Rescinding federal energy code requirements could cut $20,000 to $31,000 from new home costs while reshaping HVAC system ...

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and Department of Agriculture have rolled back a 2024 rule requiring new homes to meet the 2021 International Energy Conservation Code to qualify ...

The Hampshire County Housing Conversation held at UMass on March 25 highlighted a real and urgent problem: we are not building enough housing in western Massachusetts. The data presented by Kerry ...

Minnesota’s homebuilding industry is making a case that the state’s increasingly stringent energy code is driving up the cost of residential construction, but efforts to address the concern have hit a ...

Vermont currently lacks any formal residential energy code enforcement mechanism, relying instead on self-reported compliance ...

Developers said returning to the 2020 energy code would shave $12,000 off the construction cost of an average home. Republican Gov. Phil Scott is rolling back Vermont’s ambitious energy code and ...

The Clean Energy Alliance Board of Directors adopted an Energy Programs Plan that includes expanding demand response programs for commercial customers and residential energy-efficiency kits, as well ...

The city of Aurora is working toward adopting stricter energy codes for all buildings within city limits, which officials say could help lower energy costs for residents and meet ...

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New Hampshire is poised to update its building codes, the laws meant to keep homes and commercial buildings safe and comfortable. But in the bill approaching Gov. Chris Sununu’s desk, the code that ...