La Plata County’s energy efficiency codes for residential and commercial buildings are expected to make a significant leap this year, increasing current efficiency standards by about 15 percent.

Energy efficiency is often described as the low-hanging fruit in the fight against global warming. Conserving energy is cheaper than building a new nuclear power plant and technologically less ...

There's a battle in Raleigh over energy efficiency standards and building codes that has implications for both North Carolina's climate change efforts and the short- and long-term costs of ...

Building codes are an often-overlooked tool in fighting climate change. But last week, a little-known nonprofit group that sets building codes used across most of the U.S. decided to make them a lot ...

This Claude Code approach from its creator shares eight steps. Make Claude Code projects smoother while improving speed and code quality ...

SUMMIT COUNTY It’s a sunny 20 degrees in Summit County, and local Terrasun Designs architect Len Kumar doesn’t have his boiler on. In fact, he doesn’t have power or utility lines of any sort connected ...

(Regarding article, “Efficiency codes give heartburn to Realtors, builders,” June 4.) Let’s get this straight: Homebuilders have always opposed mandatory energy codes. Their statement that they ...

U.S. states are making a concerted effort to boost energy efficiency, with some promoting electric vehicles, efficient products, smart buildings, cold climate heat pumps, and zero-energy building ...