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This GreenSource guide is essential to understanding and using the ICC's revolutionary new green construction code. International Green Construction Code (IGCC) 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 (IGCC) 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 IGCC 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 (IGCC) Handbook includes: Customized overviews for design professionals, zoning/planning officials, construction code officialsCode Quick Tips-Illustration boxes highlighting particular aspects of the IGCC in each sectionCode Fast View-Single-page tables summarizing the scope of each section of the IGCCOnline resources-selected tables and documents adapted to MS Word or Excel for downloadAll the vital information on the code-summary of its provisions, intent of the provisions, and compliance guidelinesDetails on the connections between the IGCC and the existing family of ICC codes

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Greg Winkler, AIA, LEED AP, is the executive director of a regional construction trade organization. An architect and project manager with over 25 years of experience in affordable housing, office buildings, industrial/commercial, and retail construction, he is the co-author of Construction Administration for Architects and author of the Recycling Construction & Demolition Waste: A LEED-Based Toolkit.

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