List of Articles by Ryan Colker
About the Author
Ryan Colker is the vice president of innovation at the International Code Council where he identifies emerging issues in the building industry, including how new technologies can be leveraged by codes and standards, methods to modernize the application of building regulations, and the development of new business strategies that support members and building safety professionals. He also serves as executive director of the Alliance for National and Community Resilience. Most recently, Colker was the vice president of the National Institute of Building Sciences, where he led the institute’s efforts to improve the built environment through collaboration of public and private sectors. Previously, he was the manager of government affairs at ASHRAE.
White House Focuses on Buildings to Enhance Climate Resilience, Reduce Climate Impacts
Date Posted: 10/16/2023
McKinsey Report Identifies Levers to Building Decarbonization, Code Council Solutions Poised to Facilitate Achievement
Date Posted: 09/12/2023
Exchanging Lessons on Off-Site Construction
Date Posted: 02/02/2023
Standards ensure off-site built tiny homes deliver safety and efficiency
Date Posted: 08/01/2022
FEMA recognizes the valuable role of building codes
Date Posted: 03/21/2022
Code Council standards development process primer
Date Posted: 02/15/2022
How ICC supports a holistic approach to sustainability and resilience
Date Posted: 01/25/2022
Primer on Code Council standards development: Finalizing the standard and appeals
Date Posted: 11/18/2021
Primer on Code Council standards development: Public comment drafts, responses and committee voting
Date Posted: 10/08/2021
Primer on Code Council standards development: The initial draft
Date Posted: 09/03/2021
Primer on Code Council standards development: Seating the committee
Date Posted: 08/03/2021
Primer on Code Council standards development: Starting a new standard
Date Posted: 07/11/2021
Primer on Code Council standards development: Introduction
Date Posted: 06/03/2021
The International Code Council laid the foundation for governments to meet their climate goals
Date Posted: 05/03/2021
Buildings and communities are at the frontline of tackling climate change
Date Posted: 04/21/2021
Industry comes together to develop solar permitting solution
Date Posted: 12/14/2020
The ecosystem of resilience standards
Date Posted: 08/24/2020
New webinar series: Maintaining Building Safety during the COVID-19 Pandemic
The Code Council is pleased to provide building safety professionals with a series of free webinars to share valuable information on continuing to deliver essential services during this unprecedented time.
Date Posted: 04/03/2020
Government Relations Forum to focus on mitigation and resilience
This year's event will bring together a prestigious group of speakers to discuss the important role of codes and standards in resilience and hazard mitigation.
Date Posted: 08/26/2019
Retrofits: Capturing benefits at the energy|resilience nexus
An expanding body of research is examining the ability to capture both energy efficiency and resilience benefits, or co-benefits, through the application of certain measures. This focus on the energy/resilience nexus provides new avenues for retrofits that capture multiple benefits.
Date Posted: 08/05/2019
ANCR, ICC salute work of 100 Resilient Cities program as it officially ends
As the Rockefeller Foundation wraps up its 100 Resilient Cities program, ANCR and ICC remain committed to advancing resilient buildings and communities.
Date Posted: 05/06/2019
Industry briefing to focus on resiliency investments
Code Council and ANCR Representatives to speak at Capitol Hill Briefing on The Business Case for Flood-Ready Infrastructure.
Date Posted: 04/17/2019
ANCR launches new committee to develop housing resilience benchmarks
The benchmarks provide U.S. communities guidelines to determine the resilience of their housing stock and cover quantity, affordability, emergency shelters and homeownership.
Date Posted: 04/16/2019
Resilience benchmarks for U.S. communities released
The first-of-its-kind benchmark document provides specific guidelines for increasing the safety, sustainability and resilience of communities’ building stock.
Date Posted: 01/14/2019
New publication on resilience through the codes
The new Building Community Resilience through Modern Model Building Codes addresses the urgent need for community resilience in the face of repeated major disasters.
Date Posted: 12/14/2018
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