building codes

Caricom’s Energy-Efficient Building Code Could Be Tough Sell

By Jewel Fraser
Caribbean Community (Caricom) states are in the process of formulating an energy efficiency building code for the region that would help reduce CO2 emissions, but implementation of the code may depend heavily on moral suasion for its success.

Concrete Jungles Growing in Senegal

By Issa Sikiti da Silva
In the midst of the building frenzy in Senegal, the construction of buildings that cost less than 60,000 dollars, and thus do not require a building permit, is going unchecked by authorities, resulting in the haphazard and unsafe construction of a majority of homes.


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