IMT Earns 2024 ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year Award for Sustained Excellence
IMT received the 2024 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year – Sustained Excellence Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
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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With New Law, California Moves Towards Statewide Building Performance Standard
SB 48 from California’s state senate prioritizes interagency and community collaboration for building decarb.
Ten Points on the Beaver State’s New Building Performance Standard
Oregon is the fourth state to adopt a BPS, taking climate action to improve buildings.
Cambridge Adopts Bold Building Emissions Reduction Targets
Rajiv and James walk through the ambitious net-zero targets and equity considerations for the amended policy.
IMT Earns 2023 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year Award for Sustained Excellence
IMT’s fifth consecutive Partner of the Year award since 2019 underlies our strong partnership with ENERGY STAR and success in reducing building energy use.
It’s in the Details: Benchmark 8760 Encourages Switching from Annual to Hourly Building Data
Benchmark 8760 – named for the number of hours in a year – hopes to push the building industry to get more granular in their data tracking.
Building Innovation Hub Announces DC’s Highest Performing Buildings For 2022
The Building Innovation Hub announces DC’s greenest buildings for 2022, as measured by ENERGY STAR benchmarking scores in 2021
Massachusetts Adopts Statewide Building Benchmarking and Transparency Law
IMT insight into the buildings benchmarking portion of Massachusetts’ 2022 Climate and Clean Energy Bill
People Behind the Policy: Vancouver’s BPS
Q&A with the City’s Green Buildings Team IMT’s Manager for Policy Design and Implementation, Benjamin Silverman, collaborated with Sr. Green Building Planners Gurmeet Ghera and Micah Lang from the City of Vancouver’s Green Buildings Team, Sustainability Group, on their policy development efforts. Gurmeet and Micah answered some of our questions about the new Annual Greenhouse … Continued
Vancouver Adopts First Building Performance Standard in Canada
New bylaw will be responsible for an estimated 20% carbon emissions reduction needed to meet City’s 2030 goals. On July 20, 2022 the Vancouver City Council adopted the 2022 Annual Greenhouse Gas and Energy Limits Bylaw. This bylaw will require larger commercial and multifamily buildings in Vancouver to submit a report annually on their energy … Continued