The project I'm working on is intended to be occupied early 2011. However, the Greenguard certified systems furniture & seating were purchased & manufactured in 2008. (you can notice the delay !!). Now that more than 2 years have passed, can we still claim this credit? The items are still in their packages in a warehouse. Because the credit clause says : "All systems furniture & seating that has been manufactured within one year prior to occupancy"
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Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
LEEDuser Expert
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November 29, 2010 - 10:46 pm
Given the clear credit language, I would probably say you can't earn the credit using only the furniture purchased in 2008. If it's important to you I suppose you could try documenting it, include a narrative, and hope that it gets approved?
Betsy John
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November 30, 2010 - 1:39 am
Thanks Tristan. Well, my reasoning is, that if at the time of manufacture & occupancy both, the Greenguard certification is valid, why can't the credit be earned? Like you said, we'll document it and see how it goes.
Josh Jacobs
Technical Information & Public Affairs ManagerUL Environment
515 thumbs up
December 16, 2010 - 4:05 pm
Depending upon the furniture and who makes it, it may still be certified. Obviously that piece was made years ago, but GREENGUARD requires quarterly and annual testing on a representative product for all product categories that have certification. So find out if they still have certification on the product, this would show that they have had consistently low-emitting materials over a long time - which should help you with your case for a credit.
Also - even if you don't get the credit, try and unwrap the furniture from its shipping material as sometimes the material that it is shipped in (cardboard) can act like a sponge and therefore keep the potentially bad VOCs, which should off-gas and dissipate, around for a while.
Good luck.