Greetings LEEDusers! Does anyone have experience with taking a product through the Floorscore certification process? What is required for the testing, CA 01350 compliance only? What are the best resources / providers for this testing procedure? Once testing is complete, what is the process for getting the product Floorscore certified? I'm not finding the information I'm after on the Floorscore website and could use some help. Thank you!
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Reinhard Oppl
Independent consultant on VOC issuesformerly with Eurofins Product Testing A/S
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February 15, 2011 - 2:02 pm
Did you try this website?
http://www.scscertified.com/gbc/floorscore.php
Testing goes for CA 01350 compliance only.
SCS is the only certifier for FloorScore.
SCS approved testing labs include BAA and Eurofins only.
Certification includes audits and re-testing.
It is advisable to include SCS already in the selection of the products to be tested.
Josh Jacobs
Technical Information & Public Affairs ManagerUL Environment
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February 16, 2011 - 7:30 am
Remember that a hard surface flooring does not have to be FloorScore certified. Option 2 is simply pass the CA 01350 requirements and a simple lab report from any lab that has CA 01350 in its ISO 17025 certification would show this for a single product (there may be other labs, but the ones that have probably done the most of these tests are Air Quality Sciences, Eurofins, and Berkeley Analytical Associates). If you are looking for a label that would show this for a hard surface flooring - GREENGUARD Children & Schools, FloorScore, or Indoor Advantage Gold would also show compliance to CA 01350. Take a look at the websites for these to see if there is already a product certified that you like, this way you don't have to wait on a product to be certified. Reinhard has the SCS website in the above comment and the GREENGUARD one for products that would qualify for this credit is here: http://greenguard.org/en/SearchResults.aspx?b=5,6&a=0|0|0|0|1|60|0|0|0|1|16|1&bs=LEED+for+New+Construction|IEQ+4.3%3aFlooring+Systems
Reinhard Oppl
Independent consultant on VOC issuesformerly with Eurofins Product Testing A/S
332 thumbs up
February 16, 2011 - 4:17 pm
Agree. And please note that in an addenda US GBC said that FloorScore certification (where applicable) is one option, but showing same performance just by testing and without any certification is another option for compliance with this credit. Certification just gives higher reliability of the statement on low VOC emssions.