Codes and Standards

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Lease or ownership models for PVs make more sense than ever.

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Asthma seems to be aggravated by cooking with flame.

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Updated building codes could mitigate the danger.

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Retail conversions to fulfillment centers, apartments, schools, or medical offices could cut va...
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The provisions present a set of recommended improvements to the ASCE/SEI 7-16 Standard.

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Best practices helping companies develop and measure healthy, sustainable, and resilient reopen...
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Net-zero principles may give buildings longer lives.

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Statement now includes safety protocols and plans, sustainability, and BIM experience.

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Mobile platforms, wearable sensors, AI video systems among the trial solutions.

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Designs include barriers for outdoor dining, sidewalk retail displays, and modular seating for...
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ConsensusDocs addresses the most common prefabricated construction use-case scenario.

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New ordinance based on the International Wildland-Urban Interface Code.

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Green purchasing policies for cleaning, filters, furniture and other products encouraged.

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At least 20 programs for new construction, major renovations emerge.

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Expanded programs, resources address impact of climate change.

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Week-long ICC Learn Live will include panel conversations, keynotes, and breakout sessio...
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First update to decade-old technical documents released.

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Delivery timeline delays due to COVID-19 pandemic prompt action.

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Tightened standard applies to endpoint devices that dispense drinking water, and other plumbing...
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Natl. Apartment Assn. and New Civil Liberties Alliance want hearing by October.

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Savings achieved in less rework and fewer and shorter punch lists.

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Passive survivability, social resiliency, and community health among the goals.

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Strategies augment social distancing, increased air flow to combat COVID-19 spread.

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Wildfires strike Northwest timber industry in wake of Covid-19 shutdowns.

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Construction and fossil fuel interests oppose portions of latest model energy code.

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Sustainability policies will drive trend.

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Ensures compatibility with the International Building Code.

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Repeated rebuilding after successive floods now seen as bad policy.

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Affordable housing projects can find PV installations to be cost-effective.

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World Green Building Council drives goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.