Implementation strategies Codes
Increase education / awareness of environmental impacts of code requirements
Cooperation between designers and the code officials on the project
Increase funding, resources, staff, technical support for the building code official
New Model Code (modeled on the Energy Code)
- An appendix to the code
- Voluntary
- Include a Boulder, CO-style checklist of sustainable indicators
- Performance code with sustainable criteria
- Include a process for experimentation
- Include simplified criteria for small houses
- Include a long-range statement of purpose
Development of standards for sustainable materials, systems, buildings, development
National lab / programs for sustainable material development
Use more time, money and political connections