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Mar 04, 2021
After Championing Greener Building Codes, Local Governments Lose Right To Vote
The nonprofit consortium that oversees much of the nation's building codes just gave the construction and gas industries more control over the process.
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The International Code Council, a nonprofit that oversees building codes for much of the Americas, has implemented a change that environmental advocates say is one of the most consequential roadblocks to decarbonizing the U.S. economy.
The private consortium that oversees the model building codes for much of the United States and parts of the Caribbean and Latin America on Thursday