We are installing wood flooring on our project and it is manufactured in Italy. As they do not have floor score certification - How can this product be documented? Their website says all their products meet formaldehyde standards as per Japanese main standard. Here's the web link of their certifications.
http://www.stile.com/Stile/certificazioni.aspx
All the remaining products on the project meet the standards. Not sure how to document this wood floor? Can anyone please advise.
Josh Jacobs
Technical Information & Public Affairs ManagerUL Environment
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January 27, 2012 - 2:58 pm
The flooring doesn't have to meet Floorscore - that is a compliance path. The flooring needs to show compliance to the CA 01350 criteria (which is what Floorscore's requirements are) and that requires showing the minimization of 35 chemicals. Formaldehyde is one of those chemicals, but it isn't the only one. If they are referring to the Japanese F Star program levels then they have multiple different levels of formaldehyde compliance and the testing, modeling and criteria is very different from the CA 01350/Floorscore way of doing things.
Sheela I
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January 27, 2012 - 3:28 pm
Thank You Josh! Yes it is Japanese F Star program and their products are rated F (4) stars. which means the products have less than 0.3g/l. can we still document the flooring for the credit as a special circumstance?
Lauren Sparandara
Sustainability ManagerGoogle
LEEDuser Expert
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January 27, 2012 - 3:29 pm
Sheela,
If it is solid wood flooring it does not need to be tested and it does not need to be FloorScore. See above for the credit description. However, if it is an engineered wood product then you would need to make sure it was FloorScore or that it showed compliance with CA 01350.
Check out this link for an example of other FloorScore engineered wood products: http://www.scscertified.com/products/index.php
Sheela I
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January 30, 2012 - 11:58 am
Thanks Lauren. Where can i find the requirements for CA standards?
Lauren Sparandara
Sustainability ManagerGoogle
LEEDuser Expert
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February 3, 2012 - 10:18 am
Hi Sheela,
You should be able to find the requirements for testing in the Reference Guide.
"All flooring products must meet the testing and product requirements of the California Department of Public Health Standard Practice for the Testing of Volatile Organic Emissions from Various Sources Using Small-Scale Environmental Chambers, including 2004 Addenda. Mineral-based finish flooring products such as tile, masonry, terrazzo, and cut stone without integral organic-based coatings and sealants and unfinished/untreated solid wood flooring qualify for credit without any IAQ testing requirements. However, associated site-applied adhesives, grouts, finishes and sealers must be compliant for a mineral-based or unfinished/untreated solid wood flooring system to qualify for credit."