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Development of CALGreen began in 2007 and, during the rulemaking process, CBSC collaborated with the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), stakeholder groups and others. The first result of this cooperation was the adoption of the 2008 California Green Building Standards Code (CGBC) that became effective since August 1, 2009.
Part 11-California Green Building Standards Code (also referred to as CALGreen) Part 12-California Referenced Standards Code Portions of editions of the California building codes are published by the International Code Council (ICC), National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials ...
The California Energy Code (also titled Building Energy Efficiency Standards for Residential and Nonresidential Buildings ), called simply Title 24 in industry, is the sixth section of the California Building Standards Code. The code was created by the California Building Standards Commission in 1978 in response to a legislative mandate to ...
The International Green Construction Code (IGCC) is a set of guidelines that aim to improve the sustainability and environmental performance of buildings during their design, construction, and operation. It was introduced by the International Code Council (ICC), a non-profit organization that provides building safety and fire prevention codes ...
The Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS) is the United States' first green building rating program especially designed for K-12 schools. [1] CHPS provides information and resources to schools in order to facilitate the construction and operation of high performance institutions. A high performance school is energy and resource ...
In 2005, Washington state became the first state in the United States to enact green building legislation. [23] According to the law, all major public agency facilities with a floor area exceeding 5,000 square feet (465 m²), including state funded school buildings, are required to meet or exceed LEED standards in construction or renovation.
In addition, the California Green Building Standards Code was implemented in 2009 aiming to reduce the near 25% of the states greenhouse gas emissions from commercial and residential buildings. However, these efficiency standards only apply to new or renovated buildings, leaving existing buildings to fall short of the reduced emission goals of ...
The state of California also included LCA as a voluntary measure in its 2010 draft Green Building Standards Code. Although LCA is often perceived as overly complex and time-consuming for regular use by design professionals, research organizations such as BRE in the UK and the Athena Sustainable Materials Institute in North America are working ...