Building codes set out the technical requirements for every structure built in North Carolina, focusing on details like how much insulation fills the walls or how effective ventilation must be. On ...

Last week, the state legislature overrode Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of a bill that puts a freeze on some residential building code updates, impacting energy efficiency and structural safety standards of ...

After more than 40 years serving the Fayetteville community, a family-owned used bookstore is seeking a new location. Its current home is slated for demolition due to the property owner's failure to ...

A bill introduced this week would prevent the NC Building Code Council from making changes to its energy efficiency rules until 2031. The energy code has become a point of contention between the ...

Gov. Roy Cooper has vetoed a bill that would block new energy efficiency standards for new home construction. Gov. Roy Cooper on Friday vetoed two bills — one that would prevent the governor-appointed ...

Home builders want to delay updated energy efficiency standards for new homes proposed by the state Building Code Council. The North Carolina Home Builders Association and the governor-appointed state ...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — The Winston Weaver Fertilizer plant was built in 1939. Ever since the fire broke out, there have been questions of whether the fire and chemical storage codes were outdated. The ...

The N.C. Building Code Council is seeking changes that would require increased insulation and energy efficiency standards in new buildings. Here, a worker carries lumber for framing of the second ...