IgCC Toolkit

The IgCC toolkit contains resources designed to help ICC members and member jurisdictions understand the background and importance of a green code in today’s building environment. The documents included are provided to educate officials and assist them in adoption of the IgCC. Please feel free to contact your local Government Relations representative with any questions you may have, or Jacob Karson with any comments or feedback.

Quick Links

The Case for Green Code
What Cities/States/Orgs are doing
Media/Communication
Training
IgCC User Group Contact List

The Case for Green Code

3rd Party Data
- USGBC White Paper
- Build Better Codes
  When leadership proves it is possible, effective and efficient, share the benefits broadly.
- Quantifying Sustainability
- Green Ratings System
- ASHRAE 189.1
- Bridging the Gap: Fire Safety and Green Buildings
Economic data
- Green Jobs
- US Metro Economies

What Cities/States/Orgs are doing

Adoptions
Jurisdictional Survey &Assessment of The International Green Construction Code (IgCC)
Individual/Organizational endorsements
- Individual
- Organizational
- Letters of Support
  - ASHRAE
Resolutions

Media/Communication

IgCC brochure and flyer
Google News Feed
- IgCC Top Facts
- ASHRAE Guide to Standard 189.1
Press releases-articles
Sample Ordinances/Model Legislation
- Adoption by Jurisdiction
- Adoption by State
Sample Press Release/Op-Ed with instructions on how-to
- Press Release
  - Sample press release
- Op-Ed
  - Op-Ed example
Survey
- Jurisdictional Survey & Assessment of The International Green Construction Code (IgCC)
- Survey and Assessment of the IgCC
Synopsis
- IgCC Version 2.0 Synopsis
Video
- IgCC Video

Training

IgCC
LEED
- Green Building and LEED
Online Training
- Your Green Construction Destination
- ASHRAE: Education
Standard 189.1 – alternative compliance path
- Standard 189.1-2009, Standard for the Design of High-Performance Green Buildings

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