D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 12, app 12-K-A r. 12-K-A105

Current through Register Vol. 71, No. 49, December 6, 2024

Rule 12-K-A105 - MATERIAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND EFFICIENCY

Strike Table A105 in Appendix A of the International Green Construction Code in its entirety and insert new Table A105 in Appendix A of the Green Construction Code in its place to read as follows:

TABLE A105

MATERIAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND EFFICIENCY

PROJECT ELECTIVES

SECTION	DESCRIPTION	MINIMUM NUMBER OF ELECTIVES REQUIRED AND ELECTIVES SELECTED
A105.1	Waste management	Yes [] No []
A105.2	Construction waste landfill maximum	Yes [] No []
A105.3(1)	Recycled (40 percent), Regional (50 percent), and Biobased (10 percent) materials	Yes [] No []
A105.3(2)	Material declaration and certification (50 percent )	Yes [] No []
A105.4	Service life plan	Yes [] No []
A105.5	Design for deconstruction and building reuse	Yes [] No []
A105.6	Existing building reuse	Yes [] No []
A105.7	Historic building reuse	Yes [] No []
A105.8	Deconstruction	Yes [] No []

Strike Section A105.1 in Appendix A of the International Green Construction Code in its entirety and insert new Section A105.1 in Appendix A of the Green Construction Code in its place to read as follows:

A105.1

Waste management project elective. Projects seeking a waste management project elective shall comply with Section 503.1, except that the nonhazardous construction waste materials required to be diverted from landfills shall be at least 75 percent.

Strike Section A105.3 in Appendix A of the International Green Construction Code in its entirety and insert new Section A105.3 in Appendix A of the Green Construction Code in its place to read as follows:

A105.3

Material selection project electives. Each of the following shall be considered a separate material selection project elective. The project electives are cumulative and compliance with each item shall be recognized individually.

1. This project elective shall require compliance with Section 505.2, except that buildings and structures shall contain any two of the following:

a.Recycled Content and Salvaged Material Content. The sum of the recycled content and the salvaged material content shall constitute a minimum of 40 percent, based on cost, of the total materials in the building project.

b. Regional Materials. A minimum of 50 percent of building materials or products used, based on cost, shall be regionally extracted/harvested/recovered or manufactured within a radius of 500 mi (800 km) of the project site. If only a fraction of a product or material is extracted/harvested/recovered or manufactured locally, then only that percentage (by weight) shall contribute to the regional value.

c.Biobased Products. A minimum of 10 percent of building materials used, based on cost, shall be biobased products.

2. Compliance with the project elective shall require compliance with Section 505.4, where not less than 50 percent of the total building materials used in the project, based on cost, shall comply with Sections 505.4.1 or 505.4.2. Where a material complies with both Sections 505.4.1 and 505.4.2, the material cost shall be multip lied by two.

Insert a new Section A105.8 into Appendix A of the Green Construction Code as follows:

A105.8

Deconstruction project electives. Projects seeking a deconstruction project elective shall comply with Section 503.1 and this section. Buildings, structures or portions thereof that are to be demolished shall be systematically disassembled by means of deconstruction. Deconstruction must be performed by a contractor with Building Materials Re-use Association (BMRA) deconstruction certification or other approved certification. A deconstruction plan and schedule shall be prepared and submitted by the deconstruction contractor for approval at permit application and prior to demolition. The plan shall list materials to be deconstructed. The plans and schedule shall use BMRA; Institute for Local Self Reliance's (ILSR) publications for deconstruction planning and tracking; Delta Institute's guidelines; or similar guidelines as approved. Prior to project completion, documentation must be provided to the code official. Documentation shall include receipts for donation, sale, recycling, and disposal of all materials, a complete post-deconstruction form completed and signed by the approved deconstruction contractor, and pictures of materials intended for re-us e.

D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 12, app 12-K-A r. 12-K-A105

Final Rulemaking published at 67 DCR 5679 (5/29/2020)