The question pertains to a specific carpet line that was manufactured by Bloomsburg Carpet in Bloomsburg, PA. Our project attempted this point in the CI version on the previous floor but was rejected on the grounds that the carpet was Green Label Certified by the CRI, but not Plus. Currently we are using 3 different carpets on the project. Two are manufactured by Lees and are Green Label Plus Certified. The third is as I said Bloomsburg Broadloom. The full line is Tuva Symmetry V840-2 / 15C&R Dove (Zeftron enviro 6ix Nylon 6). On the CRI Website I can see that this line did attain the Plus certification. After speaking with the president and owner of Bloomsburg Carpet, I was informed that after the testing was complete, the certification was awarded in early August of 2007, about the same time the carpet was being installed on our project. He also mentioned that the manufacturing process has not changed in the slightest from the time our carpet was manufactured to the point of certification. Does the time gap that occurred between the carpet being manufactured and the point of certification exclude us from attaining this point, even if the manufacturing process has not changed? Back up from the manufacturing company can be provided at your request.
In this circumstance, the carpet will be allowed with proper credit support documentation including: 1) Confirmation showing the CRI Plus certification for the Bloomsburg Tuva Symmetry carpet. 2) A letter from the manufacturer showing that the manufacturing process of the carpet installed on the project has not changed from the time of manufacture to point of CRI Plus certification. 3) Documentation that the CRI Plus test results are no more than 2 years old at the time of submission.