Ohio has become the fifth state to require photoelectric smoke alarms in new homes. In the state’s first official acknowledgement that traditional ionization alarms are insufficient, new building ...

Snowmass will re-address its wildfire mitigation code in the coming months, looking to expand upon recent state mandates. The state in June drafted a Colorado Wildfire Resiliency Code requiring all ...

The federal AIM Act, which will phase down HFC refrigerants 85% by 2036, was designed to encourage a safe transition to lower-GWP refrigerants such as R-32 and R-454B in comfort cooling equipment.

One of the few states in the union that has resisted dictating building codes, instead leaving adoption and enforcement decisions to localities, is seeing a renewed push to change course. In early ...