Under LEED 2009 for Commercial Interiors porcelain tiles are not mentioned but since these tiles are man made, do they need to meet FloorScore requirements or are they exempted?
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LEEDme Lorenzi
ing. Giorgia Lorenzi15 thumbs up
November 3, 2014 - 7:50 am
Mineralbased finish flooring products such as tile, masonry, terrazzo, and cut
stone without integral organic-based coatings and sealants and
unfinished/untreated solid wood flooring qualify for credit without any IAQ
testing requirements. However, associated site-applied adhesives, grouts,
finishes and sealers must be compliant for a mineral-based or
unfinished/untreated solid wood flooring system to qualify for IEQc4.3 credit.
Giorgia - LEEDme
Carla Lopez
Director of Valuation & AdvisoryCBRE
1 thumbs up
November 6, 2014 - 2:57 pm
The project indicates the use of MARAZZI italian porcelain floor.
Would you consider porcelain tiles as a mineral based finish flooring exempted of any certification OR as a hard surface flooring that must be certified?
Michael Smithing
Director - Green Building AdvisoryColliers International Ltd.
304 thumbs up
November 6, 2014 - 7:41 pm
As long as the tiles do not have an organic coating they are exempt - but you still have to list them and indicate that they are exempt in an SC narrative. It's a good idea to provide a link to the cut sheet on-line so the review team can check if they want to.