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Washington Blazes a Trail for State Action on Energy Efficiency
Washington State recently became the first state to adopt an existing building performance standard, putting it at the forefront of all states in addressing energy efficiency in buildings. This blazes a trail that other states are likely to follow. Here’s what you need to know.Signed by Govern Read More...
Green Lease Leader: Green Leasing Spurs Efficiency Improvements in Cleveland Businesses and City Building
With a green, high-performance lease, landlords and tenants can better work together to save money 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 (DOE) Be Read More...
Green Lease Leaders: How Industrial Building Owners Use the Lease to Optimize Sustainable Business Practices
As building efficiency efforts have progressed to more advanced and holistic approaches to meet ambitious climate and sustainability goals, green leases have evolved as well to enable their achievement. The newest edition of IMT and the DOE’s Better Buildings Alliance’s case study series Read More...
Stronger Together: Efficiency With Instead of Efficiency First
As the demand for climate action continues to ramp up, more cities, businesses, and utilities are discussing their decarbonization strategies for the years ahead. However, achieving a fully decarbonized energy system is a colossal task, requiring revolutionary innovation in engineering, business mod Read More...
Stronger Together: Why Efficiency with Electrification Catalyzes Systems Change
In the late-2010s, the “electrify everything” movement emerged as a long-term solution to the ever-growing carbon emissions of the U.S. The movement aims to convert fossil fuel-based elements of our daily lives—how we power our cars, how we heat our water for our daily showers and Read More...
Stronger Together: Systemic Efficiency through Demand Management
Most conversations around clean energy are focused on what type of energy we are using, but to fully decarbonize our economy, we also need to address when energy is used. The timing of energy consumption is critical because renewable energy sources typically have periods when they are more and less Read More...
Want to Tune Up Your City’s Buildings? First, Tune Up Your Approach.
I like to think of audit and tune-up policies as the unsung heroes of the building energy policy world. In cases where a jurisdiction wants to reduce its building stock’s greenhouse gas emissions, these policies build upon the process of benchmarking to include action-oriented recommendat Read More...
2021 Green Lease Leaders Show Sustainability, Cost Savings
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Better Buildings Alliance and the Institute for Market Transformation (IMT) announced the 2021 Green Lease Leaders on May 17. Since the Green Lease Leader program started in 2014, the designation recognizes landlords and tenants who moderniz Read More...
5 Lessons from the 2021 Green Lease Leaders
With a majority of U.S. adults at least partially vaccinated, businesses are eager to get back to work—but operations shouldn’t return to the status quo. The pandemic revealed the deep shortcomings of traditional landlord and tenants leases. Even with dramatically lowered building occupa Read More...
Institute for Market Transformation Partners with Net Zero Forum
Smart Energy Decisions announces the Institute for Market Transformation (IMT) has joined the Net Zero Forum, taking place September 12-14 in Phoenix, Arizona, as a contributing content partner.The Institute for Market Transformation (IMT) is a national 501(c)(3) nonprofit that aims to decarbo Read More...
Unintended Consequences & Potential Solutions of Building Decarbonization: Part 1
The urgent need to combat climate change has accelerated efforts to electrify and decarbonize buildings, heralding a promising shift towards sustainable energy sources. As society embraces this transformative journey, it is crucial to acknowledge the potential unintended consequences of such endeavo Read More...
Unintended Consequences & Potential Solutions of Building Decarbonization: Part 2
Part 1 of this series covered the unintended harms that are frequently mentioned by community-based organizations and local governments when efforts are made to decarbonize buildings. Let’s get into the potential solutions!Addressing concerns brought about by unintended consequences affec Read More...
