ISA Defends Signs in Front of International Code Council
The International Code Council held final-action hearings Oct. 3 to 5 on the first International Green Construction Code. ISA’s James Carpentier testified on three sections of the code: low mercury lamps, “light pollution” control and exterior lighting/signage shutoff requirements. The Code Committee disapproved all three sections, leaving much of the interpretation to individual jurisdictions. ISA testified along with the U.S. Sign Council to specifically exempt neon and cold cathode to the low-mercury limits, to include reasonable language on signage illumination and to exempt certain types of signage from automatic shut-off requirements. The IGCC will be published in March, and the next cycle of code comments begins in July. For more information, contact Sapna Budev at [email protected].
