The International Code Council recently announced that it has launched the International Green Construction Code (IGCC) initiative, which will reduce energy usage and the carbon footprint of commercial buildings. Entitled “IGCC: Safe and Sustainable by the Book,” the initiative is committed to develop a model code focused on new and existing commercial buildings. It will focus on building design and performance.
Just as there is now the IECC from ICC and 90.1 from ASHRAE for commercial energy codes, it seems we will have competing green construction codes as well (IGCC and ASHRAE’s Standard 189, in the works for some time now).
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