San Francisco Passes Landmark Building Energy Efficiency Ordinance
Requires Energy Audits and Annual Benchmarking for Existing Commercial Buildings
Energy Benchmarking
Energy benchmarking is essential for understanding a building’s energy use and how it compares to the average energy usage in similar building types. To learn more about the benefits of benchmarking, check out IMT’s resources below.
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Commercial Energy Policy Toolkit: Benchmarking & Disclosure
IMT and ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability USA have partnered to create a toolkit of 11 policies and programs that local governments can implement today as part of a of multi-policy approach. The toolkit highlights successful local programs and best practices that governments can use to establish their own policy and program mix, based on local … Continued
Commercial Energy Policy Toolkit: Submetering
IMT and ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability USA have partnered to create a toolkit of 11 policies and programs that local governments can implement today as part of a of multi-policy approach. The toolkit highlights successful local programs and best practices that governments can use to establish their own policy and program mix, based on local … Continued
Rating and Disclosure Cycle of Improvement
Graphic illustrating the cycle of improvement that results from building energy rating and disclosure.
International Building Energy Rating & Disclosure Policy Fact Sheet
Building energy rating & disclosure legislation around the world.
Empowering the Market: How Building Energy Performance Policies Encourage U.S. Energy Efficiency
There is tremendous potential to achieve energy and greenhouse gas reductions in the U.S. building stock. Today, U.S. policymakers are turning their attention to existing buildings, where opportunities for greater energy efficiency are abundant but fraught with barriers that continue to severely impede progress. This paper examines how mandatory rating and disclosure policies can help … Continued
The Future of Building Energy Rating and Disclosure Mandates: What Europe Can Learn From the U.S.
Worldwide, commercial building energy rating and disclosure mandates are becoming more common as policymakers target the building sector in energy and climate protection policies. Although the United States has no policy equivalent to the European Union’s Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD), rating and disclosure policies are beginning to appear in states and local jurisdictions. … Continued
White Paper: Rating and Disclosing the Energy Performance of Buildings
With climate protection and energy security issues at the forefront of global politics, improving the energy efficiency of existing buildings is emerging as a central goal for policymakers. In the United States, buildings account for nearly 40% of greenhouse gas emissions,1 about half of which are from existing commercial buildings… (Continue reading by downloading the … Continued
Economic Benefits of Building Energy Performance Benchmarking, Disclosure and Labeling
Energy ratings can make properties more profitable, and managing building energy use is a multi-billion-dollar industry and growing. Read about these benefits and more in this two-page backgrounder.
Commercial and Multifamily Building Energy Assessment Credentials
Download PDF to view the full graphic of commercial and multifamily building energy assessment credentials.