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Do Housing Prices Change with Building Codes?
This article examines whether adopting newer residential building codes affects home prices, analyzing home sales data and code adoption trends across 26 states. It explores the relationship between modern building codes, housing affordability, and the resilience benefits of updated construction standards.
The Implementation of Local Building Performance Standards: An Analysis of Progress to Date and Guide for Future Policy
In a new report, New York University’s Guarini Center on Environmental, Energy and Land Use Law and Marron Institute of Urban Management provide a retrospective analysis of the implementation of local BPS laws using qualitative and quantitative methods. The report is the most comprehensive analysis of BPS implementation to date.
The Landscape of Building Performance Standard Pathway Alternatives
The report provides a landscape assessment of existing BPS compliance and ACPs offered across the nation using a common taxonomy, and identifies key challenges.
Split Systems: Coordinating Energy Policies for New and Existing Buildings
ACEEE and the National Energy Codes Collaborative examine conflicts and alignments between building codes and Building Performance Standards in Atlanta, St. Louis, and Seattle. The authors derive lessons for other cities to ensure policies to decarbonize new and existing buildings are measuring against similar performance metrics and minimizing unnecessary bureaucratic hurdles.
Nobody Left Behind: Preliminary Review of Strategies to Support Affordable Housing Compliance with Building Performance Standards
This report identifies strategies that local governments, community-based organizations, energy utilities, and other stakeholders can use to support affordable housing properties and their residents during the design and implementation of BPS policies.