24-25 April 2013

Sponsored by ASTM International & GCC Standards Organization

Hamid Naderi Senior VP of Product Development International Code Council

Sustainability in the

Codes of the ICC

Overview

• ICC Family of Codes

• Complete Building Safety System

• ICC Code Development

• IECC, IEBC, IgCC

• Support Services and Publications

15 Coordinated Model Codes

Includes: Building, Residential, Fire, Plumbing,

Mechanical, Fuel Gas, Energy, Green, and

Electrical [NFPA 70- the NEC]

Referenced Standards

Referenced Standards include: ASTM, NFPA,

ASHRAE, ACI, UL, ASCE

Adoption and Use: United States and Globally

ICC Family of Codes (I-Codes)

Complete Building Safety System

Codes

Referenced Standards

Guidelines

Product Evaluation

Product Listing

Accreditation

Certification

Training

Technical Publications

Code Interpretations

Plan Review

Adoption Support

Code Development

Process

• Open and Transparent

• Proposals by Anyone Interested

• Balance of Interest/Code Committees

• Appointed by the Board

• Consensus

• Governmental Members

• Public Comments

• Submitted by anyone

• Meetings are Webcast

• Streaming Video and Audio

• Remote Voting

• cdp Access

Three Decades of

Sustainability First Published 1977

CEC

First Published 1985

UCBC

First Published 2010

PV 1.0

What is the IgCC? An Adoptable, Useable and

Enforceable code.

Goal: To reduce the negative impacts of the built environment on the natural environment

Addresses

Site and Land Use

Material Resource Conservation and Efficiency

Energy efficiency

Water Conservation

Air & indoor environmental quality

IgCC developed by ICC in association with cooperating sponsors:

ASTM International and

American Institute of Architects (AIA)

Intended To: Establish minimum mandatory provisions

Including above mandatory options

Be enforced by jurisdictions

Move Green building into the mainstream

of everyday practice

Developed By:

Adoptions IgCC Adoptions • Rhode Island

• Maryland

• Oregon

• Florida

• North Carolina-rainwater provisions

• Richland, WA

• Keene, NH

• Ft. Collins and Boulder, CO

• Kayenta Township, AZ

• Boynton Beach, FL

• Phoenix and Scottsdale, AZ

• Dallas, Texas

Publications and

Support Services

Education & Training

Education Tour of Major Cities

Electronic

Webinars • 30 – 60 minute overviews

• Live and pre-recorded

• Multi-hour courses

• Live or pre-recorded

Onsite Education and Training Single- or Multi-day

• Classroom Style

• Customized

• Prepared courses available for use by organizers

Publications and

Support Services

Education & Training

Collaboration

American Institute of Architects

Green Technology

USGBC

ICC Groups

Sustainability Membership Council

User Group

Media

News organizations

Trade magazines

Newsletters

Government

Accreditation of Trainers

Publications and

Support Services

Certifications • Eight certification exams available

• Four are IgCC specific & 1 is general Green Residential Building

• Three are energy related

Publications • Over 40 support products for Energy & Green

Building

• Publication of the ICC Commissioning Guideline

• Water Efficiency Provisions of the IgCC

• User’s manuals for ASHRAE 90.1 and ASHRAE 189.1

• Building Code Basics: Energy (based on the 2012 IECC)

• Building Code Basics: Green (based on the IgCC)

• IgCC Code and Commentary

Publications and

Support Services

• ICC- ES– Environmental Programs

• ICC-ES created the SAVE™ Program to provide manufacturers with independent verification that their products meet specific sustainability targets defined by today’s codes and standards, including:

• IgCC • IECC

• CalGreen • ASHRAE 90.1

• ASHRAE 189.1 • NAHB/ICC-700

• Also to evaluate compliance with green rating systems such as:

• LEED

• Green Globes

• Creation of Environmental Criteria to address cradle-to-gate production

• Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) and Product Category Rules (PCRs)

Publications and

Support Services

• International Accreditation Service (IAS)

• IAS has incorporated green service offerings within its existing accreditation programs – testing labs, inspection agencies, and product certification agencies.

• IAS is an identified provider of accreditation by:

• The Environmental Protection Agency for the Water Sense and Energy Star programs, and

• The Department of Energy for Lighting Facts program.

• Commissioning Accreditation • Certifying bodies Agents • Training Providers

Partnerships

ASHRAE

• ICC and ASHRAE to distributed over 8600 copies of the 2009 and 4900 copies of the 2012 IECC/ASHRAE 90.1

• ICC and ASHRAE distributed over 9000 copies of the 2012 IgCC/ASHRAE 189.1-2010 package

ASTM

• Cooperating Sponsor

• Collaboration on Standards

USGBC

• Co-Sponsored Codes Summit (at Greenbuild)

AIA

• Cooperating Sponsors

• Collaboration on Education

Green Technology

• CA Green Summit

Summary

Code Development and Adoption

Open and Transparent Process

Education

Training

Certification

Product Evaluation

Product Listing

Accreditation

Support for the Code

For more information see:

www.iccsafe.org/igcc

Thank You

Dave Walls

ICC Sustainability

dwalls@iccsafe.org

Raj Nathan

Head, ICC Global Services

rnathan@iccsafe.org

+1-202-370-1800, ext. 3294

www.iccsafe.org/global

Contact Information

Mark Johnson Executive VP mjohnson@iccsafe.org Hamid Naderi Senior VP of PD hnaderi@iccsafe.org