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International Code Council to Create Green Building Code
''It has become clear to us that to advance the goal of achieving more sustainable building performance, some regulatory framework is needed for areas where market forces are not enough,'' stated Washington, D.C.-headquartered International Code Council (ICC) CEO Richard P. Weiland in a press release from the April 22 Earth Day session in the Chicago District Office, announcing initiation of a ''Green Building Code Development Project'' -- targeted at traditional and high-performance buildings -- which will set criteria to make green construction everyday practice.
The code will likely focus on energy and water-use efficiency, materials and resource conservation, indoor environmental quality and overall building impact on the environment, with residential issues addressed through ICC 700 -- the 2008 National Green Building Standard, developed in partnership with the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and approved last January by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), the first ''green'' housing rating system to earn its seal.
''We have arrived at an opportune time to build on the information and resources available to us to design a useable code as a model for green building programs,'' said ICC Board President Adolf Zubia. ''We plan to use the same principles that have made the Code Council family of codes so successful, which is the development of model regulatory material that is consistent, coordinated and developed in a consensus process.''
With the ICC Board of Directors scheduled to discuss the project May 4, the press release invites public feedback for the meeting through GreenBuildingCode@iccsafe.org. -- International Code Counci
04.22.2009 4/22/2009
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