How Does New York’s Climate Building Roadmap Address Equity?
James Burton breaks down the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority’s new building decarbonization plan with a focus on climate justice.
Existing Buildings
Local governments and building owners can improve the performance of their existing buildings through a variety of mechanisms, from building tune-up requirements and retrocommissioning to building performance standards. To learn more about IMT’s work with local governments and building owners to address performance in existing buildings, check out our collection of resources below.
The Latest
Policy Breakdown: What New Federal BPS and California Joining BPS Coalition Mean for the Building Industry
Marla Thalheimer explores how owners, contractors, service providers and more can find new opportunities from the latest building performance standards.
Top Stories of the National Building Performance Standards Coalition
Closing out the year with big climate progress! New federal building performance standards have been announced and California joined the National BPS Coalition.
Old Buildings Are the New Business
Existing buildings form the majority of our building stock and the character of our communities, and making them more efficient is good business for everyone. In this interview, Jamie Johnson from Verde Energy Efficiency Experts explains.
People Behind the Policy: BPS Implementation Guide
How can jurisdictions and communities use the new BPS Implementation Guide to promote equitable building policies? IMT’s James and Zack answer!
Short Building Performance Standard Model Law
This resource establishes goals and an equitable process for crafting building performance standard rules to support energy-efficient, affordable, healthy buildings.
Building Performance Standard Implementation Guide
This guide outlines recommendations for developing and implementing an equitable building performance standard policy.
Partner Spotlight: Corporate Sustainability Services
IMT partners with organizations of all shapes and sizes in its quest to transform the places where we collectively live, work, and play into restorative, healthy, resilient, and sustainable spaces. Our goal is to collectively drive greater demand for better buildings and to co-create and deploy the solutions that fulfill that demand. Corporate Sustainability Strategies … Continued
Office Tenants Could Be Liable for a Building’s Carbon Footprint
Cliff Majersik recently chatted with BRINK about the Inflation Reduction Act, BPS, and commercial building tenants.
Why your lease can drive climate and social action
Switching to a green lease or performance-based lease advances ESG sustainability goals and can advance social responsibility goals related to equity and inclusion.