LANSING, MI - Michigan is poised to implement building codes requiring new homes make significant jumps in energy efficiency and finally modernizing rules that date back a decade — if they survive a ...

PHOENIX, AZ — The city of Phoenix has announced adoption of the 2024 Phoenix Building Construction Code, which incorporates the 2024 edition of IAPMO’s Uniform Plumbing Code (UPC®) and its Appendix M: ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At the end of June, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed into law AB 130, a sweeping bill that aims to make it easier to build ...

Colorado has officially adopted a new building code designed to make homes and offices more climate-friendly without further inflating the state's high cost of living. The Colorado Energy Office ...

As the United States faces a mounting housing affordability crisis, a debate is intensifying between home builders and code officials over how best to balance costs, safety, and long-term efficiency ...

In 2025, Michigan officials intend to forge ahead in a yearslong attempt to modernize nearly decade-old state building codes for new homes, even while continuing to face pushback from builders who ...