The goal was to make it easier to build more housing and address a shortage experts say caused housing costs to rise.

Wisconsin will begin enforcing new building codes for commercial projects starting Nov. 1, the first major update to state ...

Wildfires now threaten communities across California year-round. But they are much less of a danger to homes built since 2008.

The city has used its codes to get homebuilders and remodelers to add solar panels, graywater recycling systems and electric vehicle charging equipment ...

Larkspur has passed new building standards to help reduce fossil fuel-related emissions. The City Council voted unanimously on Aug. 20 to adopt two ordinances to increase building electrification ...

ENCINITAS — The Encinitas City Council is working to preserve local control of building regulations by moving forward with a ...

Made of a mixture of clay, straw, water, and sand, cob houses may be new to many folks in the United States, but they've been around for thousands of years and have been known to last for centuries.

With the devastating Los Angeles blazes still fresh in memory, cities across the Bay Area region are developing plans to lower the climate-heating emissions that are fanning the flames. But a ...

Starting in January 2026, New York State will be making a big change in building and construction regulations as part of the ongoing state-mandated transition from fossil fuels to all-electric heated ...

Santa Monica City Council approves changes to building codes, raising high-rise threshold and allowing single-stairway ...

At a Town Hall public information session , property owners complained about new state requirements to install costly ...