Permit Sonoma’s Building Division is preparing for the upcoming changes to the California Building Standards Code, which take ...

After years of planning, the California Building Standards Commission (CBSA) adopted into law on Thursday the first statewide "green" building code in the nation. Governor Schwarzenegger issued this ...

Taking a new step toward widespread green practice implementation, California’s Building Standards Commission (BSC) unanimously adopted the United States’ first statewide green building code. With ...

Goat Hill Park, the 18-hole short course in Oceanside, California, that was famously saved from being plowed under by developers, is building a kids course where youngsters in the community can learn ...

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), creators of the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) green building rating system, announced significant streamlining for all LEED ...

(TNS) — California's seismic construction requirements are designed to protect the lives of those inside. But even with the most modern codes, building to the state's minimum requirements would leave ...

A recently released study by the National Bureau of Economic Research found that California’s building code for higher risk wildfire areas has significantly reduced structural loss. A home built in ...