Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Building codes are an often-overlooked tool in fighting climate change. But last week, a little-known nonprofit group that sets ...

As the United States faces a mounting housing affordability crisis, a debate is intensifying between home builders and code officials over how best to balance costs, safety, and long-term efficiency ...

ICC has also harnessed AI for new features such as summarization of large sections of code content and filtering of images ...

Each column, a new author will feature an article from one of the International Code Council (ICC) building, fire, mechanical, plumbing, residential (one and two family), energy conservation, and ...

Building codes should be updated to protect residents from the harmful health impacts of indoor cooking, according to a new report from the Environmental Law Institute (ELI). Reducing Exposure to ...

Oklahoma's building code committee is considering changes to housing regulations, including reducing stairway requirements, to help address the state's housing shortage and lower construction costs.

Lake Charles, LA (KPLC) - CEO of the Home Builders Association of Greater New Orleans, Dan Mills said the vast majority of insurance claims during recent Louisiana hurricanes were caused by roof ...

In Michigan, homes and buildings are constructed under rules developed when Barack Obama was president, nearly a decade ago. The state has blown past a deadline under the law to bring them up to date, ...

Cob construction has been used for thousands of years, but modern building codes have yet to catch up. Ziggy Liloia was the lead builder of this cob cottage at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage in Missouri.