We are submitting a CIR for compliance based on the following argument: No new carpets have been installed in the office - we have reused 4392ft2 of the original 6114ft2 of carpet (72% reuse), laid 463ft2 of organic marmoleum flooring (comprising 96% renewable materials) in wet areas using a solvent free adhesive (UltraBond Eco 540) with a VOC content of 0.5g/L (well below the maximum allowance of EQ4.1 of 50g/L) and stripped away the remaining 1,259ft2 of carpet to expose the concrete beneath for a natural feel in the office foyer. We believe this approach meets the three requirements for the credit, which we will address in a twofold manner - firstly the floor covering (marmoleum) and secondly the reused carpet. The marmoleum is certified under the Australian Ecolabel Program\'s Good Environmental Choice Standard for Floor Coverings. This standard stipulates even more stringent criteria for TVOCs (0.5 mg/m2h at the time of unpackaging) than the CRI Green Label Plus Program\'s criteria of 0.5 g/m2h after 24 hours. Therefore, this material exceeds the first credit requirement for Volatile Organic Compounds. The remaining two requirements are met as A) there is no carpet pad under the marmoleum and B) the marmoleum has been installed using a solvent free adhesive (UltraBond Eco 540) with a VOC content of 0.5g/L (well below the maximum allowance of EQ4.1 of 50g/L). The reused carpet was installed in November 2004 for the previous tenant and kept for the duration of their 3 year lease, making it three years old at the time of our office fitout. The Carpet Institute of Australia states that new carpet VOC emissions fall to less than 1% of the initial value within 96 hours of installation. We argue, therefore, that our three year old carpet has entirely off-gassed innate VOCs (i.e. has a TVOC content of 0.0g/m2h) and that its reuse is exceeding the first credit requirement for Volatile Organic Compounds. The remaining two requirements are met as A) there is no new carpet pad installed and B) there is no new carpet adhesive installed and as all carpet padding and adhesives are three years old, they too have a TVOC content of 0.0g/m2h.