Codes + Standards Fewer Low-Credit Borrowers Are Trying To Get Mortgages Lower-credit mortgage applicants accounted for 33 percent of the market in 2015, down from 49 percent in 2006
Codes + Standards DOE Updates And Expands Definition Of Everyday Light Bulb A new definition is the first step in a plan to make bulbs more efficient
Codes + Standards Six Decade-Old Home In Boulder Undergoes Net Zero Retrofit A 60-year old home in Boulder, Colo., was retrofitted to make it net zero energy. While more homes are being raised to more sustainable...
Codes + Standards EPA's 2017 Construction General Permit Now In Effect A CGP is required for most sites that will disturb one or more acres of land
Codes + Standards Concern Grows For High Tide Flood Vulnerability In Mid-Atlantic States By 2045, cities along the East Coast could experience 120 high-tide floods each year
Codes + Standards More Efficient Manufacturing Has Reduced Energy Break-Even Point Of PVs To Two Years Skeptics say that the large amount of electricity needed to melt and purify silicon used to make PVs comes mostly from power plants burning fossil fuels
Codes + Standards Critics Charge New St. Louis County Building Code Is Too Light On Efficiency Builders say the code will help make homes more affordable
Codes + Standards San Antonio Program To Replace Roofs With Lighter Color Gains Favor Roofs with lighter colored material lower utility bills and reduce temperatures inside homes
Codes + Standards Plans For WELL Building Standard Include Linkage With Other Green Building Standards New CEO and Chairman Rick Fedrizzi offered four new initiatives this year
Codes + Standards Aging Building Code Inspectors And Government Belt-Tightening Could Cause Crisis A recent survey found that 80 percent of inspectors plan to retire within 15 years
