The International Code Council (ICC) released a newsletter yesterday, congratulating Richland, Washington as the first city to adopt its first version of the International Green Construction Code (IGCC). The IGCC has been the topic of discussion on the Builders Counsel Blog in the past. Briefly, the[...]
Archive for the ‘Green Building’ Category
August 17th, 2010 - 7:45 am § in Building Standards/Codes, Construction News, Green Building, Legislation & Law
Washington’s Richland Becomes First City to Adopt IGCC
July 23rd, 2010 - 9:37 am § in Building Standards/Codes, Construction News, Green Building, Legislation & Law
IGCC Hearings Are Fast Approaching – What’s the Verdict?
The International Code Council (ICC) is responsible for authoring most of the building codes implemented around the US. Back in March, the ICC released its first “beta” version of a Green Construction Code. The ICC’s Green Construction Code (called the IGCC) was released during a meeting he[...]
July 8th, 2010 - 7:46 am § in Building Standards/Codes, Construction News, Green Building, Legislation & Law
Groups Step Up to Fight BIAW Suit Against New Washington Energy Policy
A rather large group of public interest and conservation groups have filed to intervene in a lawsuit intended to upend new Washington Energy Policy. We discussed this lawsuit last month in an article here at Builders Counsel Blog. Back in May, the Building Industry Association of Washington (BIAW) s[...]
LEED Status Becoming Popular Amongst Sports Arenas?
Well there is news that Houston’s Toyota Center, the home of the Houston Rockets (NBA), has garnered a LEED EB certification. A post on the Green Building Elements website provides that the Toyota Center has been awarded a Silver Certification from the US Green Building Council (USGBC). Featur[...]
Washington State Pays Homeowners Who Use Renewable Energy
***Today’s post comes from Corey Fitch of Seattle’s Sound Home Performance. Corey is a former green performance rater for Build It Green and Sound Home Performance’s current chief project manager. Corey’s credentials include being a Building Performance Institute (BPI) [...]
Home Star to Provide Green Retrofit Work for Contractors
I ran across a very well written article that lays out the particular requirements for the upcoming Home Star legislation, which is currently before Congress (a great short summary is here). I have written on the subject before, but its time to discuss the standards that must be attained to in order[...]
