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AIA Releases Guide to 2012 IgCC

By Stephanie Spear, Manager, Codes Advocacy

The AIA is excited to announce the release of the AIA Guide to the IgCC, a member-created resource giving an overview of the 2012 IgCC. The guide was created by members for members to provide a strong starting point for practitioners to begin examining the new code.

“For architects to begin implementing and advocating for a code as far-ranging and complex as the IgCC, they need a document that covers everything about it,” said AIA President Jeff Potter, FAIA. “The IgCC Guide should be part of every architect’s client tool-kit going forward.”

“This guide is the product of countless hours of review and vetting,” said Mary Ann Lazarus, FAIA and head of the AIA’s IgCC Task Force. “It is the product of weeks of input from some of the best minds at the AIA and within the profession. I know it will be of tremendous help to architects.”

Among the areas covered by the AIA’s IgCC Guide are:

• A comprehensive overview of the IgCC

• Background information on the IgCC’s genesis and a history of environmental advocacy by the AIA

• A closer look at energy and energy modeling

• A chapter-by-chapter summary of the IgCC

• An entire chapter on how to lobby state and local governments to adopt the IgCC

Please visit www.aia.org/igcc to access the Guide.

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