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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?

The credit requirements are allowed to exempt unfinished wood flooring from the credit requirements, but wood flooring is almost always finished. This is confusing!

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

Wood decking

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Heather Holdridge
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Lake|Flato Architects
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I recently received LEED review team comments on this credit.  We have interior "bridge" walkways that include wood decking on the underside.  The LEED review team asked us to include this material in our documentation.  We left it out because it is not the walk surface.  They are in the interior of the building though.  Should we include them in this credit or did the LEED review team misunderstand the application of the material?  Please advise -- Thanks!

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Deborah Lucking
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Fentress Architects
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Mon, 05/04/2020 - 16:29

Heather, Hmm. If this was a v4 project I would infer that the wood decking is a ceiling surface.
But as it is under v2009, was the reviewer asking about the wood itself, or any coating applied to the wood? 
   
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Heather Holdridge
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Lake|Flato Architects
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Mon, 05/04/2020 - 17:07

Here is the comment: The documentation provided in the Materials and Resources credits includes flooring materials that have not been included on the form for this credit (Wood Decking from Unalam)
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Deborah Lucking
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Fentress Architects
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Mon, 05/04/2020 - 20:46

Sounds like a misunderstanding. I would contact them via the "Feedback" option on LEED Online. You might be able to clear it up that way.   
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Debra a. Lombard
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Bywater Woodworks, Inc.
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Tue, 05/05/2020 - 21:37

you can also try emailing them at: leedcoach@usgbc.org and mention project ID/name and describe issue. 

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