Energy Efficiency

Illinois retained its top national position on USGBC’s annual Top 10 States for LEED list for the third year in a row.

Massachusetts edges out California as most energy-efficient state, Maryland among most improved, according to the State Energy Efficiency Scorecard from the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE).

Based on a collaboration between IMT and COSE that focuses on landlord-tenant relations in Cleveland, OH, this infographic highlights energy improvements that result from green lease clauses.

Signed into law in Spring 2015, this federal initiative is modeled after the popular ENERGY STAR program.

C-PACE allows property owners to design and pay for efficiency improvements with no upfront costs while maintaining their credit capacity.

Determining a building’s energy efficiency based solely on using predictive energy models and specifying certain design and construction attributes may be a thing of the past by the time the next generation of architects and engineers join the workforce.

Rhodium Group study released by United Technologies illustrates that a 30 percent increase in building efficiency would generate net annual positive cash flow of $65 billion for households, businesses and governments.