3 results for tag: building codes
Oregon’s New Building Codes Are a Win for Home Energy Resilience
Last week marked an important step forward for healthy, affordable, resilient housing in Oregon.
The Oregon Building Code Division’s Residential and Manufactured Structures Board (RMSB) voted to approve much-needed updates to the state’s residential energy code. Thanks to the foundation laid by two bills that OEC championed alongside our coalition partners in Building Resilience – the Build Smart from the Start Act in 2023, and the Oregon Climate Action Plan in 2020 – the new rules will make all new Oregon homes 27% more efficient than under the previous code.
Heat pumps are the key
A key provision in the new building code is a requirement ...
Building for a Better Future
Right now, there is an important conversation happening in Oregon, and around the country, about buildings. The buildings in which we live and work are a critical piece of the climate puzzle. They are both vital to reducing climate change causing fossil fuels and our first line of defense against climate harms like extreme heat, wildfire smoke, and air pollution.
Buildings are the second largest–and growing–source of climate pollution in Oregon, responsible for 34 percent of the state’s total greenhouse gas emissions. This is due to the fossil fuels used for electricity to power our homes and buildings, and the fossil gas piped in for heating ...
Gov. Brown Boosts Water Conservation
New executive orders help mitigate climate change through Oregon's building codes and address key principals of ensuring a reliable water future: efficiency and re-use.