2015 International Green Construction Code® (IgCC® )

Key Changes

• Standards were added to Section 408.2.4 for infiltration rate testing for pervious pavement
• Exterior lighting zones in Table 409.1.1 were revised and clarified
• Section 503.1 revised to require material recycling and salvaging only where salvaging and recycling facilities are available within 75 miles of the building site
• The material selection provisions of Section 505.1 were revised to allow 2 additional compliance options: Environmental Product Declarations (505.4.1) and multi-attribute standards (505.4.2)
• The provisions of Section 506 for low mercury content in fluorescent lamps were rewritten and clarified
• The building envelope moisture control provisions (Section 507) were deleted
• Environmental tobacco smoke control provisions (803.3) were deleted
• The acoustics provisions of Section 807 were revised to simplify, clarify and eliminate major redundancies
• The daylighting provisions of Section 807 were simplified and streamlined
• A rewrite of Chapter 9 enhances commissioning provisions and streamlines and simplifies Table 903.1
• Basic sustainability requirements related to water and energy were added where any work is performed on an existing building that requires a permit. Similar provisions previously appeared in the IgCC Public Versions
• The existing building energy reporting requirements (Sections 1007.3.3 through 1007.3.3.3) were streamlined
• Appendix A was revised to require compliance with a minimum of 3 project electives, as selected by the owner or the owner’s authorized agent, and now simply recognizes compliance with any other project electives that are selected by the owner and verified by the code official
• In Appendix B, the provisions for radon control in commercial buildings were deleted