2026 Energy Codes Outlook
Rylyn Kelley explains what’s happening with building energy codes in 2026
Sustainable Communities
IMT is dedicated to creating sustainable communities across the U.S. Learn more about how we're ensuring that buildings are contributing to the environmental, social, and economic well-being of dozens of cities.
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New Year, New BPS: West Hollywood Joins the Club
Get the key details of West Hollywood’s Building Performance Standard
The Building Performance Partnership Announces Expansion
The Building Performance Partnership announces recent expansion to three new hubs
How to Center Community Priorities in a Building Performance Standard
While many organizations, governments, communities, businesses, foundations are all chipping away at climate change from different angles, the planet is still warming and more immediate challenges around affordability and health divert attention from the urgency around climate. How can we as a society do better? By bringing more people into climate action! Some of the … Continued
Energize Denver, Colorado BPS, and Local Law 154 Upheld in Court
New York and Colorado building performance standards upheld against legal challenges.
Community Health Priorities and Building Performance Policies
This document can serve as a starting point for both governments and advocates to craft decarbonization policies that center community priorities, and for insights on how to collaborate across sectors and interest groups.
Tenants at the Center: An Equitable Path to Building Decarbonization
Case studies and policy recommendations that focus on passing strong tenant protections to prevent rent increases and displacement stemming from building decarbonization efforts.
How can community accountability boards transform climate governance?
This factsheet explains what it takes to start a CAB, why your community should start one, where they exist, and how to set one up.
Cities Leading the Way on Climate Action: Evanston Passes First BPS of 2025
Evanston, Illinois passes the Healthy Building Ordinance and shows the power of local leadership on climate action.
Equitable Decarbonization Learning Series: Part 3
An explainer about why building decarbonization matters, the benefits, and the unintended consequences and solutions.