LEED 2009 IEQ Credits

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Author Message Lisa Goodwin Robbins, RA, CCS, LEED ap Senior Member Username: lgoodrob Post Number: 54 Registered: 08-2004 Posted on Wednesday, January 27, 2010 - 10:40 am:    It's "Update the Masters" week at my desk; hope you are all having fun too. I'm finding a few problems with the Arcom MasterSpec language and USGBC requirements for VOC limits, hope you can help me. MasterSpec refers to VOC limits as "calculated according to 40 CFR 59, Subpart D (EPA Method 24)." Not all the standards that LEED requires use this method for calculating VOCs. Since the goal of our project manual is to comply with LEED requirements, I am changing our language to require calculations as required by the specific standard required by LEED. EQ 4.2: Do Division 05 field applied zinc-rich primers need to comply with GC-03 (250 g/L)? LEED 2009 Reference Guide defines primers as different from paints. Table 1 refers to zinc rich primer limit 340 g/L, but this is from SCAQMD Rule 1113, which LEED does not require for either primers or paint for metal surfaces. What about galvanized touch-up paint? EQ 4.3: What is the VOC limit for tile grout? LEED 2009 Reference Guide requires compliance with SCAQMD Rule 1168, which includes tile adhesives, but not grout. These questions are not covered by the LEED 2009 Addenda, as yet. Eugene A. Groshong, Jr. (Unregistered Guest) Unregistered guest Posted on Wednesday, January 27, 2010 - 05:24 pm:    The SCAQMD rules use the same method of calculation as does the EPA (in 40 CFR 59, Subpart D). According to federal law the VOC content as calculated according to the EPA method must be printed on the label. For this reason MasterSpec has referenced the EPA requirement for the method of calculation, while they have cited the VOC content limits from the SCAQMD rules. Lisa Goodwin Robbins, RA, CCS, LEED ap Senior Member Username: lgoodrob Post Number: 57 Registered: 08-2004 Posted on Thursday, February 04, 2010 - 10:53 am:    I received a phone call back from Emily Kirk at the USGBC. Now that I have her direct line, I'm going to telephone with all my questions. The USGBC website remains impenetrable to me. EQ 4.2: Interior field applied paints applied to metal surfaces must indeed comply with GC-03 (250 g/L) when tested by EPA method 24. EQ 4.3: VOC limits for tile grout will not be collected for this credit, because they are not covered by SCAQMD Rule 1168. Emily suggests we require Green Label Plus or GreenGuard third party certification for tile grout products, but this is not required for LEED certification.