Codes + Standards Apartment Management Firm Creates Program to Support Healthcare Workers LYND, a firm that manages multifamily properties, has created a program to support healthcare workers fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. The...
Codes + Standards Stability of Affordable Housing Will Be Challenged in Wake of Pandemic Historically, affordable housing has maintained stability during economic recessions. This asset class has better occupancy rates and more...
Codes + Standards New York City Tightens Restrictions on Construction During Pandemic New York City has strengthened its ban on nonessential construction, and the city’s Department of Buildings has stepped up enforcement. The...
Coronavirus Resources and Information ASHRAE, WELL Panels to Tackle Revising Standards to Limit Spread of Viruses in Buildings Both ASHRAE and the International WELL Building Institute have formed panels to address how building standards could limit the spread of...
Codes + Standards Dept. of Labor Issues Guidance for Respiratory Protection During N95 Shortage The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued interim enforcement guidance to help combat supply shortages of...
Codes + Standards California’s Housing Crisis Prompts Rent Strikes and Squatting In parts of California, the lack of affordable housing has reached the point where people are resorting to rent strikes and squatting. Some...
Codes + Standards Is Biodiversity the New Frontier for Sustainable Home Development? In recent years, sustainability for new development has centered on reducing resource use and emissions in water, waste, and energy. A more...
Codes + Standards COVID-19 Taking a Toll on Energy Efficiency Projects Some 2.4 million workers provide energy efficiency services for homes and businesses. Indications are that this sector is being hit hard by...
Codes + Standards Using Conventional Materials to Reduce Embodied Carbon Footprint Builders for Climate Action have found that embodied carbon accounted for an outsized portion of greenhouse gas emissions for new low-rise...
Coronavirus Resources and Information What Building Science Says About Reducing COVID-19 Transmission In theory, adjusting indoor environments—particularly temperature and relative humidity—could help slow the spread of pathogens like COVID...
