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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

On a renovation, should flooring that is previously installed be subject to the credit requirements?

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!

I have an international project and my flooring products aren’t tested using any of the above standards. How can I tell if they still comply?

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

Wood wallbase

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Devani PERERA
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Has anyone seen a floorscore for wood wall base? We have awood wallbase that is manufactured by the millwork contractor. Would we have to ask for special testing of the product to validate this product?

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Mon, 04/13/2015 - 15:18

No, special testing is not required, however, you will need to supply VOC content for any stain/paint/laquer used to finish the wall base, as well as adhesive if one is used to attached the wall base to the wall/flooring.
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Devani PERERA
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Tue, 04/14/2015 - 14:30

Thank you for this quick response. On other projects, the review team has asked me to systematically provide floorscore certificate for all wallbase. I did not realise that this was not applicable to wood wallbase. Is it stated in the reference guide or another document? If the stain / paint or laquer is applied off site do we still have to provide/verify the VOC content?

Tue, 04/14/2015 - 14:37

If you purchased pre-manufactured wood wall-base, you would be required to provide Floorscore ( or other proof), but as your team is making it, it is not necessary. If the stain / paint or laquer is applied off site, it would still be used on site for touch-ups. As well, you should lessen your VOC amounts for the workers applying the materials off site.

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