Larkspur has passed new building standards to help reduce fossil fuel-related emissions. The City Council voted unanimously on Aug. 20 to adopt two ordinances to increase building electrification ...

One of the few states in the union that has resisted dictating building codes, instead leaving adoption and enforcement decisions to localities, is seeing a renewed push to change course. In early ...

Massachusetts launches a study on single-stair building codes, aiming to expand housing options and lower per-unit costs ...

The Encinitas City Council has unanimously agreed to renew the city’s special “reach” codes that help it meet its climate action plan’s goals of lowering greenhouse gas emissions and reducing energy ...

Southeast Ohio Building Department Chief Building Inspector Rick Dostal was awarded the 2025 State Building Code Official of ...

With the devastating Los Angeles blazes still fresh in memory, cities across the Bay Area region are developing plans to lower the climate-heating emissions that are fanning the flames. But a ...

Changes could be coming to longstanding Massachusetts building codes that advocates say would make it much easier to build ...

MADISON, Wis. — A new commercial building code for Wisconsin projects will take effect in the fall, according to the state’s licensing and professional services agency. The Wisconsin Department of ...

New York City is aligning its building code to be more closely aligned with international model standards and state requirements.