Can a flooring system be tested using the latest version of CDPH test method and still comply to NC 2009?
NC 2009, option 2, demands that all flooring products meet the testing requirements of California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Standard Practice for the Testing of Volatile Organic Emission from Various Sources Using Small-Scale Environmental Chambers, including Addenda 2004, also known as "Section 01350".
Healthcare 2009 requires all hard surface flooring must be tested method according to CDPH Standard Method for the Testing and Evaluation of Volatile Organic Chemical Emissions from Indoor Sources Using Environmental Chambers, Version 1.1 (2010).
In 2010, CDPH updated the 2004 Standard Practice and informed that this 2010 update supersedes prior versions. Therefore, does a flooring system tested by 2010 test method comply to NC 2009?
Susan Walter
HDRLEEDuser Expert
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August 4, 2011 - 3:12 pm
When LEED references a particular year of a standard, that year's standard stay in place until LEED is updated and not the standard. We only need to go to the newer version of this test standard if we are working in LEED-HC. NC 2009 or v3 stay with the 2004 version of the test.