[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 47 (Thursday, March 10, 2011)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 13101]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-5494]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

10 CFR Part 430

[Docket No. EERE-2011-BT-BC-0009]


Building Energy Codes Program: Presenting and Receiving Comments 
to DOE Proposed Changes to the International Green Construction Code 
(IgCC)

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of 
Energy.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The U. S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency 
and Renewable Energy (EERE) is seeking input on potential proposed 
changes to the draft International Green Construction Code (IgCC). The 
first edition of the IgCC is currently being developed by the 
International Code Council (ICC) for anticipated publication in 2012. 
EERE will be holding a public meeting to present and solicit public 
comment on proposed changes.

DATES: DOE will hold a public meeting on 14 April, 2011, from 9 a.m. to 
4 p.m., in Washington, DC.

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn, 550 C 
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20585-0121. If a foreign national wishes to 
participate in the meeting, please inform DOE as soon as possible by 
contacting Ms. Brenda Edwards at (202) 586-2945 so that the necessary 
procedures can be completed.
    Background Materials and Submitting Comments: For access to the 
IgCC code change proposals filed by DOE, visit the Web site: http://www.energycodes.gov/development/IgCC/. Written comments may be filed to 
each DOE IgCC code change proposal by using the ``submit input'' 
function on this Web site.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Robert Dewey, U.S. Department of 
Energy, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Building Technologies 
Program, EE-2J, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585-
0121. Tel.: (202) 287-1534. E-mail: [email protected].
    Mr. Chris Calamita, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of the 
General Counsel, GC-72, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 
20585-0121. Tel.: (202) 586-1777. E-mail: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  The public meeting announced in today's 
notice is for DOE to present and receive comments on DOE's proposed 
changes to the IgCC.
    The IgCC is being developed to provide a baseline of codes 
addressing green construction, and provide a framework linking 
sustainability with safety and performance.
    The IgCC is intended to provide a green model building code 
provisions for new and existing commercial buildings and would include 
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning 
Engineers ASHRAE 189.1-2009 as an alternate compliance option in its 
current form. It is currently being developed as a voluntary 
``overlay'' code with energy conservation and efficiency provisions 
intended to exceed those in the 2012 IECC. It also contains provisions 
for regulating site development and land use, material resource 
conservation and efficiency, water resource conservation and 
efficiency, indoor environmental quality and commissioning. The IgCC 
also currently provides for jurisdictional requirements and is intended 
to provide compliance flexibility through a variety of optional project 
electives.
    The International Codes Council will conduct hearings on the IgCC 
from May 16 through May 22, 2011, in Dallas, Texas, for consideration 
of the proposed changes. The complete set of all 1400 proposed changes 
to the IgCC will be available from the ICC in mid-March.
    It is not the object of this public meeting to obtain any group 
position or consensus. Rather, the EERE is seeking as many 
recommendations as possible from all individuals at this meeting. The 
meeting will be conducted in a conference style.
    Written comments to the IgCC code change proposals filed by DOE may 
be submitted by using the ``submit input'' function assigned to each 
DOE proposal on the Web site: http://www.energycodes.gov/development/IgCC/.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on March 4, 2011.
Roland J. Risser,
Program Manager, Building Technologies Program, Energy Efficiency and 
Renewable Energy.
[FR Doc. 2011-5494 Filed 3-9-11; 8:45 am]
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