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 ...

Aiming to advance energy-efficient building codes, the U.S. Dept. of Energy has awarded $90 million in grants to state agencies, nonprofits and and other organizations around the country to provide ...

Whether buildings of the future have massively scaled back carbon footprints may turn on developments with building energy codes, a locus of growing attention and debate. One, the International Energy ...

The rules will affect new residential construction projects funded by the federal Housing and Rural Development agency. Now, lawmakers are pushing the agency that oversees the nation’s two largest ...

Gov. Wes Moore’s administration said cuts to the EmPOWER program will provide consumers “immediate relief” but critics warn changes to it and the state’s building codes could threaten long-term ...

Energy codes dictate insulation and air sealing for new homes. Here is what you need to know about compliance.

Building codes usually come up in the context of safety – a properly constructed building can help prevent injury or death from fires, earthquakes, and extreme weather. But they’re also essential for ...

Builders have had to wrestle with ever-increasing energy code requirements for almost two decades. Even though the national model energy code, the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC), has ...

Minnesota’s homebuilding industry is making a case that the state’s increasingly stringent energy code is driving up the cost of residential construction, but efforts to address the concern have hit a ...

New Hampshire is poised to update its building codes, the laws meant to keep homes and commercial buildings safe and comfortable. But in the bill approaching Gov. Chris Sununu’s desk, the code that ...