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EBOM-2009 SSc2:Building Exterior and Hardscape Management Plan

SS c2 Building Exterior Cleaning

We have procured certain eco-friendly products for the exterior cleaning of our facades and windows. Moreover those products are manufactured in a laboratory based in India and they do not have any Green Seal certification for the particular products. However the laboratory in the MSDS has stated that the product is eco-friendly and that the properties are well within the OSHA standards. Is it possible to meet the credit requirement by utilizing these products or should we raise a CIR saying that this product meets the Green Seal standard and then proceed with the documentation? Kindly clarify. Regards, Hadrian Vivek

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Wed, 12/10/2014 - 23:44

Hi Hadrian, Unfortunately the product must be labeled by one of the approved sustainability standards to comply with this credit. I think it’s unlikely that a CIR would result in USGBC/GBCI ruling that the product is compliant based on the claims of the manufacturer, since the idea is that the product would go through the rigorous assessment required by the various third party standards, and USGBC/GBCI doesn’t have the ability to do this assessment. It sounds like your project might be located outside the US. Perhaps you can find a product that carries one of the approved global ecolabels? EU Ecolabel Nordic-ecolabel (swan) Eco Mark (Japan) Blue Angel (Germany) The Thai Green Label Scheme (Thailand) Environmental Choice New Zealand Environmentally Friendly Label (Hungary)

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