Energy Code and Clean Energy Action Items
These action items and FYIs from RESNET, Colorado, and Maryland need your attention as we wrap up...
Posts about Code Watch (3)
ICC & Modular Building Institute Issue Off-Site Construction Standards
Standards 1200 and 1205 create consistency for off-site construction processes. The International...
New Code Hikes West Coast Building Performance
California Energy Commission’s 2022 building code includes mandatory electric appliances and...
California Law Requires Use of “Lead-Free” Plumbing Fixtures
California leads the nation by requiring all water faucets and fixtures to become essentially...
Green Builder Coalition Nearing WaterSense Certification
The home building industry’s first and longest-running water rating system has applied to be a Home...
Megadrought’s Construction Fallout Begins
A tiny Utah city’s ban on new housing could be where all of the parched Western U.S. is heading....
Plumbing Industry Applauds Legislation That Improves Water Quality
Funding goes to study 900 percent increase in Legionnaires disease since 2000 and grossly oversized...
DOE Issues Model Energy Code Determinations
Here’s how new energy codes will increase energy efficiency in residential and commercial...
Minnesota Adopts Provisions of 2018 Uniform Plumbing Code
The state of Minnesota has formally adopted the 2018 edition of IAPMO’s Uniform Plumbing Code...
Special Codes Edition: Action Alerts
Get involved! Check out these four Action Alerts and make a difference for the environment 1....
IAPMO Welcomes Changes to 2021 NSPC
Deadline to Submit Proposed Changes to 2024 National Standard Plumbing Code (NSPC) is March 1. To...
Colorado Tackles Climate-Warming Emissions
Colorado legislators pass bills that will reduce building emissions and cut utility costs. Colorado...
DOE Preliminary Energy Savings for Residential Buildings Released
DOE’s more direct participation in the code development process could mean difficult choices for...