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Later this spring, the International Code Council, which writes the IBC and IRC, will consider including triplexes and quadplexes in the residential code—meaning that some of the changes in Dallas could go nationwide in a few years.

It was a bottom-up process, messily divided between three distinct code-making organizations until the 1990s, when the International Code Council was created.

The marshal put this idea to the International Code Council, the organization that governs the construction of American buildings.

The SuperAdobe has International Code Conference approval as a form of adobe architecture, and the organization is working on getting the structures International Residential Code approval next.

The International Code Council, which sets model construction standards for new homes, was expected to include building electrification measures in its 2024 energy code on March 20.