The Calgreen Code

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The CALGREEN Code is a comprehensive and uniform regulatory code for all residential, commercial, hospital, and school buildings, ensuring that every new building in California is built using environmentally advanced construction practices.

California’s property owners can simply build according to the state’s CALGREEN Code, at no cost for certification.

Having a mandatory code will allow California’s builders to build to a certifiable green standard without having to pay costly fees for third-party programs.

In addition to the mandatory regulations the CALGREEN Code also includes more stringent additional provisions that will help every builder, owner or local government to go even further. While the mandatory regulations will now be the law, local communities can take additional action to green their buildings that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve energy efficiency and conserve our natural resources.

The CALGREEN Code will be incorporated into the long-standing, established infrastructure to enforce its health, safety, fire, energy, and structural building codes, making verification of the green code for local building inspectors a simple transition. Like California’s existing building code provisions that regulate construction projects throughout the state, the mandatory CALGREEN code provisions will be inspected and verified by local and state building departments.