National Green Building Code is in the works

The construction zone is basically the entire country. The builders are a variety of specialists, including architects, plumbers, masons, and lighting, heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning experts. Since July, they have been meeting in cities - they were in Philadelphia, PA last month - to construct not with bricks and steel beams, but with words. The goal: a code to guide all development of green commercial buildings in the United States. The international Green Building Code would, as its name implies, also be available to other countries. Read more at the link.