Worsktation requirements

No, this is not enough information to allow the determination of compliance with this credit.

IEQ c4.5 requires fully assembled "systems furniture" to meet the maximum VOC emission limits. Greenguard certification of the fully assembled "panels" may be sufficient for those parts of the workstations, but the remaining parts of the workstations must also be demonstrated compliant when fully assembled (either by Greenguard certification or by testing per the ANSI/BIFMA standards).

If you have work surfaces (e.g. desk tops, table tops) or other parts of the workstation constructed with particleboard and partially or fully covered with Greenguard certified laminate, it is very likely there is adhesive present between the particleboard and laminate. A proper test of the fully assembled work surface (or other component) would address the potential VOC emissions from all sources present (e.g., particleboard wood substrate, adhesives, any uncovered particleboard edges or grommet holes, etc.). It is also possible that some surfaces of the particleboard (such as the bottom of the work surface) are covered with something other than the certified laminate, and other materials may be present in drawer bodies, inside cabinet structures, etc.

Further, the requirements for Greenguard certified laminate may not ensure that an entire workstation covered with the laminate would always comply with the requirements of this credit. Importantly, this credit calls for compliant furniture, not compliant laminate, fabric, particleboard, or other single materials tested or certified alone.

NAUF particleboard may still contain or emit VOCs (other than formaldehyde) at significant levels. You do not need particleboard certified compliant alone to this credit, but you do need a claim of compliance for all of the fully assembled systems furniture components.

I concur with Randy's statements above. One thing to note is that a product that has the described attributes (pieces are certified/pass requirements, but not all) should not be marketing itself as showing compliance. With most of the certification programs that show compliance to this criteria you are able to check on a free online product guide to see/ensure that the complete product that you are specing or purchasing is certified. If you are using a test report, the report should tell you specifically what was certified.