My office is seeking LEED certification for CI v2. We used a wall covering manufactured by Maharam. When seeking low emissions test results, the tech team at maharam stated:
“Both Whisk and Luminous are vinyls and are known to emit VOC's.
We do not have VOC information for the patterns listed as we have not tested.”
Has anyone ever run into anything like this? What should be my next plan of action? Can we get the wall covering tested? Does this eliminate us from IEQc4.2?
Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
LEEDuser Expert
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July 12, 2010 - 10:44 pm
A wallcovering is not considered a paint or coating and so is not covered under IEQc4.2 or under any LEED-CI credit, for that matter. (Except indirectly, if you go with the air testing route for IEQc4.6.
Jenelle Shapiro
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May 21, 2020 - 4:31 pm
Tristan, does vinyl have to be considered for the wall panel considerations on LEEDv4?
Nadav Malin
CEOBuildingGreen, Inc.
LEEDuser Moderator
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May 22, 2020 - 10:56 am
Hi Jenelle,
Wall coverings are definitely included in the "wall panels" category for Low-emitting materials in v4/v4.1. So if you're trying to have that category count toward your point total in the credit, any wallcoverings would have to be tested for VOC emissions.