This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. California is poised to adopt the nation’s first statewide green ...

After years of planning, the California Building Standards Commission (CBSA) adopted into law on Thursday the first statewide "green" building code in the nation. Governor Schwarzenegger issued this ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. California’s first-in-the-nation mandatory green building code will help ...

Green building codes have failed to conserve energy use in the nation’s most populated state, according to a new study published by the National Bureau of Economic Research. California, currently home ...

California is now the first state in the country to formally implement general code requirements for reducing embodied carbon in the built environment. “It can take up to 80 years to overcome embodied ...

Green building and energy conservation are now more commonplace in the United States with State and Local Authorities Having Jurisdiction (AHJs) adopting some version of the International Code Council ...

Green building codes signed into law by San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom (D) may cost city residents and businesses $700 million each and every year in expenses and lost economic output, the city’s ...

Construction professionals carry the critical responsibility of delivering structures that are safe, habitable, accessible and energy efficient. A key component of that responsibility is adherence to ...