PLANNING & DESIGN
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PLANNING & DESIGN
FloorScore™Our Commercial Resilient Floors Are FloorScore™ Certified and Comply with LEED Credit EQ4.3.
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The USGBC approves hard surface flooring products certified by the FloorScore program as an alternative compliance path to
achieve credit in the LEED Rating System for New Construction.
In an October 2006 credit interpretation ruling, USGBC approved FloorScore program certified hard surface flooring products
as an alternative compliance path to LEED credit EQ4.3 Low-Emitting Materials: Carpet Systems. To achieve the LEED credit,
a minimum of 25% of the finished floor area (both carpet and non-carpet areas) of a building must be comprised of non-carpet
floor products, and all of these non-carpet floor products must be FloorScore certified. This alternative credit is available
in LEED rating systems NC, CI, C&S and EB. More …
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Applicable Products for Credit EQ4.3 Low-Emitting Materials
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COLORETTE™
GRANETTE™
LINORETTE™
MARMORETTE™
UNI WALTON™
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COMMISSION® Plus
Connection CORLON®
MEDINTECH®
MEDINTECH Tandem®
PERSPECTIVES™
POSSIBILITIES® Petit Point™
ROYAL™
SAFEGUARD™
SAFEGUARD Spa™
TIMBERLINE®
TRANSLATIONS™
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ARTEFFECTS®
EXCELON® Companion Square
EXCELON Feature Tile & Strip
EXCELON Stonetex
Imperial Texture
SAFETY ZONE™ SDT™
Standard EXCELON
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About LEED
The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System™ is the nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction, and operation of high performance
green buildings. LEED promotes a whole-building approach to sustainability by recognizing performance in key areas of human
and environmental health including indoor environmental quality.
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About the USGBC
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) is a non-profit composed of leaders from every sector of the building industry working to promote buildings that are environmentally responsible,
profitable and healthy places to live and work. Member organizations and regional chapters are united in their mission to
transform the building industry towards sustainability.
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About FloorScore™
The FloorScore program, developed by the Resilient Floor Covering Institute (RFCI) in conjunction with Scientific Certification Systems (SCS), tests and certifies resilient flooring products for compliance
with the volatile organic compound emissions criteria of the California Section 01350 program. Floors bearing the FloorScore
seal are recognized as contributing to good indoor air quality in order to protect human health.
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