IMT, MIT CoLab Help Cities Navigate Options for Financing Energy Upgrades
PACE, MEETs, and more.
PACE, MEETs, and more.
Driven by a need to foster economic development, create jobs, and address environmental concerns, cities are increasingly recognizing the need to encourage investment in building performance with creative financing mechanisms. Making the largest impact possible with limited funds can be challenging. However, cities now have an abundance of governmental and private sector tools available to … Continued
FHA rule factors efficiency.
What Delaware needs to make widespread adoption of energy-efficient homes a reality.
If interest is high in building energy efficiency in the United States, why aren’t investments in efficiency growing? Experts from local and federal governments, the private sector, and non-government organizations explored that question at a June 2013 Roundtable Dialogue in Washington, D.C., convened by the Johnson Controls Institute for Building Efficiency (IBE) and the Institute … Continued
The Sensible Accounting to Value Energy (SAVE) Act, S. 1106
In July 2012, a working group comprised of local utilities, utility regulators, building owners, and experts from the real estate, academic, and energy efficiency fields came together to examine utility efforts to provide building operators with better access to energy consumption data for their buildings. A product of the working group, this report identifies best … Continued
New survey highlights a desire for energy efficiency legislation.
Part two in a series about finding and negotiating our new office space.
A special kind of utility is helping reduce energy use in Washington, DC.