Building codes are an often-overlooked tool in fighting climate change. But last week, a little-known nonprofit group that sets building codes used across most of the U.S. decided to make them a lot ...

Handrail code violations and solution Stairways are high accident areas. Up-to-code handrails are important for safety. Improper Bathroom Venting Bathroom exhaust fans should vent to the outside, ...

Florida showed the way decades ago by adopting a single statewide standard, saving lives and billions of dollars and showing that hazard resistance is achievable and affordable.

An international group that develops building codes adopted by a wide swath of U.S. cities and counties abruptly pared back a plan to force new homes to be more climate-friendly. The International ...

To help homes survive more intense disasters, FEMA has been developing recommendations for stronger building codes. The Trump administration has pulled them back.

ASPEN — The Aspen City Council last week adopted some of the strictest home building codes in the state as the community aligns its ambitious climate action goals with land use regulations. The ...

Madcad.com has launched version 2.0 of its Web-based building codes application that provides instant access to more than 4,000 codes and standards from the International Code Council, National Fire ...

AUGUSTA, Maine (NEWS CENTER) — Lawmakers in Augusta are considering the requirements needed to make tiny homes building code friendly, but some say that would require a lot of changes to the way ...

The Colorado Energy Office published its Model Low Energy and Carbon Code today, which will become the state’s new minimum ...

To help homes survive more intense disasters, FEMA has been developing recommendations for stronger building codes. The Trump Administration has pulled them back.