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NC-2009 IEQc4.3: Low-Emitting Materials—Flooring Systems

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January 20, 2016

Anastasia Makarenko

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January 20, 2016

Does anyone know how to treat skirting board applying to requirements of this credit? Does it need to be floorscore/ CA section 01350? And what about metal profiles made of aluminium and steel - do they need to have floorscore certificate/ CA01350 or could they be an exception?

Thanks in advance.

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Brent Ehrlich

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March 1, 2016 - 7:33 am

Yes, skirt board would have to meet Floorscore. Metal profiles are exempt but any adhesives would have to meet IEQc4.1.

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Anastasia Makarenko

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April 7, 2016 - 5:47 am

Thank you very much, Brent!

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FAQs about IEQc4.3:

If I have no flooring products in the scope of my project, can I earn this credit?

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On a renovation, should flooring that is previously installed be subject to the credit requirements?

One flooring adhesive we are using falls under both IEQc4.1 and IEQc4.3, and is over the VOC limit. We are using the VOC budget method to meet IEQc4.1 requirements, but are we automatically disqualifed from IEQc4.3?

The credit requirements are allowed to exempt unfinished wood flooring from the credit requirements, but wood flooring is almost always finished. This is confusing!

I have an international project and my flooring products aren’t tested using any of the above standards. How can I tell if they still comply?

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