BIG Focus Update – Building Codes, Innovative Funding Frameworks, and Community Housing Initiatives
Build It Green explains their focus on building codes, innovative funding frameworks and community housing for 2024 and beyond. According
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Building Codes
Seattle Floats Scaling Back Energy Code Changes to Cut Housing Costs
Though energy efficiency is essential for meeting climate goals and studies show that they will save consumers money on heating
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Accord Reached on Energy-Efficiency Standards Means for Rush To Build New Homes to 2021 IECC Codes
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) settled on new energy-efficiency
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The Battle Over Energy-Efficient Housing is Heating Up Across the U.S.
Though energy efficiency is essential for meeting climate goals and studies show that they will save consumers money on heating
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New Federal Flood Risk Management Standard Released
Effective May 23, 2024, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) published its final rule Floodplain Management and Protection
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HUD and USDA Announce Adoption of Minimum Energy Standards for New Homes
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the adoption of
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Building Code Battle Ramps up Ahead of Key Appeals Hearings
Industry groups and energy efficiency advocates are in conflict, threatening to upend efforts by a key standards-setter to update guidelines
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DOE Issues New Energy Conservation Standards for Cooking Appliances
Congressionally-mandated energy efficiency standards for residential cooking products have been finalized by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) that will
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Strengthening Building Design Against Natural Hazards
FEMA’s Building Science Disaster Support Program utilizes partnerships to build better and strengthen resilience By Joe Chappell When a natural
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DOE Finalizes Energy Efficiency Standards for Residential Furnaces
Congressionally-mandated energy efficiency standards for residential gas furnaces were finalized by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). These standards will
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