Synthetic Gymnasium Flooring

Keith, This is a good question. I think most people would call it a resilient flooring product. It seems like McGraw Hill would call it a resilient flooring product too: http://products.construction.com/Manufacturer/Robbins-Sports-Surfaces-NST297/products/Pulastic--Polyurethane---Rubber-Resilient-Athletic-Flooring-NST6087-P That being said, it won't be eligible for FloorScore so you might want to try to see if it can comply with the Floor Coating requirement of 420 g/L and then submit with that approach. Lauren

According to addenda released July 19th, 2010, the VOC limit for Floor Coatings is now 100 g/L. We are also using a resilient floor covering and are unclear as to why resilient flooring is not eligible for Floorscore. Could you please provide insight on this? Our product does comply with the Floor Coating requirement of 100 g/L. Do you have an update as to whether IEQc4.2 - Floor Coatings - is the appropriate way to classify a resilient flooring product?

A resilient flooring product clearly falls under IEQc4.3. I wasn't aware that it can't be FloorScore-certified. Many of the certified products listd on SCS's site, for example, are resilient flooring.

Remember that the requirement for low-emitting flooring is also simply to show that the product meets the CA 01350 requirements. This does not require any third-party certification. Also, if the floor coating is put on to the floor prior to it being brought to the building site it is considered part of the product and needs to be proven low-emitting through the overall product testing methodology. If it is applied on-site, then it can comply with the VOC content requirements of EQc4.2 or be shown to be low-emitting through compliance with CA 01350 requirements.

It looks like the term "resilient flooring" might be not 100% clear. In terms of LEED EQc4.3 this means solid flooring such as vinyl, linoleum, rubber, cork etc flooring. These may be supplied in rools or as tiles. All of these can be FloorScore certified if VOC emissions comply with CA standard 01350. Floor coating brought on-site is different as Josh just described. Mostly such coatings are not regarded resilient flooring (EQc4.3) but coating (EQc4.2).