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If I have no flooring products in the scope of my project, can I earn this credit?

How do I handle a polished concrete floor?

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

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Hello, I would to know about nylon carpets or rugs, I know that natural fibers are better than man made fibers. I have a project where the architect decided to put a nylon carpet, is it all right for leed? or I better look for a natural fiber. Thank you

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Fri, 02/03/2012 - 23:31

Hi Dario, The credit only requires that -- for the carpet component of the credit, you ensure that it is CRI Green Label Plus. There are man made fiber carpets that meet these requirements. For instance, all Bentley Prince Street carpets meet these requirements: http://www.bentleyprincestreet.com/Default.aspx Natural fibers may make sense for other reasons for your project, which may include your sustainability goals beyond those of LEED. InterfaceFLOR produces an LCA analysis for all of their products: https://www.interfaceflor.eu/internet/web.nsf/webpages/622_EU.html

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