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Paths to High Performance Buildings:
Published in Michael Stiller, Quality Lighting for High Performance Buildings, 2020
The International Green Construction Code (IGCC), currently under development by the International Code Council (ICC) is a model code whose intent is “to safeguard the environment, public health, safety and general welfare through the establishment of requirements to reduce the negative potential impacts and increase the positive potential impacts of the built environment on the natural environment and building occupants.” [24] To this end the IGCC provides for minimum requirements designed to promote the conservation of natural resources, materials, and energy; the employment of renewable energy technologies; improved indoor and outdoor air quality; and sustainable practices with regards to building operations and maintenance. The IGCC is currently in the final days of the public comment phase, and should be finalized and released in early 2012.
Future drivers and economics
Published in Ming Hu, Net Zero Energy Building, 2019
Most recently, the International Green Construction Code (IGCC) was developed by the ICC in conjunction with other professional organizations. The IGCC is intended to serve as a baseline to facilitate the adoption of green building code requirements, and does not replace the IECC. While the IECC focuses on energy efficiency aimed at reducing total energy usage and the cost for building occupants, with provisions for both residential and commercial buildings,10 the IGCC was the first model code to include sustainability measurements from design to post-occupancy; however, the implications and effectiveness of the IGCC remain to be tested.
High Performance Buildings
Published in Scott Dunning, Larry S. Katz, Energy Calculations & Problem Solving Sourcebook, 2020
Standard 189.1 provides total building sustainability guidance for designing, building, and operating high-performance green buildings. Site sustainability, energy and water use efficiency, indoor environmental quality (IEQ), and the building’s impact on the environment.Compliance option of the 2012 International Green Construction Code™ (IgCC) that regulates construction of new and remodeled commercial buildings.
Oil palm shell as an agricultural solid waste in artificial lightweight aggregate concrete
Published in European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering, 2018
Payam Shafigh, Salmaliza Salleh, Hafez Ghafari, Hilmi Bin Mahmud
The International Green Construction Code (IgCC), developed by the International Code Council (ICC), is intended to be adopted on a mandatory basis. It is the first model code to include sustainability measures for the entire construction project (ICC, 2012). The IgCC consists of minimum mandatory requirements and covers Material Resource Conservation and Efficiency in its fifth chapter. According to this chapter, 55% of the materials used in the construction project must be recycled, recyclable, bio-based or indigenous. In addition, the materials are permitted to have multiple attributes. As a bio-based and recycled material, OPS used as aggregate in concrete is eligible to be counted towards the percentage of this kind of material required by the code.