The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and Department of Agriculture have rolled back a 2024 rule requiring new homes to meet the 2021 International Energy Conservation Code to qualify ...

Rescinding federal energy code requirements could cut $20,000 to $31,000 from new home costs while reshaping HVAC system ...

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and Department of Agriculture have rescinded a 2024 rule requiring new homes to meet the 2021 International Energy Conservation Code to qualify for ...

The Hampshire County Housing Conversation held at UMass on March 25 highlighted a real and urgent problem: we are not building enough housing in western Massachusetts. The data presented by Kerry ...

Vermont currently lacks any formal residential energy code enforcement mechanism, relying instead on self-reported compliance ...

Minnesota’s homebuilding industry is making a case that the state’s increasingly stringent energy code is driving up the cost of residential construction, but efforts to address the concern have hit a ...

The city of Aurora is working toward adopting stricter energy codes for all buildings within city limits, which officials say could help lower energy costs for residents and meet ...

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Developers said returning to the 2020 energy code would shave $12,000 off the construction cost of an average home. Republican Gov. Phil Scott is rolling back Vermont’s ambitious energy code and ...

The Longmont Sustainability Advisory Board of Commissioners has thrown its support behind a regional approach to updating the city’s energy codes. At a remote meeting held Wednesday evening, the board ...

New Hampshire is poised to update its building codes, the laws meant to keep homes and commercial buildings safe and comfortable. But in the bill approaching Gov. Chris Sununu’s desk, the code that ...