Nov 03, 2015

     

 

The International Code Council and ASTM International will host about a dozen officials from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Standardization Organization (GSO) during Greenbuild 2015, Nov. 16-20 in Washington, D.C. GSO includes the national standards bodies of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen.

The delegation will:
• Tour exhibits at Greenbuild, the world’s largest conference dedicated to green building, at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 18 (ASTM International Booth #3313);
• Meet with the Washington D.C. Department of Consumer & Regulatory Affairs (DCRA) staff  and review how green codes and standards are permitted and enforced; 
• Visit the Net-Zero Energy Residential Test Facility, a laboratory house that produces as much energy as it consumes, at the U.S. National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, Maryland;
• Tour the Home Innovation Research Labs located in Upper Marlboro, Maryland;
• Hear presentations from the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), the National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) and other organizations at ASTM International’s Washington, D.C., office; and
• Meet with International Code Council senior managers and participate in a presentation on ICC’s sustainability codes and standards at its Washington D.C. office.

These activities are coordinated through the Standards and Codes for Sustainable Construction project, a three-year partnership between ICC and ASTM supported in part by the U.S. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration’s Market Development Cooperator Program. The project supports the Gulf region’s efforts related to energy efficiency, water conservation, materials management, building safety and overall economic growth. This partnership, now entering its second year, also involves technical seminars and training programs related to sustainable codes and standards.

The joint ICC-ASTM booth (#3308) at Greenbuild 2015 will draw attention to this joint effort. Public and private sector leaders attending Greenbuild are invited to visit the booth to hear more about this partnership and the delegation visit.

For more information, visit: www.astm.org/GLOBAL/index_market_dev.

Contacts:
For ICC: Raj Nathan, head of global services, tel +1.562.699.0541, ext. 3318, rnathan@iccsafe.org
For ASTM: James Olshefsky, director of external relations, tel +1.610.832.9714, jolshefsky@astm.org; or Nathan Osburn, director of corporate communications, tel +1.610.832.9603, nosburn@astm.org

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