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

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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

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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?

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

Rubber Wall Base and Carpet Cushion outside US

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Lise Dannesboe
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Hej! Our project is placed outside US and we would like to pursue credit IEQ 4.3. For most of the floor materials AgBB as European alternative is ok to document compliance with this credit. But this possibility does not seem to exist for Carpet Cushion and Rubber Wall Base, where CRI Green Label and FloorScore is required. How can be show compliance for these two materials out of US? Thanks.

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Tristan Roberts
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Sat, 07/26/2014 - 11:43

Juliane, I don't know what's behind that. I would suggest contacting GBCI to see if that's an oversight and if you could use AgBB, or if it's intentional.

Mon, 09/29/2014 - 16:12

Hi, I think that the carpet cushion needs to comply with the CRI Green Label program REQUIREMENTS and not necessarily be certified by them. Same for the hardfloors - respect the same levels as the Fllorscore standard or the Califormia Dept of health Services levels According to the Global ACPs(january 2 2014)it is posible to use EU testing for hardfloor surfaces ( but not for carpet cushion) to prove compliance with the California Dept of Health Services Standard Practice for Testing of VOC.

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