ICC Building Green - DVD

This documentary video is a five-city tour to document and record various green initiatives in place or planned around the nation. ICC's Electronic Media team members Joe Law, Rusty Blythe and Skip Lanham under the direction of Executive Producer Michael Armstrong interviewed and documented on video different city managers and builders who are involved in their respective city's green building programs, as well as visited various projects all ready in place. The tour included Chicago, IL, Scottsdale, AZ, Rohnert Park, CA, Seattle, WA, and Aspen, CO. Some of the highlights from the five-city trip included:

• Chicago: The team interviewed Richard Rodriguez, Chicago Building Commissioner, on the city's green building initiatives and toured several locations where green design has been implemented, including a 62-story condominium, which will be the city's first high-rise green condominium complex, a 100-year-old home of a record producer who has updated his house using green technology and Access Living, a totally accessible building for handicapped individuals that has utilized both green and universal design.
• Scottsdale: Law, Blythe and Lanham documented a new condominium, Optima Camelview Village, which utilizes many green features, as well as a new senior center that is LEED certified and features many green design practices. The team also interviewed Anthony Floyd, Scottsdale Green Building Manger, and Michael Clack, Chief Development Officer for Scottsdale, both of whom addressed the city's green building efforts.
• Rohnert Park: Peter Bruck, Rohnert Park's building official, hosted the team and talked on camera about the city's green ordinance and commitment to green buildings. The team visited the Sonoma Mountain Village, where a former industrial park is being converted into a new green and sustainable community, a 30-year-old apartment complex that has now been converted into updated, green units complete with solar panels, high-efficiency hot water heaters and concrete composite siding, as well as Sonoma State University Environmental Technology Center, a green sustainable building used for classes that features a multitude of green features.
• Seattle: Diane Sugimura, Director of the Department of Planning and Development, took the team to the Seattle Central Library, a stunning new building that features such green designs as a glass building envelope and ventilation system. The team also visited the Cobb Building, a 100-year-old building in downtown Seattle that has been converted into apartments using green design, as well as the Ashworth Cottages, which are homes constructed of green, sustainable materials and practices. The project's owners and developers were interviewed at this location.
• Aspen: The team was given the chance to interview several green building planners in Aspen, including Stephen Kanipe, chief building official, who took them to meet and interview local developer Tim Mooney and architect Al Beyer about their green home project. Finally, the team interviewed Randy Udall, Director of the Community Office for Resource Efficiency, who discussed on camera the country's need to build responsibly with our children's futures in mind.

This video was shown at the opening ceremonies of the 2007 ICC Annual Meeting in Reno, NV. (Run time 17 minutes)