California Adopts America’s First State‐Wide Green Building Code

(July 18, 2008)
California enacted the nation’s first state-wide green building code. It sets a solid floor from which to build even stronger standards in the future. The new code could have been stronger, but the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) urged the Building Standards Commission to adopt it because it sets a powerful precedent and presents the opportunity for stronger revisions in the future. NRDC will work with the Commission and partner organizations to ensure that stronger green building standards become reality in California.
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