The Code Changes Shaping the Built Environment

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* 1. What does the International Building Code require for lighting in habitable spaces (based on the current 2024 version)?

Either natural lighting or artificial lighting

Neither natural lighting nor artificial lighting

Both natural lighting and artificial lighting

More natural lighting than artificial lighting

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* 2. The October 2025 building code committee action hearings considered proposals for the 2027 version of the International Building Code. Proposals to require natural lighting were passed for which types of occupancies?

Retail stores

Office spaces

Schools, dormitories and apartments

Parking garages

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* 3. Which of the following are not considered high-performance window products?

Vacuum insulating glazing (VIG)

Single pane windows

Triple glazing

Windows with 4th Surface low-e coatings

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* 4. Which existing government program for energy efficiency ratings of residential windows, doors and skylights is at risk of losing government funding in the coming year?

Energy Star

Window Star

Starlink

Home Star

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* 5. What rating system is considered the “gold standard” for calculating U-value and solar heat gain coefficient (SHGC) for windows? Residential window products are labeled in accordance with this system, and it is required by model codes and state energy codes. This rating system is implementing a new “LEAFF” process to provide increased flexibility for determining ratings with different components.

NFRC (National Fenestration Rating Council) Rating

International Fire Code

Net Zero Carbon Zoning policy

Buy Clean Program

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* 6. Which of the following statements are true regarding Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs)?

Architects and general contractors do not specify or request EPDs or carbon footprint information about building products.

LEED v5 does include credit to building projects for embodied carbon reporting.

All U.S. states have canceled their Buy Clean programs.

Whole building life cycle assessments will not require product carbon footprint info (as provided in EPDs) for building materials such as glass and aluminum.

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* 7. What is recycled broken or waste glass called? It serves as a raw material in glass melting.

Bullion

Bullet

Cullet

Mirepoix

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* 8. Security glazing resistant to forced entry can be used to:

Slow down an attacker, allowing more time for schools to enact emergency plans and for first responders to arrive

Allow school personnel and first responders to see impending danger while selectively blocking an attacker’s line-of-sight when translucent or reflective glass is utilized

Provide privacy and allow diffuse light in to create a secure environment for teachers and students without imposing visible barriers

All of the above

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* 9. Which of the following statements is true about bird-friendly building policies?

All bird-friendly building policies are mandatory.

Bird-friendly building policies are well intentioned, but a little chaotic with lots of variations.

Bird-friendly building policies all have the same requirements.

Bird-friendly building policies do not help save birds from collisions with buildings.

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* 10. Which application listed below would not be an effective application of bird-friendly glazing?

Vertical fenestration such as windows

Glass spandrel panels

Glass railings

Vision panels in a door in an interior hallway

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* 11. Identification

Name

Company

Email Address

AIA # (if applicable)