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CALGreen – Green Building Program
Published: February 10, 2016
CALGreen is the commonly used term for the California Green Building Standards Code. Since 2013, this new green building code increases water and energy efficiency standards, lowers VOCs in building materials, and decreases the amount of construction waste in landfills. This video explains the September, 1, 2015 requirement for all CALGreen field certification to be performed by a certified agency or inspector; PRMD building inspectors no longer perform this certification. The video explains how to locate the list of certified inspectors.