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

How do I handle a polished concrete floor?

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

carpet tile adhesive tabs

Elizabeth Eason

LEED Fellow

Elizabeth Eason Architecture

LEEDuser Basic Member

8 thumbs up

October 4, 2016

We have carpet tiles attached to the floor with adhesive tabs at the corners rather than with a fluid adhesive. Are the adhesive tabs to be listed in the adhesives and sealants table?

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John-David Hutchison, LEED AP BD+C, PMP

Sustainability Manager

BGIS

LEEDuser Expert

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Wed, 10/05/2016 - 12:51

I would assume yes, but to start, is the carpet tile CRI certified? If the answer is yes, then the adhesive used and supplementary documentation should be readily available from the manufacturer.

LEEDuser Expert

472 thumbs up

Wed, 10/05/2016 - 13:54

John-David - The answer is definitively yes. See http://www.leeduser.com/comment/redirect/28195 in LEED-NC v2.2 by Hernando Miranda.

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