A floor is made of resin (quarz + concrete). The manufacturer declares that VOC are 0 and the safety datasheet declares the VOC are 0 according to the European directive 1999/13/CE “Council Directive 1999/13/EC of 11 March 1999 on the limitation of emissions of volatile organic compounds due to the use of organic solvents in certain activities and installations”

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/en/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A31999L0013

Can that be considered an “Inherently non-emitting source”?

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Amanda Lang

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Tue, 03/03/2020 - 23:36

A zero VOC claim is not enough to consider a material an "inherently non-emitting source". There are some great articles on BuildingGreen about what "0 VOC" is and is not. This one gives a good overview: https://www.buildinggreen.com/feature-shorts/why-zero-voc-was-never-enough

Francesco Passerini

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LEEDuser Basic Member

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Thu, 03/05/2020 - 08:37

Thanks, Amanda. The safety datasheet declares that also VOC (volatile carbon) is equal to 0. Does that help?

Amanda Lang

LEEDuser Basic Member

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Thu, 03/05/2020 - 20:55

No, it doesn't. The article explains why.

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