NRMCA Testifies at IgCC Committee Action Hearings

Along with industry allies, NRMCA successfully defended its position on many proposals affecting concrete interests at the International Green Construction Code (IgCC) Committee Action Hearings held last week in Memphis. The IgCC is an overlay code that works with other building codes to provide an approach to reduce the impacts of building construction on the natural environment and promote conservation from many perspectives. The results of the code development cycle will be the publication of the 2015 IgCC model code.

Tien Peng of NRMCA participated in the hearings and delivered testimony on issues affecting the concrete industry. Some positive results include:

• Successfully opposing proprietary interests to remove Solar Reflectance (SR) as a measure to mitigate Urban Heat Island effects;

• Partially successful in opposing proprietary interests limiting Life Cycle Assessment tools and eliminating operational energy analysis; and

• Partially successful in supporting concrete interests in functional resilience, environmental product declarations and extended service life of buildings.