Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Building codes are an often-overlooked tool in fighting climate change. But last week, a little-known nonprofit group that sets ...

As the United States faces a mounting housing affordability crisis, a debate is intensifying between home builders and code officials over how best to balance costs, safety, and long-term efficiency ...

Each column, a new author will feature an article from one of the International Code Council (ICC) building, fire, mechanical, plumbing, residential (one and two family), energy conservation, and ...

This paper studies the impacts of state level residential building codes on per capita residential electricity consumption. We construct a timeline of when individual states first implemented ...

In Michigan, homes and buildings are constructed under rules developed when Barack Obama was president, nearly a decade ago. The state has blown past a deadline under the law to bring them up to date, ...

Building codes and local, state and federal laws can present a labyrinthine path to securing the approvals, permits and compliance with legislation required to commence construction of a new or ...

Building codes should be updated to protect residents from the harmful health impacts of indoor cooking, according to a new report from the Environmental Law Institute (ELI). Reducing Exposure to ...

CITIZENWATCH Philippines is urging the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) to integrate a total reform of ...

Construction projects in Loveland could soon be subject to a sweeping set of new building and energy efficiency standards, but they will have to withstand some scrutiny from the City Council first. On ...