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.
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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.
Making Policy Accountable to Community: Lessons from Boston and Seattle
This paper, written for ACEEE Summer Study 2026, explores Community Accountablity Boards as a governance tool, using examples from Seattle and Boston.
What’s Happening with Building Performance Standards
Last June, we looked at the first compliance deadlines for building performance standards. A year later, we’re starting to see the data…and the results are promising. Across the next year, IMT will share stories and data from these jurisdictions to highlight how these policies are working. Key takeaways at a glance Buildings are hitting their … Continued
Model Utility Data Access Law
To lower utility bills, you have to know how much energy is being used.