Utah’s outdated residential building codes mean higher energy costs for residents. New homes built in Utah have to meet minimum standards for energy efficiency from 2006, and experts say a lot has changed since then.
Arguably better than any of the Giant builders, Toll Brothers built a business that was ready to absorb and pivot from the historic downturn to a new market.
Google has contributed a $3 million grant to the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) to help transform the building materials industry and accelerate the creation of healthier indoor environments.
Georgia Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens is making plans to certify all roofers in the state. Hudgens said he's meeting with industry leaders to get their support before proposing the law.
All new residential construction projects for both new and existing homes in the state of Illinois will be subject to new IECC 2012 building code changes that go into effect on Jan. 1, 2013.
The city of Hailey, Idaho, is considering making mandatory its two-year-old voluntary Build Better program that provides extensive guidelines for building more energy-efficient homes.
Home prices at the end of October were 4.3 percent above where they were on the 20-City Composite of the Case-Shiller Home Price Index last year, according to the newest data released on Thursday.
Home builders are in the crosshairs as cash-strapped local governments that have seen their budgets decimated during the economic downturn look for ways to shift infrastructure costs to the private sector.
