ICC Begins Development Of Green Building Code
April 2009
Developing
a Green Building Code for traditional and high-performance commercial
buildings to provide a new regulatory framework built with leading
recognized rating systems in mind is the goal of a new project from the
International Code Council.
The “Green Building Code Development Project” will provide criteria to
drive green building into everyday practice, according to the Code
Council.
“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,” says Richard Weiland,
Code Council CEO.
The code likely will address energy efficiency (including solar and other advanced technologies), water use efficiency, materials and resource use conservation, indoor environmental quality and overall building impact on the environment.
An initial planning session to discuss the scope of the project was
held on April 22 in Chicago with experts in the area of green building
science. Feedback for the May 4 Code Council Board of Directors meeting
regarding this project is encouraged and requested, ICC says.
Comments
Bernie Daily wrote re: ICC Begins Development Of Green Building Code
on 4/29/2009 7:43:19 AM
It is fun to be cynical. I worked for a large institution at one time where it was frowned upon to call yourself cynical and opinionated .................you were hogging two attributes!
My first thought was that maybe they didn't like bike racks.
Then I went the the ICC website. I these days of globalization it was interesting the find that international meant the organization added Canada and the Caribbean to its US influence. Well, international is international.
LEED, Energy Star, and the NFPA codes are my guidelines.
Bernie
MikeJL wrote re: ICC Begins Development Of Green Building Code
on 4/28/2009 5:11:30 PM
Not to be cynical, but probably because there is a lot of money to be made in being the entity creating the standards. After all, you can then sell the certifications, the tests, the study programs and your members can have an edge in providing services related to the standards. This isn't to say there aren't benefits to green principles, just that there are a lot of people jockeying right now to make money from the industry.
richardhingst wrote re: ICC Begins Development Of Green Building Code
on 4/28/2009 11:20:57 AM
Why does this article totally ignore the US Green Buidling Council's LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) principles? Why reinvent the wheel?
