Building Codes
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Meeting Energy Code Requirements Using Prescriptive Paths
Using the 2021 IRC's prescriptive table of R-values or U-factor calculations are two ways to satisfy energy conservation codes
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Maine’s Stretch Energy Code
Three municipalities adopt the state's first strectch code but enforcement of even the base code is lagging
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To Code or Not to Code
The 2024 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) is near completion, but should consumer choice take precedent?
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The Role of I-Codes in Building Resilience
As code-minimum standards improve and expand in response to lessons learned from extreme weather events, they are to be trusted as among the tools for constructing resilient buildings and infrastructure
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The International Code Council Advocates for a Uniform Ecosystem of Codes
With widespread adoption, building codes can support energy efficiency, increase resilience, boost the economy, and tackle climate change
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Code Council Pushing Merits of Newest Energy Code
A new campaign is aimed at getting one-third of Americans covered by the 2021 version in the next two years
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Tougher Energy Codes: What’s the Point?
The latest version of the IECC ups insulation requirements, but one reader doesn't see the value
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Ducts in an Unconditioned Attic
The best place for ductwork is inside the thermal boundary of the house, not in an unconditioned, vented attic
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Proposed Changes in Code-Writing Rules Roil the Building Industry
Revisions would leave government building officials without a direct voice and stymie efforts to stiffen energy efficiency requirements, opponents say
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At Long Last, a Truly Final 2021 Energy Code
Efficiency gains will be significant but builders and industry groups quashed the most progressive proposals