A Look into Combining Financing and Leasing for High-Performance Buildings
How high-performance leasing solves the split incentive: real market data, a GLL framework, and a NYC case study.
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Long-Term Investment in Community-Driven Practices
Community partners helped shape California’s SB 48 building strategy using the Spectrum of Community Engagement to Ownership. Comments are due August 21.
What’s Happening with Building Performance Standards
Last June, we looked at the first compliance deadlines for building performance standards. A year later, we’re starting to see the data…and the results are promising. Across the next year, IMT will share stories and data from these jurisdictions to highlight how these policies are working. Key takeaways at a glance Buildings are hitting their … Continued
How to Factor New Policies into Due Diligence for Commercial Real Estate
Due diligence is the moment where assumptions get tested, numbers get verified, and hidden liabilities are revealed. Learn how building performance policies affect due diligence, and how to mitigate risk.
California Publishes Strategy for Building Performance Standards
Why one state’s new building performance strategy is a big deal for community involvement and climate action
From Transaction to Trust: A Framework for Community Engagement
A revised framework for how to build community-centered policies for building decarbonization and performance improvement.
Designing California’s BPS: Addressing Affordability and Climate Ambition
How the State of California can use a building performance standard to advance affordability and sustainability at the same time.
2026 Green Lease Leaders Trends
We announced our 2026 Green Lease Leaders! These 55 companies are showing the industry what it means to have industry-best leasing practices. Here is what we can learn from this year’s leaders.
Why Equitable Building Policy Matters in St. Louis
In St. Louis, efforts to involve community in policymaking are leading to better buildings
Green Financing Gets Local
Casius Pealer explains how CDFIs and local lenders are critical to financing more sustainable, valuable, and efficient buildings