Introduction

In urban areas around the country there is growing interest in converting commercial buildings to residential use. This is due to the confluence of high vacancy rates in commercial buildings and a urgent need for more housing nationwide. The International Existing Building Code is designed to be used for such adaptive reuse projects.

In response to the rising interest in commercial housing projects, the ICC formed an Adaptive Reuse Working Group in June 2024. It is currently considering how the IEBC might be modified, expanded or interpreted to better support office to housing projects. This survey is intended to provide input from design professionals to this effort.

This survey is designed to be able to be completed in less than 30 minutes by a person who is personally involved in the project design challenges associated with large Office-to-Housing projects.

General Explanatory notes for this survey:
  • When referencing IEBC, it is meant to reference the adopted version in your practice areas.
  • This survey will ask you to rate code topics, where higher numbers indicate ‘greater relevance’ to project feasibility. A ‘zero’ would indicate ‘no relevance’ and a 7 would indicate ‘critical relevance’.
  • The responses are intended to be a quick pulse opinion.
  • Survey responses will be anonymized before being shared in any way.


We would like to start by capturing some respondent information:

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* 1. First and Last Name

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* 2. E-Mail Address

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* 3. Please provide your location (City and State)

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* 4. Expertise (select all that apply)

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* 5. Approximately how many Office to Housing projects have you been involved with over the last few years?

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* 6. How would you characterize your experience with the IEBC for Office-to-Housing conversion projects?

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* 7. Would you like a copy of the anonymized survey results?

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* 8. Would you be interested in future updates and/or invitations to a workshop on this topic?

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