Though Missouri is among the dozen or so states that have yet to adopt a statewide energy efficiency code for residential and private commercial construction, it is not without green building proponents and strategies.

About a year ago,GBA noted那是Building Codes Assistance Project华盛顿特区，向州和地方官员提供代码开发援助的倡导组织，一直在密切跟踪州和地方法规倡议，包括密苏里州的倡议，在密苏里州，房屋建筑协会反对他们说的法规说将提高价格。But green builders in the state have nonetheless proposed programs designed to encourage high-performance construction, including one that would offer financial incentives, in the form of reduced permit fees, for building to the National Association of Home Builders’ National Green Building Standard, also known as the ICC-700.

现在，ICC-700（作为国际法规委员会的国际绿色建筑法规的住宅建筑部分）被认为是在堪萨斯城都会区的一部分的克莱县的自愿指南。（Clay县和圣路易斯附近的杰斐逊县是密苏里州仅有的两个县，未经选民批准就被授权采用住宅和私人商业建筑法规。）

Soliciting feedback from the community

A recent story in theLiberty Tribune, which serves Clay County, describes the drive to implement ICC-700 on a voluntary basis as largely collaborative, with the county’s Building Codes Commission set to hold public meetings on the subject on July 14 and 28, and August 11.

The man behind the proposal, Matt Tapp, the county’s director of planning and zoning, included a provision to grade participating projects based on their compliance with the National Green Building Standard, and then post each home’s grade on a special sign in front of the house when it’s listed for sale.

“It’s been kind of in the back of my mind ever since I got here in 2008 that we needed to move toward a green building standard,” Tapp told the paper. “We want to make the houses that are being built in Clay County more sustainable. It’s just a good idea.”