10 Years of Green Lease Leaders: Looking at the Past and Present
What we’ve learned from the Green Lease Leaders program and what green leasing trends we see today.
Real Estate
Making the business case for energy efficiency and high-performing buildings is a key part of IMT’s work. From breaking down the most common barriers between landlords and tenants to educating brokers on the value of high-performing buildings and green leasing, IMT tackles the real estate challenges that hinder the implementation of energy-efficiency programs into city and business sustainability strategies.
Interested in accessing IMT tools and resources that explore transformative real estate practices and the results that can follow? Check out our finance and real estate blogs and resources below.
The Latest
IMT Earns 2024 ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year Award for Sustained Excellence
IMT received the 2024 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year – Sustained Excellence Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
IMT at a Turning Point
IMT’s new strategic plan represents an organizational turning point on the road to our BuildUp 2030 plan, and a more just low-carbon future.
Deciphering Seattle’s BEPS: Balancing Flexibility, Complexity, and Oversight
Rajiv and Cliff here with your latest building performance standards (BPS) updates. There’s nothing we love more than a new player on the BPS roster. This time coming straight out of the ethereal mountain landscape of Seattle—birthplace of grunge and Sir Mix-A-Lot. On December 12th, 2023, the City Council of Seattle unanimously passed a Building … Continued
IMT Board Leadership Transition
IMT bids farewell to two board members and commend those who will lead us through our BuildUp2030 decade of action, starting with a new strategic plan.
Analysis of Equipment Trade-offs in Residential Energy Codes
This report examines the homeowner energy cost impacts of reinstating equipment trade-offs, as proposed by the National Association of Homebuilders for the 2015 IECC.
Energy Efficiency and Housing Affordability White Paper
This white paper addresses two issues that opponents to improved energy codes typically raise.
ICF Compares Life-Cycle Cost Analysis: Mortgage Cash Flow and Simple Payback
This report provides a comparison overview of life-cycle cost, simple payback, and mortgage cash-flow in assessing energy code cost-effectiveness.
Cost Effectiveness of the Residential Provisions of the 2021 IECC
Following U.S. Department of Energy cost effectiveness certification of the 2021 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC), the National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB) commissioned the Home Innovation Research Labs (HIRL) to conduct an independent cost analysis of the 2021 IECC. The report, 2021 IECC Residential Cost-Effectiveness Analysis 3 (HIRL report), was published in June 2021, and … Continued
Insulation Industry Opportunity Study
This report summarizes a study on the energy and emissions impacts and economic benefits of code-compliant insulation in the residential, commercial, and industrial building sectors.