Lotte Schlegel on policy and transforming markets

Lotte Schlegel is the Executive Director of the Institute for Market Transformation (IMT), a national nonprofit organization focused on equitably decarbonizing buildings through policies and programs that increase demand and action for high-performing buildings. She’s also a co-founder and board member of ecountabl, which helps people support causes they care about when they bank and shop.Lotte described how she came to the built environment space because it is where issues of energy and health intersect. She talked about IMT's work on building performance standards with cities and states and the important trend of putting frontline communities at the center of the policy process. “We need to renovate a lot of our buildings a lot faster than we do today if we’re going to address and adapt to climate change,” she says. “We need to focus on systemic change in how we invest in and regulate the built environment to focus on performance and long term benefits.”