On a split vote Tuesday, the Durango City Council adopted the 2015 energy code that will require all new construction in city limits to be more efficient. Councilors Dean Brookie and Melissa Youssef ...

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 ...

The 2015 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC)—the code that serves as the model for states’ codes—has undergone final changes. Reinstating mechanical equipment tradeoffs, one of this year’s ...

The federal Inflation Reduction Act is law, and it includes $369 billion for climate mitigation and decarbonization in the U.S. economy. Now, cities and states are beginning to plan to put that money ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Members of the Sierra Club delivered petitions built into a cardboard house to the St. Louis County Building Commission on ...

The model energy codes, in their various forms, have been at the forefront of the discussion regarding building design in recent years. These codes include the International Energy Conservation Code ...

The New Orleans skyline. An analysis by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy determined that the state of Louisiana has the most to gain from adopting the recent building energy codes.