Larkspur has passed new building standards to help reduce fossil fuel-related emissions. The City Council voted unanimously on Aug. 20 to adopt two ordinances to increase building electrification ...

One of the few states in the union that has resisted dictating building codes, instead leaving adoption and enforcement decisions to localities, is seeing a renewed push to change course. In early ...

With the devastating Los Angeles blazes still fresh in memory, cities across the Bay Area region are developing plans to lower the climate-heating emissions that are fanning the flames. But a ...

The Encinitas City Council has unanimously agreed to renew the city’s special “reach” codes that help it meet its climate action plan’s goals of lowering greenhouse gas emissions and reducing energy ...

MADISON, Wis. — Updates to state standards for commercial building construction will be enforced in November after being pushed back a month. The Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional ...

HOUSTON — In comments on a viral video of a framed home collapsing in Willis during the May derecho, there are several claims about Texas' building codes. A month before the video of the collapse was ...

(The Center Square) – The Building Industry Association of Washington has refiled its lawsuit against the Washington State Building Code Council over delays in updating the state’s energy code to ...

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MADISON, Wis. — A Wisconsin Assembly bill to delay enforcement of recently adopted commercial building codes has been vetoed by Gov. Tony Evers. Assembly Bill 450, which would have delayed the ...

The State Fire Prevention and Building Code Council will meet March 31 at 10 a.m. via videoconference. The meeting will be held at three locations in Albany, New York City and Buffalo, with remote ...