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

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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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CI-2009 IEQc4.3:Low-Emitting Materials—Flooring Systems

Floorscore versus Greenguard

I have a solid wood flooring vendor (Shaw) who claims that they do not have Floorscore but they do have Greenguard (usually used for furniture). Does anyone know if LEED would accept Greenguard in lieu of Floorscore for IEQ C4.4?

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Josh Jacobs
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Tue, 03/13/2012 - 12:34

USGBC has accepted the GREENGUARD Children & Schools certification as showing compliance to the CA 01350 requirements.
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Jonathan Weiss
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Wed, 05/30/2012 - 21:08

Just to clarify - can we mix and match? If we find one FloorScore product and another GreenGuard product, can we use both? And can we mix that with our CRI green labels for Carpet? Or do we need to do all or nothing?

Wed, 05/30/2012 - 21:12

Hi Jonathan, Yes, either works. Each product can comply one way or the other. For simplicity on your end, choosing one route might be easier logistically but either works.
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Scott Adams
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Wed, 06/13/2012 - 19:18

Be aware that there is a difference between Greenguard and Greenguard Children and Schools. Greenguard Children and Schools will be accepted but standard Greenguard will not.

Fri, 06/22/2012 - 18:30

Thanks for clarifying, Scott.

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