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NC-v4.1 EQc2:Low-Emitting Materials

GUT certification for Carpet compliant

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We are using a carpet with GUT cerfication (Gemeinschaft umweltfreundlicher Teppichboden).  Has that been sucessfully used as equal to CRI green label plus or compliant with CDPH) Standard Method v1.2–2017?

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Fri, 01/27/2023 - 18:24

Here is a link to USGBC's official list of third-party certifications that use CDPH Standard Method v1.2: https://www.usgbc.org/resources/cdph-list-certifications-use-cdph-standard-method-v12

Fri, 01/27/2023 - 20:43

GUT is very similar to CDPH in what it tests for/requires, but not identical. it uses the German AgBB standard as its basis, rather than CDPH. It is listed as usable for a General Emissions Evaluation (GEE) for Low Emitting Materials only for textile flooring (carpet) for projects outside the US and only if the Low Formaldehyde requirement is also met (which is beyond AgBB). As a global carpet manufacturer, we went ahead and tested to both standards to make sure we were fully LEED compliant, even for our products made in the EU that must also have GUT/Prodis/AgBB. There is a relevant recent addendum in the LEED Credit Library. It does not specifically reference GUT but does reference AgBB+low formaldehyde testing as equivalent to CDPH (GUT is based on the AgBB standard in the same way Green Label Plus is based on CDPH for certifying Low-VOC carpet).

Mon, 01/30/2023 - 14:51

This link doesn't work (for me) ? 

Mon, 01/30/2023 - 15:16

Hi, Sara! Here's the correct link. For some reason Megan's comment got truncated.

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