Hi ,
I wanted to know if green tag ( an Australian rating ) acceptable instead of BIFMA / GREENGUARD , a furniture manufacturer which has greentag is claiming to us that LEED accepts this .
Thanks ,
Shuchita Gupta
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CI-2009 IEQc4.5: Low-Emitting Materials—Systems Furniture and Seating
Hi ,
I wanted to know if green tag ( an Australian rating ) acceptable instead of BIFMA / GREENGUARD , a furniture manufacturer which has greentag is claiming to us that LEED accepts this .
Thanks ,
Shuchita Gupta
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Andres Schwarz
PrincipalNRG-AR / Green Certification Consultants
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March 18, 2016 - 3:26 pm
Hi Shuchita. So far, there is no LEED Interpretation nor Global Alternative Compliance Path suggesting that Green Tag is equivalent to Greenguard. According to the credit's language, for Option 2, the manufacturer should be able to demonstrate that the indoor air concentrations are less than or equal to those listed on Table 1, by a procedure based on ANSI/BIFMA M7.1-2007and ANSI/BIFMA X7.1-2007 testing protocol conducted in an independent third-party air quality testing laboratory.
If the furniture manufacturer can demonstrate that Green Tag tests: 1) have been performed by the stated procedures, 2) by a third-party lab and 3) its emissions are equal or less of Table 1 levels, then you have a case. It would be wise to submit all required docs + a narrative showing credit's compliance.