I have an indoor football practice facility under review. The facility consists of a covered football field and a "head house" containing toilets, training rooms, etc.). The contractor provided data on all of the flooring systems in the head house, but not for the practice field where there is no "floor". The field has a synthetic grass surface (FieldTurf) over a drainage fill of sand and gravel. The reviewer has stated that this material covers the major part of the facility and has requested that we provide data. However, since it is neither a carpet nor a resilient flooring, we aren't sure what we're supposed to comply with. Has anyone out there had any experience with this?

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Kristina Bach

VP of Innovation

Sustainable Investment Group

LEEDuser Basic Member

110 thumbs up

Thu, 07/21/2016 - 16:03

I've had this come up on projects before. Greenguard does have a specific category/certification for Synthetic Turf, so a product which has been certified Greenguard Gold would qualify. Otherwise, you would need the documentation from the manufacturer confirming that the product has been tested and meets the requirements of Option 2 (CA Dept. of Health Services route). My experience was that very few artificial turf manufacturers have that certification/testing documentation and so it was something we had to be very careful about specifying/reviewing prior to anything being installed.

David Browne

Architect

CRA Associates, Inc.

LEEDuser Premium Member

5 thumbs up

Fri, 07/22/2016 - 14:04

Thanks, Kristina. I had no luck finding that category on the Greenguard Gold website, so maybe no materials have been tested/certified yet. The manufacturer was able to provide several tests done by laboratories, mainly in Canada, that indicated no detectable levels of VOCs. I'm submitting those under the alternative compliance path and keeping my fingers crossed.

Lyle Axelarris

Building Enclosure Consultant

BPL Enclosure

LEEDuser Basic Member

58 thumbs up

Thu, 03/16/2017 - 03:24

David, did your ACP work? I have a synthetic turf project and I'd like to know what certification applies. Thanks

David Browne

Architect

CRA Associates, Inc.

LEEDuser Premium Member

5 thumbs up

Thu, 03/16/2017 - 13:50

Lyle, Afraid not. Fortunately, we had enough points elsewhere to get the project certified without that credit. I have reached out to the manufacturer about pursuing Greenguard Gold certification for their products, but I'm not holding my breath.

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