DC Adopts Nation’s Strongest Climate Law
DC’s clean energy law is the first to meaningfully address existing building performance.
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IMT’s Top 10 Blog Posts of 2018—Efficiency Onward!
This year has been a breakthrough for climate action in the midst of enormous challenges. As devastating impacts and warning signs mounted, city governments, businesses, real estate leaders, and individuals took on a new level of urgency to deploy solutions that will reduce carbon emissions and move us faster towards a cleaner, more energy-efficient future. … Continued
What You Should Know: Fort Collins’ New Benchmarking Ordinance
After more than a year of private sector and community engagement, Fort Collins, Colo., became the 25th U.S. city to pass a benchmarking and transparency policy for privately owned buildings on December 4. This is a key step in accomplishing Fort Collins’ ambitious climate goal of being carbon neutral by 2050, and follows the City’s … Continued
How PowerForward Can Advance Ohio’s Energy Goals Through Better Data Access
Utilities across the U.S. are continuing to push ahead on grid modernization plans in order to improve reliability and offer their customers new products and services. A recent process you may have heard of is PowerForward, which is being spearheaded by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) to envision an Ohio-specific modern electric grid. … Continued
Chicago Launches First Building Energy Rating System in the U.S.
Cities are prime venues in which we can tackle climate change by crafting and implementing proven, common-sense building energy efficiency interventions that reduce energy consumption, save money, and cut back harmful emissions associated with energy generation and use. In this post, we take a look at Chicago’s new building energy rating system and how it … Continued
Catalyzing Market Transformation: Mike Towler
IMT’s experts catalyze collective and permanent market change. Get to know Mike Towler, Senior Associate for Strategic Services.
Setting Your City Up for Success at the Public Utilities Commission
This post is the third in a three-part series that helps local governments understand why working with utility regulators matters, what they can achieve, and how to set themselves up for success. Read part one here and part two here. In my last post, I talked about Montgomery County, Maryland, which engages at Maryland Public … Continued
Working with Utility Regulators: The Montgomery County Success Story
This post is the second in a three-part series that helps local governments understand why working with utility regulators matters, what they can achieve, and how to set themselves up for success. Read part one here and part three here. Cities across the U.S. are beginning to engage more directly with their energy utilities to achieve … Continued
Going for 100% Renewables? Why Partnerships Between Cities and Utility Regulators Matter More Than Ever Before
This post is the first in a three-part series that helps local governments understand why working with utility regulators matters, what they can achieve, and how to set themselves up for success. Read part two here and part three here. Cities, counties, and states across the U.S. are pledging to recommit to the Paris Agreement … Continued
Top Takeaways for Other Cities from Seattle’s New Benchmarking Report
Last week, the City of Seattle released a new summary report highlighting the results of its citywide building benchmarking and transparency program for 2014 to 2016, and the findings are encouraging. For example, consider these two highlights: Compliance is high. In 2016, the last year covered by the new report, 3,352 buildings reported, representing over … Continued