Designing California’s BPS: Addressing Affordability and Climate Ambition
How the State of California can use a building performance standard to advance affordability and sustainability at the same time.
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2026 Green Lease Leaders Trends
We announced our 2026 Green Lease Leaders! These 55 companies are showing the industry what it means to have industry-best leasing practices. Here is what we can learn from this year’s leaders.
Why Equitable Building Policy Matters in St. Louis
2025 was a rough year for frontline communities advocating for Environmental Justice (EJ). Federal EJ funding was slashed, and local governments centering EJ principles were strained due to political uncertainty. Consequently, community-based organizations (CBOs) advocating for community-informed decision-making faced governmental staff with limited capacity and funding. Despite this landscape, equitable decarbonization was still front and … Continued
Green Financing Gets Local
Casius Pealer explains how CDFIs and local lenders are critical to financing more sustainable, valuable, and efficient buildings
2026 Energy Codes Outlook
Rylyn Kelley explains what’s happening with building energy codes in 2026
New Year, New BPS: West Hollywood Joins the Club
Get the key details of West Hollywood’s Building Performance Standard
2026 Building Policies Outlook: Local & State Leadership in a Federal Vacuum
James Burton forecasts building performance policies for 2026
Making Sense of Lost Savings: Takeaways from the DOE’s Commercial Energy Code Field Study
Do buildings actually comply with energy codes? A Department of Energy project investigated results and offers recommendations for energy efficient building codes and policies
Five Takeaways on Making Building Performance Standards Work for Everyone
As state and local governments look for ways to reduce emissions and improve the affordability and resilience of buildings, a growing number are turning to Building Performance Standards. These policies address energy waste in existing buildings and use multiple alternative compliance paths (ACPs) to provide flexibility. But not all of these alternative pathways are created … Continued
Persistence Pays Off: New Orleans Passes Benchmarking Ordinance
How New Orleans finally passed a law requiring buildings to track energy use, and what it means for residents