BIFMA Level and IEQc4.5

Tristan Roberts

Representative

Vermont House of Representatives

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January 24, 2011

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Josh Jacobs

Technical Information & Public Affairs Manager

UL Environment

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Tue, 01/25/2011 - 12:38

Additionally, if the product is seating or an open office product (like a work station) and meets 7.6.2 in the BIFMA E3 standard, it would pass the requirements of CA 01350, therefore qualifying the product for points under LEED for Schools' EQ 4.5.

Roxanne Button

Architect & Sustainable Design Consultant, AIA, MRAIC, LEED AP

Design Synergies Architecture

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Mon, 10/21/2013 - 17:13

Thanks, Tristan. I'm hoping to use IEQc4.5 as an ID credit for an NC V2.2 project, but I'm having a hard time trying to verify that the furniture products earned the 7.6.1 point. Does anyone know where that info might be? The manufacturer's website doesn't have it. I can contact the manufacturer, but was hoping there was some place where that might be listed.

Tristan Roberts

Representative

Vermont House of Representatives

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Mon, 10/21/2013 - 17:36

Roxanne, this is very unfortunate in my opinion, but scorecards for multi-attribute certifications including Level are not typically disclosed by manufacturers or by the certifier. So you would have to ask the manufacturer to show you their scorecard, or at least to verify that point.

Roxanne Button

Architect & Sustainable Design Consultant, AIA, MRAIC, LEED AP

Design Synergies Architecture

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Tue, 10/22/2013 - 10:25

Thanks, Tristan.

Roxanne Button

Architect & Sustainable Design Consultant, AIA, MRAIC, LEED AP

Design Synergies Architecture

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Mon, 12/15/2014 - 12:58

Hi Tristan - We did achieve the Innovation Credit for this project. We used IEQ Credit 4.5 (Systems Furniture & Seating) from LEED CI V.2.0 as an Innovation Credit for a LEED NC V2.2 project. This was a university science building which was awarded LEED Gold earlier this year. Thank you again for your help.