Monthly Archives: November 2011

The 2012 IgCC will require the U-factor and SHGC for fenestration to be 10% lower than that of the 2012 IECC when the prescriptive energy compliance path is chosen. The prescriptive path will be limited to buildings less than 25,000 … Continue reading →

The 2012 IgCC will allow its users to achieve 1 project elective by providing a Building Service Life Plan (BSLP) for 100 years or 2 project electives for a 200 year BSLP for the building being designed. The Building Service Life … Continue reading →

There were multiple proposals considered this week to add Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) provisions to the International Green Construction Code (IgCC). The only one that was approved was one that just added a definition of LCA. Proposals that required evaluation … Continue reading →

if all its parts had passed. But at this point, only 1 of the 6 parts of GG34 that have been considered and voted on by the ICC membership at the IgCC hearings so far has been passed. The other … Continue reading →

We only had 4 1/2 hours of hearings today. The ICC had other events of their Annual Business Meeting, including their Annual Banquet, that the hearings had to be fitted between. During the time we did have, however, a major … Continue reading →

The Final Action Hearings for the 2012 International Green Construction Code (IgCC) begin tomorrow (November 2, 2011). As I have posted previously, the 300+ code officials who are registered to vote during these hearings will be charged with transforming a … Continue reading →