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Wed Apr 19, 2017, 4:35 pm

phases of project & VOCs

NC-2009 IEQc4.2:Low-Emitting Materials—Paints and Coatings
posted by  Debra a. Lombard  on 

we are a GC working on a project that is the renovation of a historic bldg and that renovation started a very long time ago '(about 3 yrs ago) and about a year before the project was registered for

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Mon Mar 27, 2017, 2:52 pm

Weld-Thru Primer

NC-2009 IEQc4.2:Low-Emitting Materials—Paints and Coatings
posted by  Celimar Fournier  on 

Our structural steel subcontractor is currently using a Sherwin Williams Weld-Thru Primer at the shop location. This is for anti-corrosive/rust purposes.

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Mon Mar 20, 2017, 1:58 am

Interior paint's VOC

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posted by  Magda Aghababyan  on 

According to Green Seal Standard GS-11, Paints, 1st Edition, May 20, 1993 the VOC limit for interior flat paint is 50 grams/liter of product minus water.

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Mon Mar 13, 2017, 5:04 am

Inverted Marking Paint

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posted by  Lawrence Lile  on 

I've got a contractor who is just wild about Inverted Marking Paint - orange spray paint that can spray upside down. This stuff is in no way LEED compliant.

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Wed Mar 1, 2017, 5:05 pm

Blackening process for steel?

NC-2009 IEQc4.2:Low-Emitting Materials—Paints and Coatings
posted by  Michelle Bombeck  on 

A project of ours is specifying blackened steel for some of the steel in our building.

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Tue Jan 24, 2017, 5:47 pm

Compliance to AIM regulations

NC-2009 IEQc4.2:Low-Emitting Materials—Paints and Coatings
posted by  Deborah Lucking  on 

We received a product submittal that claims "VOC compliant to current AIM regulations". The product is an "aliphatic acrylic-polyester polyurethane" (where have we seen this before?

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Wed Jan 18, 2017, 5:50 pm

VOC Content Reporting

NC-2009 IEQc4.2:Low-Emitting Materials—Paints and Coatings
posted by  Mario S.  on 

We are working on a LEED project outside the U.S. The datasheets received for the paints and coatings state the VOC content in g/L excluding water as per ISO 11890-2:2006.

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Tue Dec 20, 2016, 6:57 am

VOCs from treated wood used inside the weatherproofing

NC-2009 IEQc4.2:Low-Emitting Materials—Paints and Coatings
posted by  Debra a. Lombard  on 

LEED NC v2009 Comml Bldg Does LEED concern itself with VOCs from treated wood used inside the weatherproofing? If so, what are the VOCs limits for treated wood?

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Thu Oct 13, 2016, 8:28 pm

Hot link to South Coast website rule is broken

NC-2009 IEQc4.2:Low-Emitting Materials—Paints and Coatings
posted by  Harry Flamm  on 

Just a minor note that the link for "SCAQMD Rule 1113" listed above, to the left under Organizations in the Resources menu, no longer goes to the appropriate South Coast page.

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Wed Sep 21, 2016, 5:45 pm