International Green Construction Code
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Before purchasing, review the rules of your licensing or certifying entity. It is your responsibility to confirm this course meets your CE requirements. See the credit tab on the course page for details.
What’s Included: Full webinar recording, written course materials, expert instruction, a mandatory quiz, and a certificate upon completion.
Deliverability Timeline: All courses are generally available within 1-2 weeks after the live presentation.
CE Credits: AIA and/or LA/CES accreditation is available by request for courses recorded prior to March 11, 2026. All courses after that date include those accreditations by default, if applicable. With these accreditations, our courses qualify for credit in nearly all states for engineers, surveyors, architects, and landscape architects.
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Agenda
Registration: 8:00 – 8:30 am
Morning Session: 8:30 – 11:45 am
Lunch (On your own): 11:45 am – 12:45 pm
Afternoon Session: 12:45 – 4:30 pm
Development and Impact of International Green Construction Code
History of the Code
Relation of the Code to conventional building codes and energy codes
Relation of the Code to LEED green building certifications
Code adoption and enforcement
Chapters 1-3: Code Administration
Administration
Definitions
Jurisdictional requirements and project electives
Chapters 4-5: Site Development and Material Use
Site development and land use
Material resource conservation and efficiency
Chapters 6-9: Energy, Water, Environmental Quality and Building Commissioning
Energy conservation, efficiency and atmospheric quality
Water resource conservation and efficiency
Indoor environmental quality and comfort
Building commissioning
Operation and maintenance
Chapters 10-11: Existing Buildings
Green improvements and retrofits to existing buildings
Greening sites of existing buildings
Credits
Professional Engineers
6.5 PDHs (MD Category A)
Architects
6.5 HSW LUs/CE Hours
6.5 AIA HSW Learning Units
International Code Council
.65 CEUs (Building)
Contractors
Non-Credit Continuing Ed.
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers 6.5 PDHs to professional engineers in most states, including Maryland. This is a Category A event for Maryland engineers. HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education provider for Maryland engineers.
Engineers seeking continuing education credit in other states will be able to claim the hours earned at this seminar, in most cases. Refer to specific state continuing education rules to determine eligibility.
This course offers continuing education credit to architects in most states, including 6.5 HSW LUs to Maryland architects. Courses approved by the American Institute of Architects are accepted in Maryland.
The American Institute of architects has approved this seminar for 6.5 HSW Learning Units (Sponsor number J885). Only full attendance can be reported to the AIA/CES.
The Intermnational Code Council has approved this event for .65 CEUs in the speciualty area of Building.
This course offers a non-credit continuing education opportunity to construction contractors. It has not been approved by any state contractor licensing entity for continuing education credit.
Attendance will be monitored, and attendance certificates will be available after the seminar for most individuals who complete the entire event. Attendance certificates not available at the seminar will be mailed to participants within fifteen business days.
Speakers
Wendy Talarico LEED AP
Ms. Talarico is an ICC-certified energy/green code plan reviewer and consults with architects and engineers throughout the Northeast to provide continuing education on a range of subjects from codes to building science. She is an instructor for Urban Green/New York State Energy Research and Development Authority’s “Conquering the Code”, an 8-hour energy code class in New York State. Ms. Talarico was a member of the engineering outreach team for the Brick Industry Association, and she is an award-winning journalist with more than 25 years of experience as a writer and editor for such publications as Architectural Record and This Old House. Her areas of expertise include building energy, sustainability issues, and codes, including the IECC, ASHRAE 90.1, IEBC, and the IgCC.