Building performance requirements are policies that establish a definition for high-performance buildings and drive all buildings to achieve that definition, making clear the city or county’s ...

The document also identifies qualification training programs for inspectors/installers and lists certification requirements. The final code requirements of ACI 318-19 are expected to be referenced in ...

Secretary Scott Turner announced the first steps to eliminate a program that lowers mortgage premiums for buildings that comply with energy-saving requirements. Department of Housing and Urban ...

Building-sector groups once again are decrying the Portland Cement Association’s revised requirements for sustainable buildings, which were released recently. The move came after a failed attempt by ...

Progressive politicians and environmental activists called on the Adams administration to fully enforce a law that would cap carbon emissions for the city’s biggest buildings at an Earth Day rally in ...

FRISCO ” Despite objections from several local builders, the Frisco Town Council increased its sustainable-building requirements Tuesday night, a move that places the town in the forefront of the ...

Green homes will be the rule, not the exception, from now on in unincorporated San Mateo County. The county Board of Supervisors on Tuesday took a major step toward addressing global-warming-causing ...