Maryland building owners: Get ready for the state’s 2026 third-party verification requirement for energy benchmarking. Join our free webinar to learn what the requirements are, and how to get ready. Hosted by the @imtspeaks.bsky.social's+ @mdenergy.bsky.social's hubs. 🔗 bit.ly/4qwidFM

IMT's Diana Lee will join other industry leaders for the second part of ULI's webinar: Power Shift: Commercial Leases and Cutting Utility Costs for Small Businesses and Landlords. If you are looking for saving energy and money in real estate, you won't want to miss it! bit.ly/47sV922

On November 5, Cliff Majersik will be representing IMT at the 2025 Greenbuild International Conference + Expo by @usgbc.bsky.social, speaking on accelerating green buildings at scale through policy. 🔗 Register here: greenbuild.informaconnect.com/2025/registr...

We will be at #Greenbuild this year! Register and connect with us: greenbuild.informaconnect.com/2025/registr....

Communities can lead on climate decisions 🌎 Here’s how Community Accountability Boards make it happen: 📄 imt.org/resources/ca...

Green Table Talks is over but the lessons we learned are evergreen! 🌿 Hear from Yolanda Bonner on how our conversations around green building can result in collective action. 🔗 buildinginnovationhub.org/reflections-... #Sustainability #GreenBuilding #RealEstate

Happy #EEDay2025! Efficiency lowers bills, creates jobs, and secures our affordable energy future.

⚡ Happy #EEDay2025! #Energyefficiency helps us save 💵, reduce pollution, create jobs, & ensure a more resilient, reliable grid. By using less energy to perform the same tasks, EE reduces monthly energy bills & makes our homes more comfortable and safe. https://ow.ly/WkVo50X2PLF#EEDay2025#Energyefficiency#energysky

Happy Energy Efficiency Day! Energy efficiency is the foundation of our work–we’ve been doing it for 45 yrs. Energy affects our lives in so many ways. The electronics we use, whether we’re comfortable in our homes, the quality of the air we breathe indoors. Learn more: lnkd.in/dQWV85E4 #EEDay2025

Big news! 🎉 On Oct 2, Mary Thomas becomes Director of the Building Innovation Hub. We thank Theresa Backhus for her leadership and look forward to Mary & Yolanda Bonner advancing high-performance buildings in DC. 👉https://imt.org/news/mary-thomas-named-building-innovation-hub-director/ #Leadership

During #ClimateWeekNYC, we are discussing ways to energy resilience for building owners amidst changes. In her new article, Mary Thomas explains how now is the best time to make investments toward building efficiency. 🔗 Read here: bit.ly/4pIpAcV

Today at #ClimateWeekNYC, we announced a major leap toward meeting our collective climate pollution reduction target. What we’re doing is working – and we’ll keep pressing forward. ➡️ usclimatealliance.org/press-releas...

Join us this Thursday at #ClimateWeekNYC! be-exchange.org/advancing-lo...

Buildings are central to meeting sustainability goals 🌍 Green leases align landlords + tenants on efficiency, cost savings, and ESG. This #ClimateWeekNYC, explore our Green Lease Leaders Service Packages: bit.ly/4mAtP7O

🤝 During #ClimateWeekNYC, we’re spotlighting IMT’s Community Engagement Framework, which helps organizations co-create climate solutions with frontline communities. Learn how workshops + coaching can embed equity into policies: bit.ly/3VQoFt7

🗞️ BDC’s September Decarb Digest highlights our latest policy brief, The End of Gas System Subsidies & recent reports from @imtspeaks.bsky.social, @aceee.org & @luskininnovation.bsky.social / @ccscatucla.bsky.social! #HeatPump #ClimateSky #BuildingDecarb 🔌💡 email.buildingdecarb.org/%EF%B8%8F-de...

The Building Performance Partnership is expanding! Welcome Aspen CORE, Philly’s Better Buildings Hub & Boston’s Building Performance Exchange! Collaboration drives progress this #ClimateWeekNYC 🌍 Read more: bit.ly/4pikbsV

Hot off the press: Five Takeaways on Making Building Performance Standards Work for Everyone 🏢 🌱 As #ClimateWeekNYC by @climategroup.bsky.social kicks off, explore how ACPs can bridge ambition + reality in building decarbonization. Read here: bit.ly/47v5hJm.

Policy moves fast ⚡️ The National BPS Coalition’s Resource Library brings maps, case studies + tools to track policies + advance resilient buildings. 🌱 Explore during #ClimateWeekNYC by @climategroup.bsky.social: bit.ly/3JSnZAS

Resilience starts at the community level. With @dcseu.bsky.social DC Green Bank, and IMT’s Building Innovation Hub, Walker Memorial Baptist Church turned a roof repair into a full retrofit, powering on toward lower cost and stronger community impact. 🔗 bit.ly/4mRJf8A. #ClimateWeekNYC #PowerOn

Real change starts with people. IMT’s programs equip communities to cut costs, mitigate risks, and build resilience. This #ClimateWeekNYC by @climategroup.bsky.social, we’re helping communities power on: imt.org

Smart leasing = resilience. This #ClimateWeekNYC by @climategroup.bsky.social, Green Lease Leaders shows how leases can either drain your budget or protect it. Ready to power on with future-ready leasing? bit.ly/3JHqztu.

This #ClimateWeekNYC (by @climategroup.bsky.social), we’re asking: What does Power On mean to you in the face of rising energy costs and climate risks?

That’s the question IMT’s Corporate Engagement Opportunities program answers. #ClimateWeek2025 with @climategroup.bsky.social is the perfect time to Power On with policy tracking + energy efficiency. Learn more: bit.ly/45NSTmE.

What does “high-performance” really mean in multifamily buildings? Join our partners BEExNY and Bright Power to explore how the Future Housing Initiative centers health, equity, and carbon in performance assessment. RSVP (Sep. 4, 9:30 - 11 am, online): be-exchange.org/future-housi...

This #ClimateWeekNYC, Grist is teaming up with artist Louise Lao for Between Waves—an art show honoring the ocean 🌊. RSVP here: www.climateweeknyc.org/events/betwe... 🗓️ Sept 20, 2025 🕔 5–8pm ET 📍 141 Flushing Ave, Suite 1313, #Brooklyn, #NY #Art #Climate #Oceans #Sharks #Sea #Shark

The City of New Orleans recently passed a law that requires large buildings to track energy use. Hear from Rajiv Ravulapati James Burton and Casius Pealer on how it finally passed, and what it means for energy in buildings. 🔗 imt.org/news/new-orl... #NewOrleans #Policy

As federal climate action stalls, city & state leaders are stepping up. Join BEEX, IMT, and BPP at #ClimateWeekNYC for a deep dive into how local hubs are decarbonizing buildings across the U.S.! (1.5 LU) RSVP (Sep. 25, 10am - 12pm, hybrid):

Federal decisions on the environment affect everyday people like you. Here's how: grist.org/politics/tru... via @grist.org

It's time for our closing session of Green Table Talks: Financing Your Sustainability Goals, alongside @dcseu.bsky.social, @mcgreenbank.bsky.social, Wacif, and DC Green Bank! 🗓 Aug 20 (1:00pm-2:00pm ET) 📍 Zoom: Bring your lunch and questions! 🔗 Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/green-tabl...

Thank you to Smart Energy Decisions for featuring IMT's policy matrix! Our policy resources are regularly updated to reflect the latest changes, helping building owners, policymakers, and service providers stay informed. www.smartenergydecisions.com/research/com...

Thank you @slipstreaminc.org for your partnership! Check out our new report: imt.org/resources/th...

In this new report, IMT experts look at currently adopted BPS policies that successfully incorporate equity as examples for new jurisdictions that seek to support these practices. Check it out: imt.org/resources/in... #Equity #BuildingPerformanceStandards

To lower utility bills, you have to know how much energy is being used 💵⚡️ In partnership with ‪@regassistproj.bsky.social‬ and 30+ experts and stakeholders, IMT just released the Model Utility Data Access Law factsheet to help make this process much easier! Explore: imt.org/resources/mo...

🌍 2025 Green Lease Leaders Spotlight! Piedmont Realty Trust utilizes Green Lease Leaders resources to enhance language and improve tenant relationship, working toward a more sustainable and equitable future for real estate. 🔗 See the full list of winners: www.greenleaseleaders.com/leaders

ENERGY STAR isn't just for appliances. Currently, 3 million ENERGY STAR-certified homes in the U.S. use its programs to track data and improve energy efficiency 🏠 Real estate leaders, including IMT’s Casius Pealer, weigh in on why the program matters:

📢 JUST IN: On Friday, the full Senate Appropriations Committee included language in the EPA FY’26 budget specifying a $36 million appropriation for ENERGY STAR.

🌍 2025 Green Lease Leaders Spotlight! Crombie REIT's green leasing efforts demonstrates their dedication to both environmental responsibility and the wellbeing of the communities they serve. 🔗 See the full list of winners: www.greenleaseleaders.com/leaders #RealEstate

🌍 2025 Green Lease Leaders Spotlight! As a Green Lease Leader, GID is informed on the latest real estate industry trends regarding tenant engagement, lease agreements, and guidelines that drive energy efficiency and sustainability. 🔗 See the full list of winners: www.greenleaseleaders.com/leaders

The House Appropriations Committee just passed a bipartisan amendment to fully fund ENERGY STAR at $32M. This @bloomberg.com article from Olivia Raimonde outlines why the program is so important to real estate, and features a quote from our CEO, Alex Dews. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

‪🌍 2025 Green Lease Leaders Spotlight! @harvard.edu utilizes Green Lease Leaders tools to improve their residential leasing, driving excellence in energy efficiency and sustainability across campus housing. 🔗 See the full list of winners: www.greenleaseleaders.com/leaders #RealEstate

‪We’re proud to support @climateadvocacylab.bsky.social‬ Fall 2025 Training for Impact Cohort! This powerful 3mo program is built for climate organizers in the Southeast to grow skills, community, and campaign impact. 🗓️ Sept–Nov | Apply by Aug 11: climateadvocacylab.org/training-for-impact

There is still time to join Yolanda Bonner, Jordan Taylor, Paul Orentas, and Anthony Kinslow II for session 3 of Green Table Talks! 🌱 Register today: www.eventbrite.com/e/green-tabl... #Sustainability #RealEstate #Leadership

🚨 This week IMT is launching a brand new BPS Resource Library on the National BPS Coalition’s website 📚 It includes 100+ resources to support BPS design, adoption and implementation. It draws from government, industry, and nonprofit sources. Check it out here: nationalbpscoalition.org/resources/

🌱 Join us for session 3 of Green Table Talks! Yolanda Bonner will be hosting a conversation with special guests about strategies to create lasting impact and long-term value in the sustainable built environment. Register today: www.eventbrite.com/e/green-tabl... #Sustainability #RealEstate

We're so excited about the new energy benchmarking ordinance in the City of New Orleans. Thanks to @grist.org ‬for this mention! 🔗 grist.org/buildings/in...

Jenna Tatum of the Building Electrification Institute (BEI) makes a powerful case in Inside Philanthropy for funders to invest in local climate action, regardless of what's happening at the federal level. 🔗

Climate action is so important that Pope Leo XIV interrupted his vacation this week to share a new mass dedicated to the “care of creation.” The Pope’s stance is a reminder that environmental stewardship is a moral issue, not just policy choice. 🌍 www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Cliff Majersik quoted in new Facilities Dive article by Joe Burns on ENERGY STAR. 🔗 www.facilitiesdive.com/news/the-ene... #ENERGYSTAR #DataPrivacy #BuildingPerformance #Sustainability

Our recent article on building performance standards is now a guest post on Smart Energy Decisions! Kudos to Cliff Majersik Marshall Duer-Balkind and Rajiv Ravulapati: www.smartenergydecisions.com/columns/bps-...