“As global temperatures rise and heat waves grow more deadly, the roofs over our heads have become battlefields in a consequential climate war. It’s happening as the Trump administration and Congress move to derail measures designed to make appliances and buildings more energy efficient.”
#ClimateCrisis #CoolRoofs #EnergyEfficiency #BuildingCodes #UrbanHeatIslands #DarkRoofLobby #ClimateAction #ClimateActionNow
“In an effort to encourage denser development, Gov. Jared Polis signed a new bill into law on Tuesday to allow smaller apartment buildings in Colorado to be built with a single staircase, instead of the two previously required by building codes.”
#UrbanPlanning #DensityDesign #Cities #MultifamilyHousing #BuildingCodes #SingleStarcaseBuildings #FireSafety #MissingMiddleHousing
https://denverite.com/2025/05/13/denver-colorado-single-stair-apartment-law-passed/
"Capitalism" didn't do it. The political class did, and then they called it capitalism.
“For the past 25 years, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has helped develop building codes, the construction standards that help houses survive hurricanes, wildfires and earthquakes. Now, the Trump Administration has ordered that to stop, according to people involved with the work.” 🤬
#Politics #USPolitics #BuildingCodes #EmergencyPreparedness #ConstructionStandards #PublicSafety #DisasterRelief
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/20/nx-s1-5303478/fema-trump-building-codes-floods-hurricane-disasters
Somebody I know was midway through a call today including #FEMA and having to do with resilience against flooding, involving various other agencies to coordinate advice to the public.
During the call, #NPR announced that FEMA will no longer have anything to do with #BuildingCodes. FEMA participation and experience is retracted.
This of course is insane.
Our well being is falling apart.
All kinds of increased density and urbanist upgrades are being thrown into file 13 (that's the trash for you youngsters out there) because cities insist on parking and other requirements that are not actually necessary.
https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2024/8/21/lets-embrace-our-nonconforming-grandpas
#Redevelopment
#Renovation
#BuildingCodes
#Urbanism
#Architecture
Have building codes else where been amended to increase the number of cubicles in women's bathrooms?
Toilet queues disproportionately impact women — but desperate times don't always call for desperate measures - ABC News
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-05/toilet-queues-disproportionately-disadvantage-women/104418584
#Lavatories #Toilets #Bathrooms #BuildingCodes #ConstructionCodes #EverydayAnnoyances #EverydaySexism #ArchitcturalSexism #Queues #Lines
"Over the past 15 years, North Carolina lawmakers have rejected limits on construction on steep slopes, which might have reduced the number of homes lost to landslides; blocked a rule requiring homes to be elevated above the height of an expected flood; weakened protections for wetlands, increasing the risk of dangerous storm water runoff; and slowed the adoption of updated building codes, making it harder for the state to qualify for federal climate-resilience grants."
Archived NYTimes article on GOP malfeasance in re: building codes in North Carolina
The whole "home building industry" is a trash fire tbh.
The Difference Between Alarming And Catastrophic - Cascadia Megafault Has One Especially Deadly Section, New Map Reveals
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https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/geology/the-difference-between-alarming-and-catastrophic-cascadia-megafault-has-1-especially-deadly-section-new-map-reveals <-- shared technical article
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https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2024/06/08/cascadia-subduction-zone-one-of-earths-top-hazards-comes-into-sharper-focus/ <-- shared technical statement
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https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adl3198 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #engineeringgeology #risk #hazard #megathrust #fault #faulting #earthquake #PNW #PacificNorthwest #CascadiaSubductionZone #remotesensing #naturalhazard #mitigation #model #modeling #geophysics #seismology #tsunami #displacement #buildingcodes #engineering #construction #warningsystems #plates #platetectonics #spatialanalysis #geometry
The building design that could crack the code on climate adaptation!
#architect #architecture #building #buildingcodes
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2024/06/24/news/building-design-could-crack-code-climate-adaptation
Cascadia Subduction Zone, One Of Earth's Top Hazards, Comes Into Sharper Focus
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https://phys.org/news/2024-06-cascadia-subduction-zone-earth-hazards.html <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adl3198 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #PNW #USA #PacificNorthwest #BritishColumbia #Washington #Oregon #NoCal #Seattle #BC #CascadiaSubductionZone #CSZ #megathrust #earthquake #earthquakes #fault #faulting #risk #hazard #geology #structuralgeology #engineeringgeology #remotesensing #survey #geophysics #tsunami #buildingcodes #warningsystems #coast #coastal #tectonics #plates #model #modeling
The #Biden administration issued new minimum #EnergyStandards for homes built with federal dollars.
A bundle of #BuildingCodes that set efficiency targets for insulation,windows, HVAC and other systems, the updated energy standards apply only to new #AffordableHousing construction built with federal financing or funding.
All told, the average annual savings work out to $963 per household."
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-25/biden-boosts-energy-efficiency-standards-for-affordable-housing
#WhatBidenDid
Congress: Don't Let Anyone Own The Law
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/04/congress-no-one-should-own-law #copyright #BuildingCodes #SafetyCodes #ProCodesAct #SecretLaws
New Map Shows Where Damaging Earthquakes Are Most Likely To Occur In US
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https://phys.org/news/2024-01-earthquakes.html <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1177/87552930231215428 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #earthquakes #USA #risk #hazard #evaluation #USGS #model #modeling #spatialanalysis #SeismicHazard #NSHM #geology #engineeringgeology #geologichistory #fault #faulting #tectonics #engineers #structures #codes #buildingcodes #buildingdesign #quake #seismicdesign #assessment #publicsafety #planning #requlations #engineering
@USGS
#Zoning #officer #fired after being asked to 'look into' #DragQueenStoryHour.
#Town #Boardmember #JoeMastroianni told the #employee to #checkout the #event planned for a local #cat #cafe
A week later, the #supervisor #fired her with no #explanation she says.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #NewYork #Rotterdam #Codes #BuildingCodes #ZoningLaws #PlanningBoard #Hate #Bigotry #Harassment #Homophobia #Transphobia
https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/worker-fired-asked-look-into-drag-story-hour-18490767.php
Morocco’s recent earthquake was not unexpected, as the country lies on a complex tectonic boundary that is prone to seismic activity. The earthquake revealed the lack of adequate building codes and enforcement in Morocco, where many structures are vulnerable to collapse. Morocco must improve its seismic resilience and preparedness and invest in retrofitting and reconstruction.
@croselund This essay clearly articulates a super important point for focusing our efforts on climate. Building much more #wind and #solar, and reducing demand for #enduses of those fuels (e.g. via #EVs, #buildingcodes & #fuelswitching), are the most effective and require most of our effort. Stopping new pipelines or new wells, e.g. #willow or #MountainValleyPipeline, has little or no effect. Counteritive, and not understood by many or most activists, right? This Medium article explains why.
@yakkoj you should rather hate #AmericanSuburbia and the passive-agressive violence committed by #BuildingCodes designed to commit socioeconomic segregation.
Because that's what it is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qr48ZxlYxOs
#buildingcodes #sustainableenergy #gascompanies #unconscionable
https://undark.org/2023/03/28/in-small-town-colorado-gas-interests-fight-electrification/?utm_source=Undark%3A+News+%26+Updates&utm_campaign=55c3b8773a-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5cee408d66-185e4e09de-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D
How Regulation Came to Be: Hotel Fires, pt. 2 (15th in series)
An Atlanta hotel fire in December 1946 had a greater death toll than the three June 1946 hotel fires reviewed in the previous entry in this series, Hotel Fires pt. 1, combined.
#HowRegulationCameToBe #Regulation #History #FireCodes #FireSafety #WinecoffHotel #Atlanta #BuildingCodes
