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Mary Davidge
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Nadav Malin
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Green Commons, LLC
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Sun, 02/14/2010 - 22:50

Hi Mary, You're correct. As long as the ceiling tiles are not made from wood fiber or agrifibers, this credit does not apply to them. I agree that there are lots of other potential sources of formaldehyde emissions in buildings that are not covered by this credit. LEED has, so far, chosen to try to affect only the primary offenders--hence its focus on urea-formaldehyde, while allowing phenol formaldehyde and other formaldehyde-based resins, even in composite wood products.
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Tristan Roberts
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Vermont House of Representatives
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Mon, 02/15/2010 - 23:07

In terms of ceiling tiles, insulation and wall systems, you may want to check out IEQc4.6 and how teams are going about achieving that. Seems like some of the materials you're concerned about are covered there. (It's just a Schools credit, though.)

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