Hello,
The LEED v4 guide states that, "Projects outside the U.S. may use products tested and deemed compliant with either .... French legislation on VOC emission class labeling". In France the emissions rating ranges from C to A+. (see explination : http://www.eurofins.com/product-testing-services.aspx/information/compli...)
The Eurofins website states that the, "US GBC operates a list of common low VOC rating systems that allow showing product compliance. Some of them are directly compliant, such as the Indoor Air Comfort GOLD program; other ones are compliant only if the test report shows low formaldehyde emissions of max. 10 µg/m³ after 28 days the reference room, in line with the French A+ class.
(http://www.eurofins.com/product-testing-services.aspx/information/sustai...)
Can you confirm that only products with a label "Air Comfort GOLD" or "French A+" are accepted by USGBC?
Thank-you,
Ian
Michelle Halle Stern
Senior Sustainability ConsultantGreenwood Consulting Group
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May 23, 2014 - 10:44 am
The most recent version of the full equivalency chart is here
http://www.usgbc.org/resources/low-emitting-materials-third-party-certif...
Blue Angel is also listed.
Reinhard Oppl
Independent consultant on VOC issuesformerly with Eurofins Product Testing A/S
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December 10, 2015 - 10:08 am
Hi, sorry for being late. The Eurofins explanation reports two cases:
1) A certain label (such as Indoor Air Comfort GOLD) is compliant without any further need of documentation.
2) Another label may be compliant with the AgBB path of compliance but allows higher formaldehyde emissions than acceptable for LEED. That is the reason why a product labeled with such a program additionally needs to show low emissions of formaldheyde - and this (only this) can be done by showing compliance witjh the French A+ class, because that class includes that formaldehyde limit. EMICODE and Blue Angel are examples.
For details please see http://www.usgbc.org/resources/low-emitting-materials-third-party-certif...