The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and the International Code Council (ICC) has announced that the members to the Consensus Committee on the National Green Building Standard have been appointed by the NAHB Research Center Executive Standards Committee. This Consensus Committee represents the industry in its efforts to develop and publish an American National Standards (ANSI)-approved standard on residential green building. The collaboration between the two groups, announced at the International Builders’ Show in
The Consensus Committee is made up of more than 40 groups representing a broad spectrum of the industry. Its purpose is to review the working draft of the national standard based on NAHB’s Model Green Home Building Guidelines and to develop ICC/NAHB National Green Building Standard. Unlike the Guidelines, which are intended to be used in the construction of one- and two-family homes, the new standard will be applicable to all new home construction, including multi-family units.
More information is available at www.nahbrc.org/gbstandard.