Articles Tagged with ''building codes''

The graduation of BCAP also furthers a key strategic recommendation of ASE’s board of directors to move away from programmatic work and toward a more robust focus on national policy advocacy. 

The Alliance to Save Energy (ASE) and the Building Codes Assistance Project (BCAP) have jointly announced that BCAP will transition from its status as a program of ASE and become an independent organization.

Building code officials approved an updated code to reduce energy waste in new homes while overcoming attempts to roll back the current code’s energy-saving measures at the 2013 International Code Council (ICC) Annual Conference and Public Comment Hearings.

Demand for the services of commissioning professionals is rising and will continue to rise into the near future, according to a survey by PECI and the Building Commissioning Association (BCA).

The National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) National Council of Governments on Building Codes and Standards (NCGBCS) is calling for public comment on the content of a new code taxonomy of building codes and standards.