This report is a collaborative effort between the Institute for Market Transformation, VELUX, and YouGov®. To define healthy buildings, the survey combines the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health 9 Foundations of a Healthy Building and the National Center for Healthy Housing’s Principles of a Healthy Homes. It also mirrors questions used in the … Continued
Involving community in policymaking makes for better outcomes, especially when balancing affordability and decarbonization. This research paper was published as part of the Summer Study 2026 proceedings.
IMT’s 2026 Community Engagement Framework includes guidance on how to effectively engage frontline communities in equitable decarbonization policymaking.
This document can serve as a starting point for both governments and advocates to craft decarbonization policies that center community priorities, and for insights on how to collaborate across sectors and interest groups.
Case studies and policy recommendations that focus on passing strong tenant protections to prevent rent increases and displacement stemming from building decarbonization efforts.
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).
Building Performance Standards are a powerful tool to improve energy efficiency and building performance, and they can advance community-centered, inclusive, equitable policymaking.
Building performance policies can play a big role in carbon reduction, but to be equitable, they must also address housing affordability.
Building performance policies can play a big role in carbon reduction, but these policies should also address equitable climate adaptation solutions.
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.