Cities Leading the Way on Climate Action: Evanston Passes First BPS of 2025
Evanston, Illinois passes the Healthy Building Ordinance and shows the power of local leadership on climate action.
Health and Wellness
The relationship between energy efficiency and health outcomes is clear: good air quality is important for sustaining healthy and productive communities and workspaces. Our collection of resources below dive into how energy efficiency keeps people happy and healthy.
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What are the Social Priority Briefs?
A video introduction outlining the creative, impactful policy toolkits that drive cities, counties, and states to address complex societal challenges in building performance standards (BPS).
Green Lease Leaders: Retailers Leverage Tenant-Landlord Communication During Pandemic
These three retail companies used green leases to save costs and collaborate with their landlords throughout the pandemic.
Green Lease Leaders: Integrating Health and Sustainability at the Empire State Building and Beyond
Empire State Realty Trust differentiates itself by making sustainability, and green leasing, a business advantage.
Participating in Power: Making Utility Regulation Accessible
Why utility integrated resource plans matter and how to leverage them for equitable, clean energy.
The Urgency of Addressing Indoor Health in Building Performance Policy
Why and how IMT’s first social priority brief addresses indoor health
Building Performance Standard Module: Ventilation and Indoor Air Quality
This module is meant to provide a starting point for jurisdictions to engage with community members on building-related issues that are important to the community.
What the White House’s Building Performance Standard Means and How to Do It Right
How the Biden administration can set building performance standards for federal buildings that benefit people and climate
Resilient Real Estate: Brixmor’s Strategy for Pandemic Adaptation and ESG Achievement
Brixmor Property Group staff explain their strategies for resilience and sustainability during the COVID-19 pandemic.
New systems approach to commercial HVAC simultaneously improves building ventilation while dramatically lowering energy bills
IMT announces a new HVAC technology pilot in New York and Chicago