Journals By Industry - Building & Housing Codes

The offerings will enable building professionals to integrate devices, applications, and building automation standards (LonWorks and BACnet) and thereby architect energy-efficient buildings that are grid-aware and therefore can respond to emerging grid requirements....

Robert Bonerba, 62, the disgraced former head of Smithtown's building department, was arrested by state narcotics investigators for buying $500 worth of heroin in a K-Mart parking lot on Tuesday afternoon, according to...

CoreNet conference Jan. 18: Join the New York and New Jersey chapters of CoreNet for a video conference on critical trends in the New York-New Jersey area. Panelists include Gagandeep Singh (Goldman Sachs),...

Health Product Declaration is an Industry-Led Format for Product Content and Associated Health Information Reports CHARLESTON, S.C. -- GreenWizard[R]- a cloud-based product management and project collaboration solution that simplifies building healthy, sustainable and...

NEW ORLEANS, La., Jan. 16, 2012 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- While most New Orleanians have been focused on LSU and Saints football, one local resident has put football aside for the moment to help...

Many urban governments in Oregon have adopted housing codes to regulate substandard housing. These local codes ensure that dwellings remain healthy and safe for habitation, and authorize government planning or development managers to...

VE Equities, formerly known as the Vella Group, announced that 949 Park Avenue located between 81st and 82nd Streets, has received a Temporary Certificate of Occupancy (TCO). Only one triplex residence remains at...

WASHINGTON -- More than 35,000 Haitians are now living in homes it has repaired, the Pan American Development Foundation (PADF) has announced. However, two years after the 2010 earthquake more than 500,000 people...

The following list describes new laws that have an impact on business and took effect Jan. 1, unless otherwise noted. * Credit Check AB 22 prohibits employers and prospective employers, not including certain...

ASHI Charter member takes seat as respected association's president DES PLAINES, Ill. -- American Society of Home Inspectors: Marvin Goldstein named 2012 ASHI president. (Photo: Business Wire) * Marvin Goldstein named 2012 ASHI...

VE Equities, formerly known as the Vella Group, announced that 949 Park Avenue, between 81st and 82nd Streets, has received a Temporary Certificate of Occupancy (TCO). Only one triplex residence remains at the...

Composting food waste is an eco-conscious activity typically associated with single-family home neighborhoods rather than apartment complexes. But composting will be easy for residents of the green-centric apartment complex being built at 701...

HEADNOTE Interoperability standards could be a prerequisite to measuring care. As part of healthcare reform, accountable care organizations (ACOs) are a growing foundation for the future of healthcare. However, what will exist within...

HEADNOTE Compare before you pay Construction industry certification is becoming an increasingly important component of quality assurance. Owners and specifiers of both public and private facilities depend on such programs to complement their...

HEADNOTE Guinea-Bissau has largely fallen off the map of dynamic Africa but this small country has no shortage of investment opportunities. In November, a British All-Party Parliamentary Group and Ecobank organised a summit...

THE MULTIFAMILY HOUSING industry scored a significant victory ill December when a judge rejected a claim that the only way to comply with federal accessibility regulations in designing and constructing properties is to...

THOUGHOUT 2012, state and local lawmakers will propose thousands of measures that will directly impact the financial bottom line and business operations of NAA members nationwide. While NAA actively monitors over a hundred...

2011 is in our rearview mirror, but that huge sound of relief coming from the insurance industry has been heard before. Losses caused by natural disasters in the U.S. reached more than $55...

Plans for a Habitat for Humanity development in McMinnville include some of the most energy-efficient building techniques the nonprofit has used to date. But the strong sustainability angle isn't enough to win over...