Houston, Texas: Online Resources

Energy Star is a program run by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of Energy that promotes energy efficiency. This site lists Energy Star certified buildings and plants in Houston, Texas and related information.

The Houston Permitting Center combines the majority of the City of Houston's permitting and licensing into one location. We opened in June 2011 with a mission to help customers achieve their goals while complying with the City’s regulations.

CODE OF ORDINANCES City of HOUSTON, TEXAS Codified through Ordinance No. 2020-196, adopted March 11, 2020. (Supp. No. 86, Update 2)

The Planning and Development Department's mission is to work to ensure that it remains a vibrant and sustainable city by partnering with decision makers and the community to balance a spectrum of needs and interests while addressing the dynamics of growth and change.

The mission of the Houston Parks and Recreation Department is to enhance the quality of urban life by providing safe, well-maintained parks and offering affordable programming for the community.

The City of Houston's Housing and Community Development Department (HCDD) provides the leadership and financing to make affordable homes and neighborhood revitalization happen in Houston.

The TxDOT Houston District is conducting a Planning and Environmental Linkage Study (PEL) on I-10 East from I-69 in Harris County to SH 99 (Grand Parkway) in Chambers County. The study would include the city areas of Houston; Jacinto City; Baytown; and Mont Belvieu.

This site photographically document and archive buildings and sites in Texas and beyond, focusing on what could be referred to as underrated and lesser celebrated architecture. It promotes education and activism for present and future preservation and aim to increase awareness of sites and their history.

The Downtown District has been a major player in most of the public/private projects that have transformed Downtown over the last decade. The District began its revitalization efforts in 1995 with five key goals in mind: accelerate the renewal of the city's urban core, with quality of life as the underlying theme: build a lasting constituency for Downtown; recruit investors, retailers and tenants while retaining those that already call Downtown home; promote a vibrant and diverse Downtown; and make Downtown clean, safe and attractive.

Houston Public Works provides many of the basic services that affect the daily lives of everyone who lives and works in Houston. Primarily, the department is responsible for all the things we take for granted on a daily basis: the administration, planning, maintenance, construction management and technical engineering of the City's infrastructure.