The International Code Council, the developer of “International” family of model building codes, is accepting code change proposals through Oct. 12 for the update of the ICC’s 2024 International ...

The new International Energy Conservation Code (IECC), expected to be ready for adoption later this year, provides both residential and commercial builders more flexibility in making their projects ...

From the developers behind Strongman Simulator comes its sequel, Strongman Ultra, where players push their bodies to become ...

The new building code would require all new construction to be built either without fossil fuels or be pre-wired to be fossil ...

Indiana’s new energy code for residential buildings takes effect April 5. Replacing a 1992 code, this is a major step forward for Indiana that will be of significant benefit for new home buyers.

National building codes govern residential and commercial construction requirements to protect against substandard living and working conditions. Energy codes are a subset of building codes, designed ...

With no fanfare or interest in discussing it, the Baker administration’s Department of Energy Resources late last week quietly released its final language for the state building code changes that it ...

Reducing gas use in buildings is tricky for lots of reasons. One of them is a California public utility code that you’ve probably never given much thought to. It’s referred to as the “obligation to ...

Homebuilders said returning to the 2020 energy code would shave $12,000 off the construction cost of an average home. Republican Gov. Phil Scott is rolling back Vermont’s ambitious energy code and ...

The federal Inflation Reduction Act is law, and it includes $369 billion for climate mitigation and decarbonization in the U.S. economy. Now, cities and states are beginning to plan to put that money ...

REScheck, a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) software application that helps builders, designers, and contractors demonstrate that a particular home complies with the latest provisions of the ...