Code
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What’s the Difference Between the Energy Code and the DEA?
When we break the rules, we all suffer
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The First National Green Code — or Communism?
Do we need a national green construction code — or would such a code be a threat to our freedom?
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Tackling PV’s Red-Tape Roadblocks
The DOE names the winners of a competition to make permitting and financing for photovoltaic systems quicker and cheaper
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Judges Dismiss Cases Over Carbon Monoxide Deaths in Aspen
An HVAC contractor and a building inspector were facing criminal charges in connection with the deaths of four people who were poisoned by carbon monoxide
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An Overview of the 2012 Energy Code
The 2012 International Energy Conservation Code will require more insulation, a tighter envelope, tighter ducts, better windows, and more efficient lighting than the 2009 code
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New Air Sealing Requirements in the 2009 International Residential Code
The latest version of the IRC gives you two options: comply with an air-sealing checklist or perform a blower-door test
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Are Energy Codes Working?
To reduce greenhouse gas emissions, energy codes will have to become more stringent — and they’ll need to be enforced
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Report from the ICC Code Hearings
I attended the ICC hearings in Charlotte last week and got to watch sausage — er, codes — being created
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Congress for the New Urbanism Lands in Atlanta
Seein' you at CNU (coined by Fernando Pages)
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Forget Vapor Diffusion — Stop the Air Leaks!
Building codes are finally beginning to recognize that air barriers matter more than vapor barriers
