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We Can Conduct Tests to Qualify Your Products for LEED Points & Distinguish Them as “Green” in the Marketplace |
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USGBC LEEDs
If your company manufactures any of these products, MAS can conduct testing to qualify those products for LEED points and distinguish them as “Green” in the marketplace.
Conformance with the applicable standards will also qualify that product for badging and promotion as a MAS Certified Green product. A summary of the testing requirements are provided in the table below, with links to the actual standards.
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Adhesives |
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Sealants |
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Paints |
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Coatings |
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Carpet Systems |
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Flooring Systems |
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Wood Products |
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Furniture |
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Credit |
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Compliance Testing Requirements |
LEED Points |
4.1 |
Adhesives & Sealants |
SCAQMD Rule 11681 or GS-362 |
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4.2 |
Paints & Coatings |
GS-113 or SCAQMD Rule 11134 |
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Carpet Systems |
CRI GLP5 |
1 |
4.4 |
Composite Wood & Laminate Adhesives |
No Urea-Formaldehyde6 |
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4.5 |
System Furniture and Seating |
GGI or EPA ETV7 or BIFMA M7.18 |
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Applicable to Adhesives, Sealants and Sealant Primers. Testing Req’d: South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) Rule #1168 amendment dated January 7, 2005.
http://www.aqmd.gov/rules/reg/reg11/r1168.pdf
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Applicable to Aerosol Adhesives. Testing Req’d: Green Seal Standard GS-36 requirements in effect on October 19, 2000.
http://www.greenseal.org/certification/standards/commercial_adhesives_GS_36.cfm
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Applicable to Topcoat Paints, Anti-Corrosive and Anti-Rust Paints. Testing Req’d: Green Seal Standard GS-11, Paints, Second Edition, May 12, 2008. Note: *Supersedes GC-03
http://www.greenseal.org/certification/standards/paints_and_coatings.pdf
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Applicable to All other Architectural Coatings, Primers and Undercoats. Testing Req’d: South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) Rule 1113, Architectural Coatings, rules in effect on January 1, 2004.
http://www.aqmd.gov/rules/reg/reg11/r1113.pdf
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Applicable to Broadloom Carpet, Backer and Adhesive. Testing Req’d: Carpet and Rug Institute’s Green Label Plus small chamber emission testing and product requirements. (Green Label Plus does not address backer or adhesive.) Carpet pad must meet or exceed CRI Green Label testing and product requirements. Carpet adhesive must meet the requirements of Credit 4.1.
http://www.carpet-rug.org/commercial-customers/green-building-and-the-environment/green-label-plus/index.cfm
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Testing Req’d: Documentation. Note: *Products covered by EQ Credit 4.5, Low-Emitting Materials, System Furniture and Seating shall be excluded from these requirements.
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Applicable to Systems Furniture defined as either a panel-based workstation comprised of modular interconnecting panels, hang-on components and drawer/filing components or a freestanding grouping of furniture items and their components that have been designed to work in concert. Seating is defined as task and guest chairs used with systems furniture. Note:*Furniture other than systems furniture and task and guest chairs used with systems furniture is defined as occasional furniture and is excluded from the credit requirements. Testing Req’d: Greenguard or U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) Large Chamber Test Protocol for Measuring Emissions of VOCs and Aldehydes (September 1999) or the ANSI/BIFMA M7.1 Standard Test Method For Determining VOC Emissions From Office Furniture Systems, Components And Seating (2007).
http://www.epa.gov/etv/pubs/07_vp_furniture.pdf
http://www.bifma.org/documents/M71_1Sep05.pdf |
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