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If I have no flooring products in the scope of my project, can I earn this credit?

How do I handle a polished concrete floor?

Should mineral-based finish flooring products (without any integral organic-based coatings and sealants) and unfinished/untreated solid wood flooring be documented on the IEQc4.3 LEED Online form, even though they are exempt from certification requirement

On a renovation, should flooring that is previously installed be subject to the credit requirements?

One flooring adhesive we are using falls under both IEQc4.1 and IEQc4.3, and is over the VOC limit. We are using the VOC budget method to meet IEQc4.1 requirements, but are we automatically disqualifed from IEQc4.3?

The credit requirements are allowed to exempt unfinished wood flooring from the credit requirements, but wood flooring is almost always finished. This is confusing!

I have an international project and my flooring products aren’t tested using any of the above standards. How can I tell if they still comply?

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NC-2009 IEQc4.3:Low-Emitting Materials—Flooring Systems

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Allen Cornett
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I have a client wanting to install modular panels consisting of liquid sealed within the tiles in a small area of their building. The product is made up of two sheets of polycarbonate sealed with rigid polycarbonate. Installation photos show it has been installed in children's hospitals. The product is not FloorScore certified. Since this is not a resilient flooring, rubber flooring, or prefinished wood flooring would it be exempt when documenting IEQc4.3?

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Tristan Roberts
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Tue, 03/19/2013 - 17:24

Alle, the credit language (see above) is clear that "all flooring' is subject to the credit requirements. You'd need to find a way for this installation to comply with the requirements to earn the credit.

Tue, 03/19/2013 - 17:33

I agree. Our designers found this as well and I had to tell them no. But I asked them and I'll ask your team. Can you call the manufacturer and have them test it? They've already lost out on one project and it sounds like they'll lose out on your project. Perhaps they don't realize they are losing business. Besides, it isn't like FloorScore is a particularly tough standard to meet.
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Josh Jacobs
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Tue, 03/19/2013 - 17:39

Also realize that FloorScore is not the only way to show compliance. There are other certifications that show compliance (GREENGUARD Children & Schools, SCS IAQ Gold are examples) and they could have a CA 01350 test done on the project to show compliance as well.

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