Revealing Buildings’ Energy Use Creates Jobs, Studies Find
In Cities Set to Disclose Building Energy Use, Companies Are Rapidly Hiring; Job Growth Would Exceed 59,000 Under a National Policy
Energy Benchmarking
Energy benchmarking is essential for understanding a building’s energy use and how it compares to the average energy usage in similar building types. To learn more about the benefits of benchmarking, check out IMT’s resources below.
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IMT Releases Major Reports on Job Creation & Energy Disclosure
Today, IMT released two major new reports…
Analysis of Job Creation and Energy Cost Savings From Building Energy Rating and Disclosure Policy
Major U.S. cities and states, including New York City, San Francisco, the District of Columbia, and California, now require building owners and operators to comparatively rate the energy performance of their buildings and disclose building energy-performance indicators to the marketplace. Existing policies are projected to impact more than 4 billion square feet of floor space … Continued
U.S. Energy Rating and Disclosure Policy Would Yield 59,000 Net New Jobs in 2020
An analysis conducted by the Institute for Market Transformation (IMT) and the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) found that a rating and disclosure policy for commercial and multifamily residential buildings applied nationally would result in significant job growth, consumer energy savings and increased private investment in energy efficiency improvements. The analysis found that such a … Continued
New Research on European Building Performance
Last week, the Buildings Performance Institute Europe (BPIE) presented findings…
DC Publishes Proposed Benchmarking Regs
The District Department of the Environment has published its…
Building Energy Transparency: A Framework for Implementing… Energy Rating & Disclosure Policy
Within the past five years, two states and five major cities have passed building energy rating (or benchmarking) and disclosure policies that will affect some of the nation’s largest metropolitan real estate markets, including New York City, Los Angeles, Washington, DC, and Seattle. The energy performance of several billion square feet of floor space in … Continued
IMT Releases Major Report on Building Energy Transparency
Building Energy Transparency Is First Comprehensive Review of Building Energy Rating and Disclosure Laws
IMT Releases 1st Report on U.S. Rating and Disclosure Policies
A comprehensive review of U.S. building energy rating and disclosure policies.
IMT, NRDC Launch Global Policy Web Site BuildingRating.org
Site Will Be First Comprehensive Resource on Energy Performance Rating Policies for Buildings