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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Michelle Halle Stern
Senior Sustainability ConsultantGreenwood Consulting Group
121 thumbs up
March 5, 2015 - 10:30 am
Carpet must follow the General Emissions Evaluation. Currently there is not an accepted 3rd party certification program.
Paula Melton
Editorial DirectorBuildingGreen, Inc.
LEEDuser Moderator
183 thumbs up
December 16, 2015 - 4:22 pm
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...
Reinhard Oppl
Independent consultant on VOC issuesformerly with Eurofins Product Testing A/S
329 thumbs up
December 17, 2015 - 2:30 am
More programs were added by US GBC to this table; http://www.usgbc.org/resources/low-emitting-materials-third-party-certif....
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.