Using Technology to Improve Code Enforcement
Technology can be used to streamline the plan review and inspection process and improve code enforcement. See our fact sheet for strategies, challenges, and success stories.
Codes
Building codes make our cities and communities more resilient and make buildings more comfortable, productive, and safer for those working and living in these spaces. IMT works with local governments to improve residential and commercial code compliance that results in increased energy savings and more efficient buildings across the country.
Interested in IMT’s codes work? Scroll through our blogs and resources below to see how IMT has been collaborating with local and regional organizations to improve buildings codes and code compliance.
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Measuring Code Compliance
In order to receive American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding, states had to guarantee that buildings would achieve 90 percent compliance with target energy codes by 2017. Subsequently, states have started to develop plans on how to measure and track code compliance. See the fact sheet for an outline of best practices for conducting a … Continued
Bolstering State Support of Local Code Enforcement
State and even county governments can create structures for code enforcement, or increase support at the local level, by implementing some best practices. See the fact sheet for more.
Streamlining Compliance Processes
Streamlining is the practice of improving building regulatory processes to remove overlap and create more efficient administrative procedures. It can make building departments more effective at enforcing building energy codes, while improving customer service and resulting in financial and energy savings. See the fact sheet to learn more.
Report: China Makes Progress in Building Energy Code Compliance
According to a new report, China has made great strides in improving code compliance since 2005.
China Makes Progress in Building Energy Code Compliance
China has achieved significant gains in its compliance with building energy codes.
Third Parties in the Implementation of Building Energy Codes in China
China has been adding close to 20 billion square feet of new buildings each year, making it the largest market for new construction in the world. Though the enforcement of China’s building energy codes has been widely viewed as fraught with challenges, China has seemingly achieved unusual progress in improving its compliance rate at both … Continued
CASE STUDY 3 | Third-Party Plan Review
Towns and cities including Dayton, Ohio, and Washington, D.C., regularly hire third parties to conduct construction plan reviews, reducing the expense to the local building department while increasing the level of quality assurance–and helping to ensure that all plans comply with energy and other codes.
CASE STUDY 2 | Design Professional Accountability
In Wisconsin, licensed design professionals have long been responsible for ensuring that projects are built in compliance with applicable building codes. Learn how this unusual model works, and why it has the potential to boost energy code compliance rates.
CASE STUDY 5 | Streamlining Compliance Processes
This study examines how streamlining can improve compliance with building energy codes. Streamlining is the practice of improving building regulatory processes to remove overlap and duplication and create more efficient administrative procedures. The study argues that streamlining not only makes building departments more efficient and effective at enforcing construction code requirements, but also improves customer … Continued