Creating Real-Estate-Friendly Building Performance Standards
Building performance policies can facilitate economic recovery and climate action with support from commercial real estate.
Policy
As a trusted, nonpartisan advisor for local, regional, state, and federal policymakers, IMT continuously facilitates collaboration between public and private sector stakeholders to drive demand for high-performance buildings that unleash a variety of environmental, economic, and social benefits for cities across the U.S.
Interested in learning more IMT’s work with cities to drive market demand for efficiency and high-performance buildings? Check out our blogs and resources below.
The Latest
Map: Building Performance Standards
This map summarizes at a glance which U.S. jurisdictions have passed building performance standards.
Priority Actions for America’s Buildings: Recommendations for the Biden-Harris Administration
Recommendations for decarbonizing buildings and ensuring a transition to an equitable, clean energy economy.
Comparison of U.S. Building Performance Standards
This matrix compares the requirements of building performance standards in U.S. cities and states.
Comparison of U.S. Building Audit, Retuning, and Retrocommissioning Policies
This matrix compares the requirements of commercial building audit, retuning, and retrocommissioning (RCx) policies in U.S. cities and states.
A Lifecycle Approach to Building Performance Regulation
This document examines the missing link between energy codes and building performance standards. It offers cities clear actions for smart regulation.
Opportunities to Advance Demand Flexibility with Building Performance Standards
U.S. buildings can help us transition to renewable energy by becoming active participants in the grid rather than just passive consumers.
IMT Announces New Board of Directors Chair and Members
IMT welcomes Jonathan Arnold, President and CEO of Arnold Development Group and Carlton Brown, Principal of Direct Invest Development, LLC to its Board of Directors.
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.
Finding Strength in Our Shared Humanity
In this Q&A, Esmeralda Hic, IMT’s Policy Fellow reflects on her community’s fight for environmental justice in California.