Codes + Standards

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Building a Hurricane-Resistant House Is Not as Expensive as You May Think

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Home of the Future Will Withstand Whatever Wild Weather Comes

@nikolasnoonan | Changing codes in Tornado Alley, downtown housing's hefty premium, insulation materials' impact on indoor air quality, more OSHA inspections to come, and U.S. Department of Energy's homeowner resource for energy improvements

This Week's Codes and Standards, May 13

@chuttersnap | ABC says best practices would improve site safety by 680 percent, Bay Area ZIP codes need six figures to afford a home, DOE says 2018 IECC will save nearly 2 percent on energy, switching gas stoves to electric induction, and the question--why do builder associations oppose efficiency codes?

This Week's Codes and Standards, May 6

ASHRAE 90.2-2018 raising the bar on energy efficiency for new homes, Associated Builders and Contractors' annual investment in workforce development, Colorado's potential upgrade to energy and water standards, heat pumps reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and on-site health and wellness programs

This Week's Codes and Standards, April 29

Developers and owners can join AIA's 2030 commitment to create carbon neutral buildings, developments, and renovations; new concrete manufacturing technique that may help reverse advance of climate change, Skender and Z Modular coming to Chicago, and more...

This Week's Codes and Standards, April 22

Millions of homes may be lost to flooding from climate change by 2100, L.A. County's first sustainability plan, ICC's legal battle, investment capital flooding coastal home developments at risk for flooding, and Tesla's solar sales

This Week's Codes and Standards, April 15

LEED v4.1 now available, the risk of ill-fitting construction equipment for women, renters' electric car conundrum, Chicago's passive house passes polar vortex test, and addressing affordable workforce housing shortages

This Week's Codes and Standards, April 8

Chicago's major building code overall, new and innovative building and construction materials and tech, climate change making insurance unaffordable for many, the pitfalls of smart home devices, and Boston's affordable housing initiative

This Week's Codes and Standards, April 1

Starting March 15, 2019, the 45-day public comment period for the Draft Standard of the 2020 edition of the National Green Building Standard (NGBS) is open.

2020 National Green Building Standard Public Comment Period Open

New LEED credit for timber traceability, ICC code releases for repurposed shipping containers, San Francisco clears ADU permit backlog, tech keys to affordable housing, and a 3D-printed 2,000 square-foot home

This Week's Codes and Standards, March 25

Codes organizations to develop new guidelines for shipping containers as building components, free rooftop solar panels to qualifying NOLA residents, Lower Manhattan's coming streetscape transformation pilot program report, NYC's modular construction affordable housing project

This Week's Codes and Standards, March 18