International Residential Code
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Understanding the Latest Energy Code
The 2021 IECC raises the bar on insulation levels and energy performance
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Building Codes Update Vapor Retarder Requirements
The code is more complicated than ever
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Updated Climate Zone Map Reflects Warming Trend
National map adopted this year in residential code reclassifies hundreds of counties
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Code Writers Adopt New Rules
Government representatives will no longer be voting on new energy codes
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Code Development Changes Could Silence Voter Voices
International Code Council weighs changes that would limit input from building officials
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Critics Claim Agreement Helps Home-Building Industry Block Tougher Energy Codes
In exchange for guaranteed seats on a code-writing committee, the National Association of Home Builders pledged support for later code changes
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Ductwork in an Unconditioned Attic
What’s a good solution for a 1960s brick ranch house that has the furnace and ductwork installed in the attic?
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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
