ICC Developing Green Building Certification for Inspectors

The International Code Council (ICC) is developing an exam to certify green building inspectors. Having building inspectors familiar with green building technologies can make the inspection process smoother, especially if a code variance is required for a new technology. The Certified Inspector of Green Building Technology exam will cover technologies and strategies contained in the international model codes maintained by ICC as well as several national green building rating systems. ICC expects to put together a committee of experts to develop the exam by this summer; committee participants do not have to be ICC members to participate. ICC plans to make the exam available in the spring of 2009. More information and an application for the committee is available at www.iccsafe.org/.