Smart + Resilient Cities Flooding in America: A Story of Love, Loss, and Risking It All Imagine investing in a house, improving it, and making it a home only to discover it is worth nothing. In twelve years, flooding wiped out...
Codes + Standards ASHRAE Updates Standards for Ventilation, Air Quality ASHRAE released updated editions of its standards for ventilation system design and acceptable indoor air quality (IAQ). ANSI/ASHRAE...
Codes + Standards As Paradise Rebuilds, Residents Wonder How Much to Spend on Fire Resilience? It’s been one year since the town of Paradise, Calif., was devastated by wildfire. A dozen houses have been rebuilt, a few hundred more have...
Codes + Standards Most Voters Support Licensing Standards for Architects A survey by the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) indicates strong support for architecture as a licensed...
Codes + Standards More Cities Are Streamlining Permits and Zoning for Rooftop Solar More than 300 municipalities have received designations from SolSmart, a national program that helps streamline permitting and zoning...
Codes + Standards Major Cities Fight Climate Change With New Building Performance Standards Three large jurisdictions adopted Building Performance Standards (BPS) policies in 2019, and more are considering such action. A BPS policy...
Codes + Standards Local Building Codes Sometimes Fail to Address Disaster Threats In some areas, local building codes ignore real threats, says the author of a new book on designing for disaster resiliency. For example, in...
Codes + Standards Undisclosed ICC Agreement With NAHB Allegedly Thwarts More Stringent Building Codes The International Code Council made an unpublicized deal with the National Association of Home Builders that has effectively blocked efforts...
Codes + Standards Hurricane Resilience Can Reduce South Carolina Homeowners' Insurance Cost Homes in South Carolina that have certain hurricane resilience features can save money on insurance for owners. Items such as impact glass...
Codes + Standards Texas Prohibits Locals From Restricting Building Materials A new Texas law prohibits local restrictions on building materials and restricts cities’ ability to impose aesthetic standards on new...