ASHRAE, ICC and USGBC release 2018 International Green Construction Code
ASHRAE, the International Code Council and the U.S. Green Building Council released the 2018 International Green Construction Code. The code is a joint initiative with the three groups and the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES).
The 2018 IgCC lines up the technical requirements of ANSI/ASHRAE/ICC/USGBC/IES 189.1-2017-Standard for the Design of High-Performance Green Buildings Except Low Rise Residential Buildings, with ICC’s multi-stakeholder IgCC. The updated code expects to help governments streamline code development and adoption, and improve industry standardization by folding in the two previously separate documents. The 2018 IgCC now is a unified code emphasizing adoption, ease of use and enforcement for building projects.