Green Building Standards

UPDATED!  State agency combined green building standards adopted  by the California Building Standards Commission on July 17, 2008, as amended for publication in the 2007 California Green Building Standards Code, CCR, Title 24, Part 11.

For state agency rulemaking documents (Notices of Public Action, Express Terms, and Initial Statements of Reason, and Final Statements of Reason), refer to the 45-Day and 15-Day Comment/Challenge Periods for 2007, Commission Review for 2007, and Approved Standards.

The California Building Standards Commission has taken the opportunity, along with other state agencies, to develop green building standards that will establish California as a leader in the efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from structures. The code as adopted includes mandatory features with a delayed effective date for housing, and voluntary standards for hospitals and other non-residential occupancies. (Those few measures shown as "required" in the Commission's Application Matrix refer to regulations or statutes currently in place.) The Commission will continue to work with state agencies and the many stakeholders as we develop a comprehensive set of mandatory provisions in the 2010 edition of the California Green Building Standards Code.