DC Building Code Updates for Building Professionals
Quick summaries of DC energy code changes to help architects, engineers, and owners
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High-performing buildings offer building owners and managers lower operating costs, potentially higher commercial tenant rents, and a higher resale value than traditional buildings. Additionally, in Washington, DC and in a growing number of other localities, buildings are required to meet energy performance targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Energy efficiency is a central component of … Continued
2020 Green Lease Leaders Demonstrate Triple Bottom Line Impact
Audi Banny shared trends in green leasing from the 2020 Green Lease Leader winners
Statement from IMT on U.S. Protests
The Institute for Market Transformation issued the following statement on the current protests across the U.S.
What are Healthy Buildings?
The pandemic has changed the definition of a high-performance building.
Kickstarting Tenant Engagement in Low-Occupancy Buildings
This guide helps building owners and landlords engage tenants to optimize building energy usage while occupancy is low and or buildings are vacant.
Optimizing Sustainability & Wellness: A Guide for Managing Office Buildings During COVID-19
Advancing sustainability and wellness efforts in the face of this challenging crisis can show strength and leadership while reducing operating costs, increasing building resiliency, and improving indoor health.
Stronger Together: Optimizing Renewable Energy
This blog explores how efficiency and demand management can smooth over some of the challenges of the renewable energy transition.
Stronger Together: Why Efficiency with Electrification Catalyzes Systems Change
Why electrification needs energy efficiency: part II of the “Efficiency With” building energy blog series.
Finding Opportunity in Disruption
Every major shock creates opportunity for growth: we learn how to be stronger and better. What do we need buildings to do for people during and after this pandemic?