Hi
Can somebody please advise if the Greel Label Plus certification is required for a Hand tufted carpet?
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NC-2009 IEQc4.3: Low-Emitting Materials—Flooring Systems
Hi
Can somebody please advise if the Greel Label Plus certification is required for a Hand tufted carpet?
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John-David Hutchison, LEED AP BD+C, PMP
Sustainability ManagerBGIS
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April 30, 2015 - 10:00 am
If the carpet is permanently installed, there must be some verification that it meets IAQ requirements:
All flooring must comply with the following as applicable to the project scope:
All carpet installed in the building interior must meet one of the following requirements:
Meets the testing and product requirements of the Carpet and Rug Institute Green Label Plus1 program.
Maximum VOC concentrations are less than or equal to those specified in the California Department of Health Services Standard Practice for the Testing of Volatile Organic Emissions from Various Sources Using Small-Scale Environmental Chambers, including 2004 Addenda, using the office scenario as defined in Table 7.5 within the practice. The additional VOC concentration limits listed in Section 9.1a must also be met.
Maximum VOC concentrations meet the California requirements specified above based on the following:
California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Standard Method V1.1-2010 using test results obtained at the 14 day time point
Projects outside the U.S. may use the German AgBB/DIBt testing method and all testing methods based on AgBB/DIBt method (GUT, EMICODE, Blue Angel) using test results obtained at the 3 day or 7 day or 14 day time point. For caprolactam, if test results obtained at the 3 day or 7 day time point is used, the emission concentration must be less than ½ of the concentration limit specified above because the emission may not have peaked at the measured time points.
If a European testing method (AgBB/DIBt GUT, EMICODE, Blue Angel) had used parameters for calculating test results different from those specified in the referenced California method, then the European test results for carpets or floorings need to be converted into California air concentrations by multiplication with 0.7.
Arthika Saseendranath
May 3, 2015 - 8:00 am
Great thanks so much!