It’s time we developed a green building code

In 2009, the Government began reviewing the building code to conform to current construction standards. Launching the exercise, then Prime Minister Raila Odinga said it was meant to “identify and review impediments to the current building regulations, legal and institutional arrangements in the building and construction industry and to propose an institutional framework for achievement of a sustainable, well-planned, safe and healthy built environment.”

Six years down the line, the country still doesn’t have a new building code. Interestingly, the review said little about green technology that has become an integral part of construction in many parts of the world.