Draft National Listing of Above Code, High Performance, and Green Building Programs

Submitted by Britt/Makela Group, to the Building Codes Assistance Program, August 19, 2009
Prepared by Michelle Britt and Josh Enterkine
Contact: Michelle Britt

Assumptions:
Local municipalities (permitting agencies or utilities) implemented
voluntary or mandatory programs.
Above code/ green building codes (or standards), high performance
building codes (standards) were used to describe the programs. The
term stretch code may apply to some of the phased, mandatory
programs.

Process: We conducted research via the internet, e-mail, and telephone

Sources of information:
Green Building Initiative www.thegbi.org
State Chapters of Building Officials, or ICC
Greener Buildings www.greenerbuilding.org
USGBC www.usgbc.org
Database of State Incentives for Energy Efficiency www.dsireusa.org
Searching state by state with keywords listed above
Contacting regional energy code groups
Contacting state energy offices
National Association of Counties www.naco.org

Emphasis is on local municipality programs with energy at their core, although several water conservation programs were also included.

The list does not include federal agency programs, university or higher education programs, or a complete list of school districts that have a

The list includes several rebates, but avoids the multitude of utility rebates offered for thus and such appliance or efficiency improvement

Caveats:
* More programs exist. The scope and time frame of the project
determined the search stopping point.

* In documenting the programs, we strove for accuracy, but given the

volume of data we uncovered, the variabilities of jurisdictions'
websites, ability to contact staff, and time frame of the project, there
may be errors. We will make every attempt to correct those found.
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mplete list of school districts that have adopted CHPS, or most state energy codes. The latter information is readily available on BCAP's or ICC's websites.

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