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ICC "Green" News
ICC Co-Hosting Green Building Focus Conference
As part of its commitment to green and sustainable safety concepts, the Code Council is hosting the 2009 Green Building Focus Conference & EXPO, July 28-29, in Birmingham, Alabama. The event will bring together more than 1,500 industry professionals and 200 leading producers of green building products and services. Ten plenary presentations and 16 practical, regionally-focused breakout sessions are planned for the event. Two CEU-accredited courses will be presented: “An Introduction to ICC 700, 2008 National Green Building Standard” and “Learning to LEED.” The event has attracted several high profile speakers, including actor and activist Ed Begley Jr., Code Council COO Dominic Sims, and green experts Charles Kibert, Karan Grover, Kathy Roper, Llewllyn Van Wyk and Jeff Dufresne. more>> |
 The International Code Council announces its intent to initiate a “Green Building Code Development Project” targeted at the commercial market. The objective of this new project is to develop a Green Building Code for traditional and high-performance buildings that is consistent and coordinated with the ICC family of Codes and Standards. The code will provide a new regulatory framework built with leading recognized rating systems in mind. The Code will provide criteria to drive green building into everyday practice. Click here for more.
Green Building – Residential Examiner certification is now available. This new certification will help prove your familiarization with green building concepts, and your ability to credibly understand and review green building plans and verifier’s reports. This certification is not just for inspectors, but for all interested in proving their proficiency in Green Building. City managers, planners, and administrators, as well as those in the design and engineering communities through the studying for and the taking of this exam can assure themselves, their clients, and those in their communities that they understand and can apply new green building concepts. Find out more about this exam today.
National Green Building Standard Approved. The National Green Building
Standard, known as ICC-700, was approved
Jan. 29, 2009 as an American National
Standard. The new Standard provides
guidance for safe and sustainable building practices for residential construction,
including both new and renovated single-family to high-rise residential buildings. This
is the first and only green standard that is consistent and coordinated with the Code Council’s family of I-Codes and standards. Click here for details.
Green Building Conference Will Draw
International Experts on Sustainability. Code officials, architects and other construction professionals will converge July 28-29 in Birmingham, Alabama, for the Green Building Focus Conference and Expo to learn about sustainability from internationally renowned experts on the built environment. Click here for details.
ICC-ES partners with EPA to promote water conservation. Manufacturers can turn to ICC Evaluation Service (ICC-ES), a subsidiary of the International Code Council, for federally certified water-efficient products to meet customer demand for green building products. Click here for details.
ICC Green Building Training now available! ILLOWA Chapter President, Thomas Ayers, states; “The content, course materials, and the instruction were absolutely first rate.” Click here for details on Green Building.
New ICC committee supports sustainable construction. Click here.
ICC-ES Sustainable Attributes Verification and Evaluation (SAVE™) Program. Click here.
Green Clearinghouse. Help ICC keep track of state and local jurisdictions with green building programs. Click here to view.
Code Council’s green building findings
to be included in international book. Click here for details.
General Building Industry Related “Green” News
Clean Energy Aspects of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Click here for details.
In wake of twister, Kansas town is rebuilding green. Click here for details.
Poll: Should Green Building Be Mandated? Click here.
Green Scene: Green Building Article Links. Click here.
Green Building News, Links and Articles
of Interest
ICC and Green and Sustainable Building - General
ICC Green Building Policy Position
Statement. Click
here for more information.
The I-Codes and Green Building/ICC
Green Building White Paper I. Click
here for entire paper. 
Making it Easier to be Green
Practicing What We Preach
The Challenge of a Lifetime
A Green Future
Going Green: Our Future Depends on It
ICC 700, The National Green Building Standard
A
First for Green Building Standards
Review the latest draft of ICC 700 National Green Building
Standard (Draft #2)
Preview of ICC 700 National Green Building Standard
Highlights of the Forthcoming ICC/NAHB National Green Building Standard
ICC/NAHB Standard Closer to Finish Line
ICC-ES Sustainable Attributes Verification and Evaluation (SAVE™) Program
Click here for details.
Green, Sustainable and High Performance Building Basics
What
is green building?
Why
build green?
The Cost
to Go Green
Green, Sustainable and High Performance Building: A Primer
High Performance Buildings (NIBS)
Green, Sustainable and High Performance Building Design Tools and Resources
Whole Building Design Guide
US EPA/DOE Energy Star Program
US DOE - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy - Building Technologies Program
US EPA Water Sense Program
US EPA – Indoor Air Quality
USGBC - Green Building Research – Links
DCAT Sustainable Construction Resources
DCAT Green and Sustainable Building Links
Going
Green
Guidance for Net-Zero Energy Design in Buildings
Straw-Bale
Construction
Stormwater
and Wastewater Treatment and Reuse
Green
Building Resource Update
Greening Fire Suppression Systems
Green and Sustainable Building Program/Initiative Development Tools and Information for Governmental Jurisdictions, Building Departments, Code Officials and Policy Makers
Green Building Adoption News: Visit ICC's "Green Clearinghouse". Update your jurisdictions role in green building.
The Current Status Of Green And Sustainable Building Program, Standard And Code Development In The United States
Gaining New and Wider Views
Promoting Building Energy Efficiency
The Role of Code Officials in Green Building Program Administration
The development of Rohnert Park’s Green Building Ordinance
(see bottom of linked page)
US EPA Office of Water
USGBC - Green Building Research – Links
Developing Green
Building Programs
or Ordinances
Leading
the Way: Building Departments as Community Resources for
Better Building Practices
Local and Regional Green Homebuilding Programs in the U.S.
Going
Green
San Francisco proposes green building codes
Scottsdale's
Progress in Integrating Green Building into the Regulatory
Process
Building
Codes for Small Planet:
Thinking About Changes, Part I
Building
Codes for Small Planet:
Thinking About Changes, Part II
Integrating
Green Building Practices Into the Building Regulatory
Process
Green
Building Resource Update
Aligning Regulations with Sustainability
ICC Green Building Survey Results. This survey was conducted on this web page in 2007. Click here to view the results and analysis.
The Relationship of Building Codes to Green, Sustainable and High Performance Building Rating Systems, Programs and Standards
Green Building and the International Codes – Emerging Trends and Green Building Programs
ICC Green Building White Paper II: The Case for the International Codes as the Foundation for Green Building Programs and Standards. Click
here for details.
Building green and building codes
From Ratings to Requirements:
The Greening of Building Codes
Building
Codes for Small Planet:
Thinking About Changes, Part I
Building
Codes for Small Planet:
Thinking About Changes, Part II
Chicago
Green Permits Brochure
The City
of Chicago
Green Permit
Program
Evolving
Codes in Chicago
Climate Change
U.S. EPA Climate Change Homepage
IPCC “Climate Change 2007”
Other Green, Sustainable & High Performance Code, Standard and Rating System Development Organizations
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