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 ...

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 ...

ICC used its new—and controversial—consensus standard process to develop the 2024 IECC, rather than having U.S. building officials vote on the final draft. Sustainability advocates are censuring the ...

The International Code Council released a draft of its 2024 International Energy Conservation Code for commercial buildings Sept. 6, with public comment through Oct. 31. The proposed code “could ...

LANSING — The state of Michigan will halt the implementation of new residential construction and energy-conservation codes amid a legal challenge brought by two housing trade groups that say the rules ...