Codes + Standards New Sustainable Landscape Development And Management Credential Launched The SITES Accredited Professional (SITES AP) establishes a common framework to define sustainable landscape design and development
Codes + Standards Manufacturers Working To Make Concrete Greener Calera has developed a process to collect 50% of the CO2 emissions from the cement-production process and use it to produce a new type of cement
Codes + Standards Home Prices Nearing Record Highs Home prices have risen by about 5% annually for the last two years
Codes + Standards Tiny Homes May Be Trending, But Codes Not Keeping Up Most zoning laws and building codes require a minimum square footage for new homes, and efforts to reduce that size have been slow to take off
Codes + Standards Home Insurers Requiring More Roof Replacements Roofing pros says that often times repairs aren't needed
Codes + Standards Obama Administration Will Spend $80 Million For Smart Cities Initiatives The money will fund projects geared to combat climate change, make transportation more efficient, and make communities more resilient to natural disasters
Codes + Standards New Global Residential Floor Space Measurement Standard Unveiled Even within local markets, there can be up to a 10 percent variance in the measurement of houses
Codes + Standards Renewables Now Considered Mainstream Energy Source For 23 U.S. States Solar is already the second leading source of power in California
Codes + Standards Most Metro Areas Don’t Have Enough Single-Family Stock To Meet Demand New York City leads the list of the areas where demand most outstrips supply
Codes + Standards For Flood-prone Homes, Buyouts May Be Best Solution More than 2,000 U.S. properties have experience 10 or more damaging floods
