The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 provides accessibility standards for public areas, including commercial bathrooms, to ensure that these facilities are safe and user-friendly for ...

In this episode of EC&M Code Conversations, Editor-in-Chief Ellen Parson and Code Consultant Russ LeBlanc discuss the evolution of bathroom branch circuit requirements in the NEC and the confusion ...

Lately, the transgender community's push for more gender-neutral public restrooms has drawn a fair amount of attention, support, and criticism. I've been sympathetic to many sides of the debate. Of ...

After a futile semester-long legal battle to change Connecticut building codes, Yale has filed an appeal in the state Supreme Court in the hopes of adding more gender-neutral bathrooms to Yale Law ...

Throw a bed in a room and you have a bedroom or install a toilet in a closet and you've built a bathroom, but does this actually fit the legal definitions of these rooms? While this might not seem ...

Based on the 2020 NEC. One thing I’ve learned from studying and following Code changes over the last 37 years is that the wording of a new rule is not always perfect. Sometimes it takes a few Code ...