The International Green Construction Code Handbook is a GreenSource guide that is essential to understanding and using the ICC’s revolutionary new International Green Construction Code (IGCC) Public Version 2.0.

International Green Construction Code Handbook provides design professionals, contractors, code officials, and planning/zoning officials with a concise look at what this new code will accomplish, how it works, and how to comply with its requirements. The International Green Construction Code is a major event in the worldwide trend toward more sustainable building construction. For the first time, a single code will capture the broad scope of sustainable construction in a clear, broad-based document. Designed to be adopted in whole or in part, the International Green Construction Code offers jurisdictions the ability to tailor the scope of the code to their needs. This GreenSource guide offers authoritative coverage of this groundbreaking new green construction code.

International Green Construction Code Handbook includes:

• Customized overviews for design professionals, zoning/planning officials, construction code officials.
• Code Quick Tips - Illustration boxes highlighting particular aspects of the International Green Construction Code in each section.
• Code Fast View - Single-page tables summarizing the scope of each section of the International Green Construction Code.
• Online resources - Selected tables and documents adapted to MS Word or Excel for download.
• All the vital information on the code - Summary of its provisions, intent of the provisions, and compliance guidelines.
• Details on the connections between the International Green Construction Code and the existing family of ICC codes.