Less than One Month to Comment on International Green Construction Code

From USGBC Codes Committee: Through USGBC’s work with the nation’s building industry leaders, we are encouraged to inform you that there is large public support and industry backing behind a common vehicle for jurisdictions that are pursuing their sustainability goals in the form of the first-of-its-kind set of national model codes and standards for green buildings. The International Green Construction Code (IGCC) is open for public comment, and we need your help.

Critically important to the advancement of USGBC’s mission is that strong, adoptable and enforceable technical content be packaged and available in the form of a single model green building code. As you know, USGBC has worked with American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) and the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IES) for several years on the development of Standard 189.1, now available as an alternate path to compliance in the IGCC.

USGBC encourages you to review the Standard 189.1 and the IGCC, and to provide comments on how the IGCC might be improved before the May 14th deadline.

• Find Public Version 1.0 of the International Green Construction Code (IGCC) – now open for public comment – here: http://www.iccsafe.org/CS/IGCC/Pages/default.aspx
• Find the technical content of Standard 189.1 – an alternate path to compliance in the IGCC – here: www.ashrae.org/greenstandard
• For more on the International Code Council’s public comment process for the IGCC: http://www.iccsafe.org/cs/IGCC/Pages/PublicVersionDevelopment.aspx
• Public comments due by May 14!