This year, Cleveland continued to build strong climate action momentum by becoming the first city to earn the Green Lease Leader designation. The city’s Chief of Sustainability Matt Gray recognized that green leases are an essential tool to include in Cleveland’s city-wide climate action plans and meet its ambitious greenhouse gas emissions reductions goals. “Cleveland … Continued
Diversity in perspective is key to robust decision-making. Bringing together a robust set of stakeholders to workshop a problem can uncover new solutions that might have not been otherwise identified. This holds true in many areas, but especially in regulatory environments, where affordability, environmental concerns, resilience, public health and safety, and equity of access may … Continued
Growing numbers of local governments, such as cities and counties, have identified benefits from working with public utility commissions (PUCs or commissions) to further their goals around clean energy, resilience, and affordability. For local government staff, elected officials, and the communities they serve, this document identifies the opportunities and benefits of working with commissions on … Continued
In 2019, the City of Cleveland became the first city government to be recognized as a Green Lease Leader.
This video explains how IMT drives demand for high-performance buildings.
This document describes the components of a software solution to handling data streams and communicating this with partners, the Building Performance Reporting System, that minimizes the demands on city staff and streamlines data collection.
Why should cities add engaging with their state public utilities commission (PUC) to their list of responsibilities?
With the Clean Energy Buildings Act, Washington is first state to adopt an existing building performance standard. Last month, Washington State became the first state to adopt an existing building performance standard, putting it at the forefront of all states in addressing energy efficiency in buildings. This blazes a trail that others states are likely … Continued
Learn more about how IMT makes ambitious climate and efficiency goals a reality in this new organizational briefing document.
Top 5 energy efficiency code proposals in May 2019