Developed and subsequently republished at the conclusion of each three-year code cycle, the UPC and UMC are designed to provide consumers with plumbing, heating and mechanical systems that meet all applicable standards while, at the same time, allowing latitude for innovation and new technologies.

The ASHRAE Epidemic Task Force has been established to help deploy ASHRAE’s technical resources to address the challenges of the current pandemic and future epidemics as it relates to the effects of heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems on disease transmission in healthcare facilities, the workplace, home, public and recreational environments.

Growing older can come with many challenges and changes. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, every year, one in four Americans over the age of 65 fall. 

Is a Proposition 65 warning required? This is the question plumbing product manufacturers, distributors and retailers must ask themselves when doing business in the state of California.

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are a group of anthropogenic chemicals that have been of increasing concern to the public.

The American National Standard for drinking water system components, NSF/ANSI 61, has been updated with Canadian requirements and designated as a National Standard of Canada by the Standards Council of Canada (SCC).

The grease interceptor has been in use since the Victorian era as a means to reduce the amount of fats, oils and grease, or FOG, that are introduced into sewer systems. 

ASHRAE and the International District Energy Association, or IDEA, signed a memorandum of understanding, formalizing the organizations’ relationship.

Here’s your chance to become a certified Residential Plumbing Inspector. Let the Learning Center at the International Code Council be your training guide during a one-month online webinar series beginning July 9.