In the first of its kind collaboration designed to boost critical green building
practices across the country, the International Code Council (ICC), the American
Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), the
U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), and the Illuminating Engineering Society of
North America (IES) announced the launch of the International Green
Construction Code (IGCC). A landmark addition to the technical content of the
IGCC is the inclusion of ANSI/ASHRAE/USGBC/IES Standard 189.1, Standard for the
Design of High Performance, Green Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential
Buildings, as an alternate path of compliance. Standard 189.1 is a set of
technically rigorous requirements, which like the IGCC, covers criteria
including water use efficiency, indoor environmental quality, energy efficiency,
materials and resource use, and the building's impact on its site and its
community.
For more information on IGCC:www.intlcode.org/cs/IGCC/Pages/default.aspxand
on Standard 189.1:www.ashrae.org/greenstandard.
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