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Tri County Chapter of NYSBOC and Liberty Environmental Management are proud to sponsor a 4 part series on the National Green Building Standard, known as ICC-700, as it was approved January 29, 2009 as an American National Standard. The new Standard provides guidance for safe and sustainable building practices for residential construction, including both new and renovated single-family to high-rise residential buildings. This is the first and only green standard that is consistent and coordinated with the Code Council’s family of I-Codes and standards.

The International Code Council and National Association of Home Builders developed the Standard with broad input from several thousand stakeholders, ranging from code officials and other building professionals to the entire spectrum of the green building community. This new standard provides a practical route to green, sustainable and high-performance construction, especially in communities with little if any green/sustainable buildings or guidelines to build green. The standard also promotes homeowner education for the maintenance and operation of green residential buildings in order to ensure long-term benefits.

The standard’s rating system allows builders, designers and communities to choose the levels of high-performance green buildings that best suit their needs. Key provisions include:

·   Land conservation

·   Rainwater collection

·   Construction of smaller homes to conserve resources

·   Energy performance starting at 15% above the baseline requirements of the 2006 International Energy Conservation Code

·   The use of low VOC (Volatile Organic Compound) materials and detached garages or carports to improve indoor environmental quality

·   Homeowner education on proper maintenance and operation to maintain its green status throughout its life cycle

Tri County Chapter is proud to announce a 4 part continuing education series on the International Code Council Green Initiatives. This series offers a host of classes on Green and Energy Conservation and is open to the public.  

To register for the last series of classes please complete and fill out this form: ICC 700 Classes

Related resources

• www.iccsafe.org