The Daily Free Press

Specialized opt-in energy code pushes Massachusetts towards a more sustainable future

The Massachusetts State House. The Department of Energy Resources updated the Massachusetts building energy code in order to reach net-zero carbon by 2050. BRIAN SONG/DFP FILE The Department of Energy ...
The Business Journals

‘Net zero’ building code could worsen Mass. housing crisis, study says

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Preview this article 1 min A new Massachusetts building ...
Building Design + ConstructionOpinion

Mass. accessibility codes make some major home renovations unaffordable

Massachusetts’ building codes governing handicapped accessibility are hampering renovations of old housing stock that could ...
techtimes

Massachusetts Taps Decarbonization Expert Vineet Nair for State's Building Regulation and Standards Board

The primary challenge for Vineet Nair and his colleagues is developing the 11th edition of the Massachusetts State Building Code. This requires meticulous review of the 2024 International Code Council ...
The Boston Globe

‘There’s a dam breaking:’ Cities and towns start to kick fossil fuels with new building code

Brookline and Watertown last week became the first communities in the state to adopt a new building code discouraging the use of fossil fuels in new buildings, and 22 more cities and towns have ...
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Fossil fuel bans, a green bank, and energy codes prohibiting all-glass buildings are coming to Massachusetts

Boston City Hall passed a fossil-fuel ban this month at city-owned buildings (NewtonCourt/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 4.0) Big things are happening in one of the country’s smallest states. This summer, ...