by jbs091809 D3 — September 21, 2009—California’s first-in-the-nation Green Building Standards Code will help guide new green code regulations for commercial buildings worldwide, according to the International Code Council. The Council has announced it is developing a new code for commercial buildings, the International Green Construction Code, and will use the current California Green Building Standards Code as a key reference document.
A committee of 29 experts, including Dave Walls, the executive director of the California Building Standards Commission will meet throughout 2009 to draft the International Green Construction Code, which will be presented for public comment in the spring of 2010, with publication for adoption in 2012.
The International Code Council published the California code earlier this year, and it went into effect on August 1, 2009. The ICC plans to conduct training in the state and provide exams for professional development around the California Green Building Standards Code.
In 2008, Governor Schwarzenegger announced the adoption of the country’s first statewide Green Building Standards Code by the California Building Standards Commission. The adopted 2008 code is currently a voluntary standard and will become mandatory in the 2010 code.
