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U.S. Forest Service seeks comments on Snowmass plans The White River National Forest seeks public comments on several proposed improvements at Snowmass Mountain Resort.  Aspen Skiing Co. is proposing to replace and realign the aging...

Garfield County recently adopted a building code that requires a blower door test to be performed on all new homes to check air-sealing and ventilation, a county news release states. Called the 2018 International Energy...

‘Second gentleman’ coming to Ideas Fest Douglas Emhoff, husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, will appear at the Aspen Ideas Festival to discuss rising incidents of antisemitism in the U.S. and around the world, organizers announced. The Aspen...

Colorado is launching new model building codes that are designed to make new construction ready for electric vehicles, solar panels and electric appliances.

Colorado is launching new model building codes that are designed to make new construction ready for electric vehicles, solar panels and electric appliances.

Open Forum letters to the editor for Monday, June 5, 2022.

The new construction standards are meant to ensure homes and buildings are built for efficiency, electric cars and solar panels.

“Melting snow outdoors is obviously very energy intensive. You’re trying to make a surface be warm enough to turn ice to water when the temperature outside is that of ice,” said August Hasz, president and principal engineer at REG, a Crested Butte-based engineering firm, who has been consulting with Pitkin County. “It’s a phase change, it takes a lot of energy.”

As we are approaching a tipping point, it is now far too late to entertain any serious doubt as to the potential drastic effects of climate change caused primarily by emissions of greenhouse gases...

Here are the Top Risks for the Construction and Engineering Sector - “Business interruption/supply chain disruption and natural catastrophes are the top risks for the...