This is a significant setback for state and local governments across the country seeking to ban natural gas, directly, indirectly, or otherwise.… Continue Reading
Maryland is on the cusp of being the first state in the country to authorize use of the new 2021 edition of the International Green Construction Code … Continue Reading
Last Friday, the International Code Council and ASHRAE announced that the new version of the International Green Construction Code (IgCC), .. scheduled to be released in 2018, .. will be powered by" ASHRAE Standard 189.1. .. Much of the early reaction has been nonplussed given that, today, there are only a handful of IgCC green buildings.… Continue Reading
For all intents and purposes federally assisted housing must now be green. And while such is generally viewed as positive and as advancing green building (.. the big winner may be LEED), some worry about the implications for affordable housing and others about the homogenization of American housing by federal government efforts to save the planet.… Continue Reading
The 2015 version of the International Energy Conservation Code is soon to be upon you ... Many suggest that the IECC has much more impact on high performance building than has LEED.… Continue Reading
Baltimore City adopted the International Green Construction Code ... effective April 1, 2015. And despite that the IgCC becomes mandatory on April Fools' Day, we are not playing a practical joke when we tell you that the effective date has "shifted."… Continue Reading
Many thought green building mandates would spread across the county. But today, with more than 89,000 local government across the U.S., there are less than 200 green building mandates that apply to 'purely' private building. Saint Paul has an alternative to LEED ..… Continue Reading
2015 will be a year of great change in green building standards, rating systems and codes. Participating now in the development of the 2015 Enterprise Green Communities Criteria is an ideal way to prepare for what is to come.… Continue Reading
This evening an ordinance will be introduced in the Baltimore City Council for the purpose of adopting the International Green Construction Code. Mandatory green building has been and remains the law in Baltimore City. This bill makes the flavor of green more palatable.… Continue Reading
The 2015 IgCC will be released for use in the calendar year 2015 offering a more robust and greener Green Construction Code that will be a real alternative to LEED and Green Globes, with broader and wider adoption across the country. Review the draft and comment now.… Continue Reading
All the cool green building people will be in Memphis next week updating the 2012 International Green Construction Code. There are more than 900 changes proposed ..… Continue Reading
With nearly 128 million residential housing units existed in the U.S., if green building is going to mitigate the negative impacts that human activity has on the planet, green building must include houses. And there are opportunities for you to participate in the development of the 2015 version of the ICC 700 National Green Building Standard.… Continue Reading
Today there are 29,724 ICC 700 National Green Building Standard certified homes and lots. As the residential green code is on the cusp of eclipsing 30,000 certifications, more than a dozen governments across the country are evaluating adopting mandates or incentives tied to ICC 700.… Continue Reading
ASHRAE standard 189.1 will be republished in 2014 for adoption in the IgCC 2015. In an environment of green building standards, rating systems, and codes, it is the republishing of ASHRAE Standard 189.1 that may be the single most significant act in 2014 toward improving the built environment.… Continue Reading
Proposals for changes to the International Code Council's "Green Construction Code" have been accepted since November and are due not later than January 10, 2014. Proposed IgCC changes are accepted from any member of the public. This is your opportunity to effect change in the environmental industrial complex.… Continue Reading
Mandatory green building (including LEED-centric) laws are spreading internationally. The international growth of LEED presents huge business opportunities when today there are LEED projects in 142 countries and USGBC member companies in 86 countries, from Brunei to Israel and from Mauritius to Mongolia.… Continue Reading
"Winter is coming." This is the common refrain in the popular book, Game of Thrones, in which kings vie to take over lands. As I thought about the green building policy mess of 2012, I couldn’t help but draw comparisons to Game of Thrones. This was supposed to be the year of the USGBC’s … Continue Reading
For much of 2011, my focus has been the Destiny USA project. This should not come as a surprise to readers who waded through my thirteen posts on the topic. I had planned to not write about the Destiny USA project again. But then I came across a press release while I was at Greenbuild: Destiny USA in Syracuse … Continue Reading