For more than seven years, UpCodes has been making the complicated world of building codes easier to understand for people like industry professionals and homeowners. Its platform includes a ...

Downtown Detroit, Michigan (Photo By Ritcheypro - Own work, Public Domain / Wikipedia) Through the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) grant program, FEMA has awarded $1.9 million ...

ATLANTA — ASHRAE, along with several partnering organizations, has been awarded a $2.85 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Building Technologies Office for resilient and efficient ...

A new federal analysis gives all but a handful of states the lowest possible rating on the quality of their building codes, showing a widespread failure to protect people against windstorms and ...

For the past 25 years, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has helped develop building codes, the construction standards that help houses survive hurricanes, wildfires and earthquakes. Now, ...

The lack of oversight and certification requirements for builders related to energy efficient construction techniques has led to buildings that structurally fail, builders told lawmakers last month.