Documentation for Inherently non-emitting materials

Can you share the material/product?  Does it meet the definition?  100002195 - LEM inherently nonemitting | U.S. Green Building Council (usgbc.org)

Inherently nonemitting sources.

Products that are inherently nonemitting sources of VOCs (stone, ceramic, powder-coated metals, plated or anodized metal, glass, concrete, clay brick, and unfinished or untreated solid wood) are considered fully compliant without any VOC emissions testing if they do not include integral organic-based surface coatings, binders, or sealants.

Under Further Explanation, Inherently nonemitting materials, revise last two sentences as follows: For the purposes of this credit, untreated and unfinished solid wood (not engineered wood) can also be considered nonemitting even though such materials will likely emit some amount of formaldehyde naturally.

If you have the CDPH documentation, use it to avoid a reviewer question. 

Hi Edgar, 
Have you got an answer for your question from GBCI? 

the July 2023 edition of the v4.1 BD+C reference guide states:

"Stone, ceramic, and porcelain tiles; powder-coated metals, plated or anodized metal, glass, clay brick, and solid wood are materials which, on thei own, are considered inherently nonemitting without additional information. For other materials, a manufacturer chemical inventory of the product to at least 0.1% (1,000 ppm) is required to confirm the product complies with the inherently nonemitting sources criteria."

Manufacturer chemical inventory programs (e.g. Health Product Declaration, Declare, etc) outlined within the Materials Ingredient credit are accepted by GBCI as demonstrating the product is inherently nonemitting. 

If a manufacturer chemical inventory program document is not available, then you'll need to demonstrate compliance with one of the programs listed here:

https://www.usgbc.org/resources/cdph-list-certifications-use-cdph-standa...

If you cannot demonstrate compliance with one of the programs listed in the link above, then the product is not compliant and you'd need to obtain costs OR surface area in efforts to meet the 75% compliant category threshold.

Good Luck!

The question is what should be used for documentation for Diamond Mesh Lath?

The mesh is galvanized steel which I understand to be a plated metal.

I would consider this inherently non emitting and use the product tehcnical data sheet for documentation.

I've never had to sumbit documentation for inherently non-emitting products ... as long as it meets the definition, I think you would be ok not sumbitting anything.

thumbs up to Kimberly!