Using City-Utility Partnership Agreements to Achieve Climate and Energy Goals
The report helps cities and utilities evaluate partnership agreements to meet climate and energy goals.
Decarbonization
Taking action against climate change requires policies and business strategies that ensure carbon emissions reductions in our buildings and communities. Below is a collection of resources that provide information on how cities and the real estate community can drive decarbonization.
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Energy Efficiency in Buildings: The Key to Effective and Equitable Clean Energy Action for Cities
This two-page primer from IMT explains how reducing energy use in buildings is a vital and necessary part of meeting 100% renewable and other clean energy goals.
Should I Stay or Should I Go: The Embodied Carbon of Buildings
Improving the efficiency of new and existing buildings is a crucial strategy for cities and states that are charting a path to decrease carbon emissions and meet ambitious climate goals. But what about the materials that are being used to construct and retrofit buildings? Fabricating the materials that comprise buildings—like concrete, steel, and windows—also releases … Continued
IMT 2014 Annual Report
For almost 20 years, IMT has sought out and promoted best practices to advance energy efficiency in buildings. We continue to work toward a future in which all buildings are highly efficient, and our progress toward this goal in 2014 is capture in IMT's 2014 Annual Report. This annual report provides examples of market transformation … Continued
Net-Zero Buildings Are the Next Frontier
Our goal should be buildings that not only support themselves, but can produce more…
Report on Nearly Zero-Energy Buildings
The BPIE has released a new report on how EU member states can meet the requirement that all new construction be nearly zero-energy by 2020.