Updated green codes would add $14,000 to the cost of new homes, Energy Department officials said Friday, adding a significant burden to the already sky-high cost of housing. A new analysis released by ...

Energy codes dictate insulation and air sealing for new homes. Here is what you need to know about compliance.

Energy efficiency standards can make it more expensive to construct new buildings, but they save money for residents in the ...

Aiming to advance energy-efficient building codes, the U.S. Dept. of Energy has awarded $90 million in grants to state agencies, nonprofits and and other organizations around the country to provide ...

National building codes govern residential and commercial construction requirements to protect against substandard living and working conditions. Energy codes are a subset of building codes, designed ...

The rules will affect new residential construction projects funded by the federal Housing and Rural Development agency. Now, lawmakers are pushing the agency that oversees the nation’s two largest ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A leading construction economist said he no longer expects a recession in 2023. New York City on Jan. 17 enacted the NYC Existing ...

Whether buildings of the future have massively scaled back carbon footprints may turn on developments with building energy codes, a locus of growing attention and debate. One, the International Energy ...