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Recycling Construction & Demolition Waste: A LEED-Based Toolkit
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Construction Code (IGCC) in March of 2010. This Public Version (PV 1.0) serves as the base docu-
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effort were Cooperating Sponsors the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and ASTM International,
which have supported the development of an adoptable and enforceable green building code.
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the Design of High Performance, Green Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings, as an
alternate path of compliance. The IGCC provides the building industry with language that both broad-
ens and strengthens building codes in a way that will accelerate the construction of high-performance,
green buildings. It provides a vehicle for jurisdictions to regulate green for the design and performance
of new and renovated buildings in a manner that is integrated with existing codes, allowing communi-
ties to reap the rewards of improved design and construction practices.
The code includes both the technical content of the IGCC and Standard 189.1 addressing technical
requirements such as water use effi ciency, indoor environmental quality, energy effi ciency, materials
and resource use, and the building’s impact on its site and its community.
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struction industry on a continuing basis has been phenomenal. A large number of these new products
or practices claim to be “green” or consistent with and promoting the goals of sustainable construc-
tion. The question of sustainability becomes more complicated considering the global market and
the fact that many products are sold internationally. Because it is diffi cult for designers, contractors
or code offi cials to verify the credibility of each and every claim regarding sustainable attributes, it
is important that there is a reliable source to verify such claims are legitimate. Verifi cation requires
a methodology and a standardized process by which to evaluate the degree of “greenness” and the
sustainable attributes of construction materials, elements and assemblies that establish a building’s
green performance.
Because of the large number of innovative green products that are being introduced, ICC Evaluation
Service (ICC-ES) has created a program to address the issue of green evaluation called the Sustainable
Attributes Verifi cation and Evaluation™ (SAVE™) Program.
The SAVE™ Program from ICC-ES® provides the most trusted third-party verifi cation available
today for sustainable construction products. Under this program, ICC-ES® evaluates a product’s
conformance to the requirements contained in current green standards. The SAVE™ Program may
assist in identifying products that have been evaluated to multiple SAVE™ guidelines and multiple
green building rating systems, standards and codes, such as US Green Building Council’s LEED,
Green Building Initiative’s Green Globes, National Association of Home Builders and International
Code Council’s National Green Building Standard (ICC 700-2008) and the California Green Building
Standards Code.
The ICC-ES SAVE Verifi cation of Attributes Reports (VAR) are easily accessible online at www.
icc-es.org/save. A sample VAR is shown.
To my son Alexander
Keep building castles in the air
A few will fi nd their way to earth
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About the Author
Greg Winkler, AIA, LEED AP, has over 27 years of experience as a practicing archi-
tect and owner’s representative on commercial, industrial, and institutional projects.
A graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology, Mr. Winkler has participated in
construction projects as a design professional, design-builder, and owner’s agent.
This perspective gives him a pragmatic view of the possibilities—and pitfalls—of
construction waste management.
Mr. Winkler currently works as the director of a regional construction trade organization.
He is the co-author of McGraw-Hill’s Construction Administration for Architects, a
desktop guide for design professionals during construction.
