The International Code Council says the U.S. Energy Department is ignoring the energy cost savings the 2024 building energy code will create, while DOE says the savings take too long to realize.

Updated green codes would add $14,000 to the cost of new homes, Energy Department officials said Friday, adding a significant burden to the already sky-high cost of housing. A new analysis released by ...

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

Energy efficiency standards can make it more expensive to construct new buildings, but they save money for residents in the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Illinois' new energy conservation code is mostly based on the 2021 IECC, which the U.S. Dept. of Energy has found can yield an average 9.38% site energy savings on average. Illinois implemented a ...

This topic was brought to my attention when a representative from Underwriter’s Laboratories (UL) answered a question in the July/August issue of IAEI magazine. Here’s the question as it appeared in ...

The first two steps toward Step Code four were taken by a soft-walking Nelson city council on its path to creating a zero ...