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NC-v4 EQc2:Low emitting materials

What happened to less than or equal to?

Hannah Fleck

President & Engineer

Gaia Blueprint

LEEDuser Premium Member

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U.S. and Canada

July 12, 2018

I am running into an issue that a Low VOC PVC Solvent Cement lists the VOC requirement as 510g/L. On LEEDv3 project I would have entered this in the template and been on my way (the threshold is 510 g/L). In the LEEDv4 Low Emitting Materials Calculator when I enter this into the calculator it shows that the design case is equal to the baseline case and therefore NOT compliant. What happened to less than or equal to? I don't know where I am going to find a PVC solvent cement that is under 510 g/L since that was the v3 standard. Thanks!

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Debra a. Lombard

Construction Administrator/ LEED AP

Bywater Woodworks, Inc.

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Thu, 07/12/2018 - 16:00

i've seen numerous times where a TDS or SDS lists a VOC but when you contact the mfgr you find out the actual VOC is slightly different. maybe contact them to confirm the latest actual VOC per EPA Std 24.

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