The 2015 International Green Construction Code (IgCC) will include the option to use an outcome-based approach when complying with local building energy codes, the first time the IgCC has allowed this ...

The ICC/IAEI Electrical Inspector Joint Certification exam will be offered through the ICC’s Proctored Remote Online Testing Option (PRONTO) to individuals interested in becoming electrical inspectors ...

Developed by the International Code Council and the cooperating sponsorship of the American Institute of Architects and ASTM International, the highly anticipated Public Version 1.0 of the ...

I recently came back from the first meeting of the development team for the International Green Construction Code (IgCC) Sustainable Building Technology Committee (SBTC) (they need a new, shorter name ...

The 2012 International Green Construction Code (IgCC), released today, will increase the energy-efficiency of structures, while providing governments direction and oversight of green design and ...

...construction projects, and it will do it in a language and style that is familiar to them,” Armstrong says. In the absence of formal green construction regulations, code officials in most ...

An international group that develops building codes adopted by a wide swath of U.S. cities and counties abruptly pared back a plan to force new homes to be more climate-friendly. The International ...

The International Code Council (ICC), the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), the American Institute of Architects (AIA), the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IES), and ASHRAE are ...

The International Code Council, the leading global provider of building safety solutions and a member of the Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction (GlobalABC), presented at COP28 throughout ...

Drafters of the International Code Council’s International Green Construction Code are nearing completion of the first-ever integrated green code for traditional and high-performance commercial ...