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

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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

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

Custom wood base - offsite millwork finishes included?

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Vince Briones
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Hi all, Just seeking confirmation as a situation pertaining to hardwood floor base. Do finishes applied in an off-site millwork workshop to stain/seal hardwood used as finished wood base subsequently installed in the LEED project need to be logged for IEQc4.3 purposes? I don't see that distinguished in the credit or addenda language and assumed that off-site finishes would be included under SCAQMD VOC criteria in this case. Any thoughts/experience with this? thanks!

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Josh Jacobs
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Wed, 10/16/2013 - 12:21

This is tricky - typically if a finish is applied off-site, then it doesn't need to meet criteria spelled out in the low-emitting materials criteria (EQ c4s). But if a finish is applied to a piece of flooring prior to installation, then does that mean that the fundamental product (the floor) has essentially changed. If so, then that complete product would need to meet the criteria in EQ 4.3. Unfortunately I don't think that I have great direction for you on this area - as on a good portion of credits, it might come down to the view of the LEED reviewer.
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Tristan Roberts
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Wed, 10/16/2013 - 12:43

Vince, if the product is delivered to the jobsite prefinished, then the credit requirements here do not apply.
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Tristan Roberts
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Wed, 10/16/2013 - 13:03

I take it back.... Josh kindly contacted me offline to question my judgement here. The entire finished flooring product in this case would be subject to the credit requirements, which would indeed complicate matters. To avoid having to test the entire product, you could contact GBCI or submit a CIR and find out if application offsite of a compliant finish would meet the intent here.

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