Last week, the state legislature overrode Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of a bill that puts a freeze on some residential building code updates, impacting energy efficiency and structural safety ...

Lawmakers overrode the governor's veto of House Bill 488, which delays updates to the state's building code and energy ... for fighting climate change by reducing North Carolina's reliance on ...

Roy Cooper’s veto, received attention previously for pausing an effort to overhaul North Carolina’s energy efficiency building code ... inspections in wind zones of 140 mph or higher ...

The N.C. Building Code Council is required by North Carolina law to reevaluate the building code every six years. In light of climate change legislation enacted in North Carolina on the heels of ...

A battle in Raleigh over how efficient homes of the future should be is pitting climate ... building codes, which have changed little since early last decade, would leave North Carolina trailing ...

A bill introduced this week would prevent the NC Building Code Council from making changes ... Adam Wagner covers climate change and other environmental issues in North Carolina.

A new law passed in the North Carolina House strips authority from the state's Buliding Code Council, overriding the governor's veto. A new law passed in the North Carolina House strips authority ...