A new Workflow and Approval Process Guide, prepared by RILA and the Institute for Market Transformation, helps retail energy professionals think more strategically about the project proposal and budgeting process. It is the latest in a suite of financing resources produced through RILA's cooperative
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With a green, high-performance lease, landlords and tenants can better work together to save billions of dollars and lock in smarter, more efficient operation of buildings. Since its inception in 2014, the Institute for Market Transformation (IMT) and the U.S. Department of Energy’s
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The Institute for Market Transformation (IMT) and the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Better Buildings Alliance’ Green Lease Leaders continues their series of reports with this look at 2018’s Green Lease Leader designees—including Federal Realty, Ivanhoe Cambridge
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The Institute for Market Transformation (IMT) and the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Better Buildings Alliance’ Green Lease Leaders presents part three in their series of case studies showcasing exciting green lease trends. This report looks at Green Lease Leader
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The Institute for Market Transformation (IMT) and the U.S. DOE’s Better Buildings Alliance announced June 8 the list of 2020 Green Lease Leaders representing more than 3 billion square feet of commercial and government space ranging from large and small offices to industrial buildings and data
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The momentum behind the renewable energy transition is unstoppable. To date, 162 local governments, 13 states and the District of Columbia, and 229 global companies have committed to 100% renewable energy. Thirteen more states have introduced legislation to get to 100% renew
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Real estate in the U.S. and around the world is experiencing an astronomical disruption that will reshape the future of buildings, how they are built, operated, and occupied for the foreseeable future. As 2020 comes to a close, there is still robust debate about how to revive and potentially reimagi
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What if I told you that by the end of this decade, we could improve life for nearly everyone in America by changing the way we design, build, operate, and value buildings?It’s true.Consider this:The business of real estate—how we collectively construct, operate, own, and value the places
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In a big step to bring significant resources to development of a statewide building performance standard (BPS) proposal, Gov. Newsom signed Senate Bill 48, the Building Energy Savings Act (SB 48) on October 7.Authored by Sen. Josh Becker (D-Menlo Park) with IMT as one of two sponsors, the Act requir
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It’s gearing up to be another banner year for energy codes. Let’s chat about where we’ve been and where we may go next.Big MoneyLast year we were abuzz about DOE’s Resilient and Efficient Codes Implementation (RECI) opportunity, funded through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Ac
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On June 6 the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) rolled out the National Definition of a Zero Emissions Building after gathering extensive stakeholder feedback, and the team at IMT is glad to see the input we provided reflected in the definition. If you are a building decarbonization advocate, having t
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