Building Performance is About More than Energy
Building performance policies can advance social priorities like affordable housing, stakeholder inclusion and equity in energy costs.
Equity
Equity refers to consistency of outcomes among people, which is different from equality, which typically addresses consistency in opportunities. Learn more about how IMT’s work supports equity.
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Public Utility Commissions – The Most Important Regulators You’ve Never Heard Of
Back in September, at the Just Energy Summit—a virtual conference this year, hosted by the Partnership for Southern Equity (PSE)—the session I was most excited about was the one on public utility commissions. I’m always eager to hear the ways that folks make the rather dry and esoteric topic of utility regulation both relevant and engaging, and … Continued
Understanding the Housing Affordability Risk Posed by Building Performance Policies
This paper hopes to help jurisdictions design policies and budget for programs to enable affordable housing to benefit from building performance standards.
Finding Strength in Our Shared Humanity
In this Q&A, Esmeralda Hic, IMT’s Policy Fellow reflects on her community’s fight for environmental justice in California.
Connecting the Dots for a Better Future
IMT helps cities enjoy the economic, environmental, and social benefits of high-performing buildings through building performance policies that create healthy and resilient communities. Collaborating with building owners, tenants, governments, and other city and corporate stakeholders, as well as NGOs and strategic partners, IMT’s expert staff strive to catalyze collective and permanent market change in the … Continued
Thinking Outside the Building
In this Q&A, Hailey Deres, IMT’s Development Associate, shares her passion for environmental justice and what changes she’s looking forward to seeing within the building efficiency industry in the coming years.
Market Transformation Means Addressing Diversity and Racism in the Buildings Space
We must actively work to be anti-racist in the building and energy sectors.
High-Road Contracting
Advance diversity & inclusion in the high-performance building sector.
Statement from IMT on U.S. Protests
The Institute for Market Transformation issued the following statement on the current protests across the U.S.
A Personal Mission for Climate Justice Through Building Efficiency
Rita shares how she learned about the urgency of climate action by witnessing the personal and community impacts of environmental injustice in Los Angeles.