Long-Term Investment in Community-Driven Practices
Community partners helped shape California’s SB 48 building strategy using the Spectrum of Community Engagement to Ownership. Comments are due August 21.
Equity
Equity refers to consistency of outcomes among people, which is different from equality, which typically addresses consistency in opportunities. Learn more about how IMT’s work supports equity.
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Advancing Equitable Decarbonization Through Community Ownership
Involving community in policymaking makes for better outcomes, especially when balancing affordability and decarbonization. This research paper was published as part of the Summer Study 2026 proceedings.
California Publishes Strategy for Building Performance Standards
Why one state’s new building performance strategy is a big deal for community involvement and climate action
From Transaction to Trust: A Framework for Community Engagement
A revised framework for how to build community-centered policies for building decarbonization and performance improvement.
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.
Integrating Equity into Building Performance Standards
Buildings are more than bricks and walls: they’re where we live, work, and learn. In most large cities in North America, buildings are also the largest source of the greenhouse gas emissions warming our planet.
The Landscape of Building Performance Standard Pathway Alternatives
The report provides a landscape assessment of alternative compliance pathways used for building performance standards nationwide.
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.