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An Advocate’s Guide to Resilience Regulations
For decades, designers have fought for sustainability to be incorporated into building codes and standards. Is it time to do the same for resilience?This report takes a look at how some cities are...
View ArticleLocal Governments To Be Disenfranchised After Voting for Green Codes
Although government officials ultimately implement the energy code, the ICC is blocking them from voting on it. Candace PearsonJust when local officials began to take an interest in shaping the...
View ArticleMassachusetts Carbon Law Pushes Net-Zero Stretch Code
Natural gas bans are not on the table, but other aspects of building electrification are addressed, along with environmental justice reforms.Paula MeltonA comprehensive new climate law in Massachusetts...
View ArticleHeat Pumps to Jumpstart Electrification in California
California code will virtually require electric heat pumps for most new buildings, deterring new gas line hookups. Candace PearsonCalifornia recently became the de facto leader in electrification by...
View ArticleNBI Releases Code Overlay for Electrification
Designed to layer on top of ASHRAE 90.1 and IECC, these provisions transition buildings away from onsite fossil fuel combustion.Candace PearsonNew Buildings Institute (NBI) wants to help jurisdictions...
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Embodied Carbon Limits: New Language for Codes and Specs
Aspirational limits on embodied carbon in our buildings are all well and good, but how do you actually determine and implement those limits? New code language and a new model specification could be the...
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Big Code Changes Afoot in ASHRAE 90.1-2022
The code newly addresses thermal bridging, air leakage, and cool walls and also requires renewables for most projects.Paula MeltonProposed changes to the ASHRAE 90.1 standard for 2022 could have a huge...
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Pushing for a Greener Code? 5 Tips from Massachusetts
Working one-on-one with clients to help a building perform well on environmental, health, and social criteria is what gets many design and construction professionals out of bed in the...
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4 Big Questions as Building Codes Consider Embodied Carbon
The urgency of curbing embodied carbon, the greenhouse gas emissions associated with building materials, continues to escalate. Voluntary rating systems have been working away at the issue for more...
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California’s Embodied Carbon Code May Embolden Other States
California has become the first U.S. state to mandate reductions in embodied carbon, the greenhouse gas emissions associated with building materials and construction.Both the development process and...
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