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NC-v4 EQc2:Low emitting materials

Carpet in LEED v4

Is it just me, or is there not much to work with in terms of compliant carpet for Low-Emitting Materials in LEED v4? The USGBC's Third Party Certifications and Labels table inlcudes FloorScore and NSF-332 but these don't apply to carpet. The table also lists SCS and Greenguard but as far as I know, neither of these programs have any carpet that's been certified. There is no mention of either Green Label Plus or NSF-140. On GreenWizard, I can find only one product that claims to comply with v4 requirements, via the Collaborative for High Performance Schools path. That's it. Any insights/experience?

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Thu, 03/05/2015 - 15:30

Carpet must follow the General Emissions Evaluation. Currently there is not an accepted 3rd party certification program.
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Wed, 12/16/2015 - 21:22

Greenguard Gold is the only third-party certification (NOT plain Greenguard) that includes the full general emissions evalution—both CDPH Standard Method v1.1–2010 and the 14-day total VOC testing. Unfortunately, there are few carpets certified to GG Gold, but here they are.http://productguide.ulenvironment.com/SearchResults.aspx?CertificationID=2&CategoryID=1&SubCategoryID=70
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Thu, 12/17/2015 - 07:30

More programs were added by US GBC to this table; http://www.usgbc.org/resources/low-emitting-materials-third-party-certification-table. Such as the carpet specific programs Green Label Plus, GUT and Blue Angel RAL UZ 128. There are many products certified under any of these schemes.

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