How can cities that have green building codes have zoning bylaws that protect ... Looking at Toronto, Planner Gil Meslin has been documenting examples of "missing middle" housing that was built ...

HARRIS — It isn't easy being green — especially for building codes. Even though environmentally friendly technology and construction continue gaining popularity in the mid-Hudson and ...

“The emergence of green building codes and standards is an important next ... 51 percent of the energy allowable in the 2000 International Energy Conservation Code. Examples of provisions in Public ...

On Jan. 1, the California Green Building Standard Code (Cal Green) became mandatory for all new construction. “Cal Green” is the nation’s first mandatory statewide code for “green ...

Other lawmakers have taken clearer positions on the legislation. Supporters insist greener building codes will not only reduce climate-warming emissions but help residents avoid rising energy costs.

Earlier this year, five organizations came together from across the building industry and announced their intent to create a comprehensive green building code. The five partnering organizations ...

Members of the building-materials supply chain can expect a lot more paperwork to satisfy more green-building codes and standards, code watchers say. In a couple of years, every segment of the ...

New York City’s adoption of new green building codes are expected to result in reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 5% and saving $400 million by 2030, says a recently released report from the ...

The goal: a code to guide all development of green commercial buildings in the United States. The International Green Building Code would, as its name implies, also be available to other countries.

Tempe officials are not happy with a draft version of the city’s new environmentally-friendly "green building code," a crucial piece of Tempe’s plan to be carbon neutral by 2050. It will ...

But, then again, most senior executives at the U.S. Green Building Council do not have a background in opera. At a presentation Thursday in Washington, Scot Horst, former opera singer and senior ...