Transforming Climate Governance With Community Accountability Boards
This toolkit explores the concept of a community accountability board (CAB) including its framework, core principles as a model for community empowerment, and its challenges.
This toolkit explores the concept of a community accountability board (CAB) including its framework, core principles as a model for community empowerment, and its challenges.
This paper recommends sustainable approaches to generate funding for equitable climate action and just transition efforts in Minneapolis.
This white paper aims to deepen city leaders’ understanding of the interaction between gas distribution systems and local climate objectives.
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.
This white paper addresses two issues that opponents to improved energy codes typically raise.
This report provides a comparison overview of life-cycle cost, simple payback, and mortgage cash-flow in assessing energy code cost-effectiveness.
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
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.
IMT’s Annual Report captures not only the organization’s successes and progress from 2021-2022, but also recaps clear market signals that continue to drive action in buildings today.
This paper explores how new construction energy codes in several sample jurisdictions compare to existing or proposed building performance standard thresholds.