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Miami-Dade County was the first in Florida to certify hurricane-resistant standards for structures which the Florida Building Code subsequently enacted across all requirements for hurricane-resistant buildings. Many other states reference the requirements set in the Florida Building codes, or have developed their own requirements for hurricanes ...
Depiction of New York World Building fire in New York City in 1882. Building codes in the United States are a collection of regulations and laws adopted by state and local jurisdictions that set “minimum requirements for how structural systems, plumbing, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (), natural gas systems and other aspects of residential and commercial buildings should be ...
Köppen climate types of Florida, using 1991–2020 climate normals. Solar array on parking area rooftop, Broward County. The Florida Climate Protection Act of 2008 created the Florida Energy and Climate Commission. It also urged the Department of Environmental Protection to develop a greenhouse gas reduction strategy.
If there is a magic way to stop climate change from wreaking havoc on Florida, reverse sea-level rise and lower the kind of scalding summer temperatures Miami saw last year, lawmakers may have ...
Under the Zachary Martin Act, passed earlier in 2020, schools must provide cooling zones for athletic activities to reduce the risk of heat illness. [Clayton Freeman/Florida Times-Union]
Florida, perhaps the most vulnerable state to sea-level rise and extreme weather, is on the verge of repealing what's left of a 16-year-old law that lists climate change as a priority when making ...
Marjory Stoneman Douglas Building in Tallahassee, the largest of the agency's headquarters buildings.. By the mid-1960s, when the federal government was becoming increasingly involved in initiatives designed to protect the country's environmental interests, Florida had four agencies involved with environmental protection: the Florida Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund ...
Senate Bill 1624 by Sen. Jay Collins, R-Tampa, and House Bill 1645 by Rep. Bobby Payne, R-Palatka, rewrite Florida energy policy to eliminate state goals to address the impacts of climate change ...