Hi, our project is installing porcelain tiles which are certified by eco label, green building council italia and singaporian green building. Will this meet the requirement of IEQc4.3 as it mentions all flooring to be Floorscore certified. Floorings certified by floorscore does not include porcelain tiles so is there any alternative compliance path in such a case ?
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Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
LEEDuser Expert
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January 19, 2014 - 11:50 pm
Neetika, mineral-based flooring such as tile is exempty from the Floorscore requirement, under a LEED addendum that was issued a couple years ago. There is more information on this under the FAQs above.
Neetika Parmar
Senior Engineer-Sustainable Development9 thumbs up
September 23, 2014 - 8:39 am
Thankyou ! :)
Hernando Miranda
OwnerSoltierra LLC
344 thumbs up
March 17, 2017 - 4:42 pm
As a clarification to this old question: the act of high-temperature firing to create a ceramic surface on a mineral-based floor "burns off" any VOCs. The temperature reached is high enough to destroy any organic material. It took years for LEED to get this right. But only treatments applied on-site are subject to LEED requirements. Such treatments might be surface sealers (coatings), grout sealers, joint sealants, and adhesives.