hours in a year – hopes to push the building industry to get more granular in their data tracking.
Working with a Community Accountability Board to Co-Design Equitable Building Performance Standards
When implementing a building performance standard (BPS), jurisdictions must prioritize community collaboration and ownership. A Community Accountability Board (CAB) works with policymakers and administrators to review a BPS’ impact on frontline and fenceline communities. These are communities that experience the most immediate and worst impacts of climate change and are most often communities of color, … Continued
People Behind the Policy: BPS Implementation Guide
How can jurisdictions and communities use the new BPS Implementation Guide to promote equitable building policies? IMT’s James and Zack answer!