ARCHIVED  April 10, 2009

Environmental building codes going on the books

Housing construction in Northern Colorado is still reeling from the global markets crash, but the news is not all bad. In fact, in many municipalities the news is green.

The decline in building permit numbers in the past few years is allowing inspectors and officials to re-evaluate residential building codes and implement some new environmentally friendly aspects.

The town of Windsor is hoping builders pull 120 permits in 2009 – the same number as 2008. The figure is down from the record high of 451 permits in both 2000 and 2005. Joe Plummer, Windsor’s planning director, is using the decline to…

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