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March 27, 2008
The National Green Building Standard
It's always been my belief that there are two ways to really change our building practices in this country. Overwhelming consumer demand and building code. The latter is finally happening, somewhat strangely at the hand of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB).
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), the International Code Council (ICC) and the NAHB Research Center have started the process of developing an ANSI standard for green home building construction practices. What does that mean? A standardized green building code .
The standard is being developed with the basis of the NAHB Model Green Home Building Guidelines, and input from dozens of residential construction-related organizations in the U.S.
The 2004 Edition of the Guidelines can be downloaded from the NAHB Research Center web site.
It's expected that the process will be completed by the end of 2008 (really, does building code MOVE that FAST?!?!)
But isn't it exciting? I am being optimistic and eagerly awaiting this new standard.
Posted by Stacy Hunt at March 27, 2008 10:19 PM
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