IS Greenguard certification plus an attestation from the manufacturer that there is no formaldehyde acceptable for plywood products?
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Aya El-Khouly
Buro HappoldOctober 22, 2021 - 2:09 pm
Hi Erin - were you able to find an answer to this question? I am also running into the same issue.
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Dawn Garcia
Marketing CommunicationsRoseburg Forest Products
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October 22, 2021 - 5:08 pm
Hello, I'm posting as another LEEDuser, not as a qualified practitioner, and I may be misunderstanding the question. GREENGUARD certification will show you the verified emissions from the plywood product (TVOC, not just formaldehyde) - but if you're wanting to qualify a plywood product for Low Emitting Materials credit under the Composite Wood and Agrifiber category, my understanding is that you would just need to show that the product is made with ULEF or NAF resins. All hardwood plywood products sold in the U.S. are certified for their formaldehyde emissions as part of the EPA TSCA regulations - so that verification would be readily accessible on any manufacturers website and would indicate if the producer is using ULEF or NAF resins.