This credit requires that the manufacturing period must be within the certification period. I have a product that was tested to the ANSI/BIFMA requirements, and the form says to put the test date in for both the certification period earliest and latest dates. Since the testing was done over a 7 day period, the requirements of this credit form imply that they need to repeat the testing every 7 days to make sure the manufacture date is within the test date. This doesn't make sense. If a product has been tested but is not certified, there is no date range for the manufacturing to fall within, so how do I indicate compliance with this credit? Is there a standard date range for test result validity?
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Erica Downs
LEED ConsultantThe Green Engineer
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December 4, 2014 - 1:24 pm
Hi Nicole - the ANSI/BIFMA footnote in the form says "if a certification is not being used, report the single test date in both certification/test date columns." I think you're supposed to enter the same date in both columns. I think this assumes the actual product you are using has been tested and complies, and therefore only needs to be tested the one time.
Nicole Schuster
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December 4, 2014 - 4:40 pm
Hi Erica,
I saw that, but when I enter the same date into both columns the form gives me an error saying that the manufacturing period must occur within the certification period - which is impossible if the certification period is only one day - and it won't show the points as documented for that credit. If I follow the EPA ETV testing instructions and leave the second date column blank the form indicates that the points are documented, so maybe that will work...