Concerning what the requirement for adopting a code to comply with American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding stipulations, DOE confirmed that it is the 2009 IECC or an equivalent code that must be adopted -- not the 2012 edition.
Toll Brothers is building environmentally friendly, energy-efficient homes in four Southwest Florida communities, offering features especially appealing to buyers concerned about the environment.
Compliance with various energy code provisions may become more difficult in the short-term due to an unexpected expandable polystyrene (EPS) supply squeeze on the horizon.
Metsä Wood’s (formerly Finnforest) Finnframe flooring system now boasts a number of new developments that further improve the acoustic and energy performance of the system.
A group of organizations have prepared a Statement of Consensus which covers some of the controversial issues associated with Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) in LEED.