I've read through the posts related to this subject but for laminating adhesives and millwork. My question is similar but pertains to the requirement for a flooring assembly assembled off site needing to be tested for compliance with the General Emissions Evaluation criteria as well as a single "flooring" product.
The flooring assembly is composed of: a steel&concrete raised access floor [RAF] panel, an adhesive and the final vinyl flooring material. I received a comment back from LEED-Coach question stating, similarly, that the assembled-in-shop assembly needs to be tested to meet the General Emissions Evaluation criteria. I share the other contributor's sentiment that this requirement that falls onto the general or subcontractor/installer to take their assembly for testing seems challenging and a request that will receive resistence.
However, given this requirement is something LEED v4 requires, does anyone know of a database of testing facilities that do testing for material installer assemblies that I can refer my projects GC to so their sub's work won't preclude the LEED project from meeting all five categories?
Vanessa Nelson
LEEDuser Expert
7 thumbs up
February 25, 2021 - 12:24 pm
Hi Jeff, I don't know of a database but if you search online you can find companies. Berkeley Analytics and UL both do testing. See links below. Keep in mind that 90% of flooring by cost or surface area needs to meet the requirement so 10% does not need to comply/be tested. If the area in question is 10% or less, you don't need to worry about testing.
https://berkeleyanalytical.com/industries/building-products/
https://www.ul.com/services/cdph-standard-method-voc-emissions
Megan Leslie
Sustainability ConsultantStantec
25 thumbs up
February 25, 2021 - 7:57 pm
You could also look at adopting v4.1 requirements so potentially you could drop the floor category entirely and still get 3 points for the credit.