Establishing a Plan to Achieve Energy Code Compliance in Cities, a new resource developed by the City Energy Project, helps guide U.S. city leadership and their building department leadership in working together to implement an effective strategy to achieve high levels of energy code compliance for new and renovated buildings. The document introduces factors responsible … Continued
Buildings account for more than 40% of the total energy consumption in the U.S., and addressing their energy use is key to reaching a city’s carbon reduction targets. IMT helps cities engage their building owners, managers, tenants and finance stakeholders in all areas of building efficiency to reduce carbon emissions and bolster local economic development. … Continued
Green leasing (also known as energy-aligned, high-performance, or energy-efficient leasing) aligns the financial and environmental goals of landlords and tenants to work together to save money, conserve resources, and ensure the efficient operation of buildings. IMT helps engage leasing stakeholders on best practices, provides useful resources through GreenLeaseLibrary.com, and offers brokers and tenants in the … Continued
As the U.S. housing stock ages and energy prices climb, more robust strategies and financing mechanisms are needed to drive energy efficiency renovations in existing homes, particularly among low- and middle-income households. To date, residential retrofit strategies have broadly targeted homeowners, with less emphasis placed on leveraging the home purchase process to trigger renovations early … Continued
Jamestown, L.P. is one of 14 companies to earn the inaugural Green Lease Leaders designation, created by IMT and the U.S.Department of Energy’s Better Buildings Alliance. A national, vertically-integrated real estate management company, Jamestown owns over $7 billion in assets. So when it decided to develop a green leasing program to achieve its sustainability goals, the Atlanta-based firm … Continued
Now in its third year, the Standard Bearers Award program is presented by IMT and the International Code Council (ICC). The award seeks to recognize a state, local jurisdiction, and individual who are using cost-effective strategies to achieve energy code compliance and energy use reductions. Energy code compliance refers to whether a building meets the … Continued
Taking a look back at 2013—which was a banner year for IMT with significant developments in each of our program areas—IMT released its first Annual Report. The report highlights key achievements in 2013. We are encouraged that 10 billion square feet of space are now affected by building energy benchmarking policies nationwide—a number that is … Continued
Across the U.S., a growing number of cities are unlocking a wealth of data on the energy performance of buildings in the form of building energy benchmarking programs and policies. By requiring large building owners to track and report the energy use of their properties on a consistent basis, building energy benchmarking provides a growing … Continued
IMT provides several free brochures explaining how the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) applies to additions, alterations, renovations, and repairs to buildings. Both commercial and residential buildings are covered, as are special focus areas: Commercial Lighting, Residential HVAC, Residential Insulation & Air Leakage, and Commercial Roofing. We encourage builders and building officials to download and … Continued
IMT provides several brochures explaining how the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) applies to additions, alterations, renovations, and repairs to buildings. Both commercial and residential buildings are covered, as are special focus areas: Commercial Lighting, Residential HVAC, and Residential Insulation & Air Leakage, and Commercial Roofing. We encourage builders and building officials to download and … Continued