The 2015 International Energy Conservation Code includes better controls for lighting and daylighting, and new HVAC technology. The proposed new code will increase the mandatory installation of ...

Reviewing and evaluating public input in accordance with the requirements of the Code Council's Consensus Procedures, and building consensus to incorporate input that advances the code's new scope, ...

The new International Energy Conservation Code provides residential and commercial builders flexibility in making their projects more energy efficient and for the first time includes provisions for ...

An international organization that develops model codes and standards for new construction is quietly preparing an energy conservation code that opponents argue is a backdoor climate initiative and ...

Builders have had to wrestle with ever-increasing energy code requirements for almost two decades. Even though the national model energy code, the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC), has ...

A new building code that will affect both residential and commercial construction will go into effect July 1 in Portland. The 2021 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) will go into effect in ...

Louisville’s City Council was poised Tuesday night to make a decision on whether or not they would uphold the 2021 IECC building codes for Marshall Fire victims. However, three hours into the meeting, ...

Illinois' new energy conservation code is mostly based on the 2021 IECC, which the U.S. Dept. of Energy has found can yield an average 9.38% site energy savings on average. Illinois implemented a ...

An international group that develops building codes adopted by a wide swath of U.S. cities and counties abruptly pared back a plan to force new homes to be more climate-friendly. The International ...