All of our adhesives contain no added urea formaldehyde, however our wooden doors contain the following:
DOOR TYPE A contains the following: Fir/spruce 91% Resin Binder 8% Paraffin Wax/solids 0,70% silica content 0.3% Formaldehyde emission less than 6.5 mg/100 g board Door type B contains the following: Spruce/fir/recycled timber urea formaldehyde resin paraffin wax/silica formaldehyde emission - EN13986 - E1 Can we earn 1 point under IEQ 4.4 for both types of doors? Please note for door type A, all it states is the formaldehyde emissions so technically we should be able to qualify and earn 1 point under IEQ 4.4, am I right?
DOOR Type B, contains urea formaldehyde resins .....I believe the keyword here is added...........Door B does not specify in the technical data sheet if it has added urea formaldehyde, all it says is it contains "urea formaldehyde resins" can we earn 1 point under IEQ 4.4
my second question is Let's assume that DOOR type A qualifies under IEQ 4.4, however DOOR type B does not.......can we earn 1 point under IEQ 4.4 IEQ 4.4 states " composite wood ................" it does not specifically state if ALL Composite wood should contain no added urea formaldehyde like the SCHOOLS system
My third question a) When it comes to uploading the credit, the forms asks if our adhesives contain added urea foemaldhye. It does not make any reference to any type of wood or agrifiber product which I guess is not in line with IEQ 4.4 - or in a way contradicts the dictates of the clause. What does this mean? b) Can someone in very simple terms explain what added urea formaldehyde is and how its different from urea formaldehyde resins? Thank you all
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Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
LEEDuser Expert
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March 10, 2014 - 10:42 am
Al, most wood products contain some naturally occuring formaldehyde. That is part of why the credit language specifies no "added" UF in composite wood products and adhesives.If you are using a resin or adhesive that contains UF, then you cannot quality for any points under this credit.If you have done a chemical analyssi and found that your product contains some UF, but it was not added by the manufacturing process, i.e., it was naturally occurring, this is not a problem.Regarding the credit documentation, I am not sure what you mean, because the LEED Online credit form that I'm looking at asks "Product Contains No Added Urea- Formaldehyde" , True or False? (You can see the credit form in our Documentation Toolkit above.)