The best way to describe the ICC International Green Construction Code hearing is bizarre.
It didn’t help that most of the ICC members viewed the voting as an exercise in futility. Just prior to the October code hearings in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., ICC, ASHRAE, USGBC, the American Institute of Architects and the Illuminating Engineering Society announced they will combine efforts to develop a consensus green code under the ANSI Standard 189.1 umbrella. Additionally, at the ASPE Convention and Exposition in Chicago, ASHRAE declared ICC will be controlling and selling Standard 189.1.