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Understanding Energy Code Development
Work is now underway on the 2024 national model energy code under a new format that not everyone likes
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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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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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States are Amending, then Adopting, the 2015 IECC
As usual, the code adoption process in the U.S. is a mixed-up mess
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New Effort Will Streamline Green Building Standards
Five standard developers in the U.S. join forces to create a 'single, holistic' green building system, but adoption is years away
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ACCA vs. BPI: The Brouhaha Over Energy Audit Standards
Thirteen organizations ask ANSI to cancel BPI’s accreditation
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ICC Releases 2012 International Green Construction Code
The new green building code is designed to increase the energy efficiency of buildings and provide direction for green design and construction
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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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Report from the ICC Code Hearings
I attended the ICC hearings in Charlotte last week and got to watch sausage — er, codes — being created
