Our third Commercial Conversation is with Mike Turner, vice president of marketing at YKK AP America Inc., Austell, GA. Mike is also a board member of the American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA), Schaumburg, IL, the TaskGroup Chairman for BIM Initiatives at AAMA, a member of the Codes and Regulatory Affairs Committee at AAMA, and a member of the International Code Council. Click here to download the podcast mp3 file. In the coming weeks you’ll also be able to use iTunes to download the podcasts.
   In this podcast, we discuss new Int’l Code Council codes, AAMA standards, fenestration technology, and how these factors are going to combine to reduce building energy consumption by 30% and exceed current LEED requirements. Mike’s involvement with the various code-development committees and as an AAMA board member provides him with insight that will help specifiers identify fenestration that that will meet energy-code requirements, likely exceed LEED requirements, and generally help develop efficient and sustainable facilities.

Resources
To help you further understand the new codes and what they mean, explore the following resources:

• 2012 International Energy Conservation Code
• U.S. DOE All You Ever Wanted to Know About Energy Code Determinations
• U.S. DOE, Commercial Determinations: Final Determination on Standard 90.1-2010
• 2011 ICC Code Development Cycle Final Action on Proposed Code Changes
• ASHRAE Guide to Standard 189.1
• Standard 189.1 User’s Manual
• U.S. DOE Building Energy Codes Program

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