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The state of California encourages new buildings to use efficient electric heating. It encourages, but does not mandate. The mechanism for this is California’s Title 24 energy code, which requires ...

Building codes usually come up in the context of safety – a properly constructed building can help prevent injury or death from fires, earthquakes, and extreme weather. But they’re also essential for ...

Starting Jan. 1, builders in Katy will follow standards of the latest building and electrical codes, which Building Official Roy Frankum characterized as a more common-sense approach. Katy City ...

First on the electrical wire color code is black. “Black wires are most used as ‘hot’ wires in residential systems,” says master electrician Allyson Saling with Frontdoor home services app. “Hot or ...

Pennsylvania’s Republican-controlled Legislature signaled again Wednesday that it wants to stop municipalities in the nation’s No. 2 natural gas state from adopting building codes that prohibit gas ...

SONOMA COUNTY – Most new residential construction in Sonoma County will have all electric appliances, after the board of supervisors voted to implement updated state building codes. The California ...