For the past 25 years, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has helped develop building codes, the construction standards that help houses survive hurricanes, wildfires and earthquakes. Now, ...

Building codes have existed for thousands of years. In the Code of Hammurabi, written between 1755 B.C. and 1750 B.C., item 229 states that “if a builder builds a house for someone and does not ...

A change is in progress statewide that will lower operating costs and save energy for new buildings in our area. Building codes generally set a minimum standard of safety and durability in new ...

As western North Carolina deals with widespread devastation from Hurricane Helene, a member of the state Building Code Council warns that recent changes to state law have weakened building codes, ...

"Our building codes are about the future we want." New Oregon policy prohibits building homes with AC-only units: 'Codes like these are necessary' first appeared on The Cool Down.

Meredydd Evans is an Earth scientist at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in College Park, Maryland, and leads the International Energy Agency’s Building Energy Codes working group. Three ...