The Building Performance Partnership Announces Expansion
The Building Performance Partnership announces recent expansion to three new hubs
Five Takeaways on Making Building Performance Standards Work for Everyone
As state and local governments look for ways to reduce emissions and improve the affordability and resilience of buildings, a growing number are turning to Building Performance Standards. These policies address energy waste in existing buildings and use multiple alternative compliance paths (ACPs) to provide flexibility. But not all of these alternative pathways are created … Continued
Persistence Pays Off: New Orleans Passes Benchmarking Ordinance
How New Orleans finally passed a law requiring buildings to track energy use, and what it means for residents
BPS Getting Real: 2025 Brings First Performance Deadlines
This year marks an exciting milestone in our field: the first BPS compliance deadlines are taking effect in cities like New York City, Denver, and St. Louis.
2025 Green Lease Leaders Trends
Beyond offices, continued international growth, and enhancing green lease language. These are the highlights from this year’s leaders!
IMT Announces 2025 Green Lease Leaders
The winners, announced today at the 2025 Green Lease Leaders Winners and Trends webinar, exemplify a growing shift toward sustainability and equity in commercial and industrial real estate strategy. Media contact: Alexandra Laney, Communications Director, 505-391-5602; alexandra.laney@imt.org Washington, D.C. (May 29, 2025) – Today, the Institute for Market Transformation (IMT) announced the 2025 Green Lease Leader during … Continued
New Resources for Centering Community Priorities in BPS
While many organizations, governments, communities, businesses, foundations are all chipping away at climate change from different angles, the planet is still warming and more immediate challenges around affordability and health divert attention from the urgency around climate. How can we as a society do better? By bringing more people into climate action! Some of the … Continued
ENERGY STAR: an Invaluable Bipartisan Public-Private Partnership
The ENERGY STAR program, particularly ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager, is an invaluable resource to the real estate community and to all Americans.
Hawaiʻi Joins National Building Performance Standards Coalition to Improve Buildings, Lower Energy Costs
Hawaii’s membership increases the number of local and state governments committed to better buildings and lower energy costs.
Energize Denver, Colorado BPS, and Local Law 154 Upheld in Court
New York and Colorado building performance standards upheld against legal challenges.