How to classify Fire Proofing under v4/4.1?

Brian Salazar

President, LEED AP, WELL AP

Entegra Development & Investment, LLC

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November 15, 2020

I am working with a school district specifying a fire proofing that is dry-applied and made from Portland cement. Being as it is not wet-applied, and it is not a sealant or an insulator, am I to assume that this product is exdempt from Low Emitting criteria as well as CDPH Standard Method v1.1 and v1.2? Thanks

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Deborah Lucking

Director of Sustainability

Fentress Architects

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Sun, 11/29/2020 - 14:54

Brian, how is the product applied, and to what surfaces? I think the use may affect whether or not you have to report it.

Brian Salazar

President, LEED AP, WELL AP

Entegra Development & Investment, LLC

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Sun, 11/29/2020 - 15:07

Hi Deborah - It is a steel structural fireproofing, dry-applied spray. It's force-fed onto the steel at high velocity without solvents. And it's not considered insulation, tho I would imagine it has insulating properties of some kind.

Deborah Lucking

Director of Sustainability

Fentress Architects

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Mon, 11/30/2020 - 17:31

I am inclined to agree with you that it doesn't call into any of the categories that require reporting. There is also the exemption: "Product is an inherently nonemitting source of VOCs (stone, ceramic, powder-coated metals, plated or anodized metal, glass, concrete, clay brick, and unfinished or untreated solid wood) and has no binders, surface coatings, or sealants that include organic chemicals". This coating does NOT include organic chemicals, correct?