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What is assessed in terms of LEED, DGNB and BREEAM in the greenbuildingproducts.eu-declarations?

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LEED Materials and Resources (Materialien und Ressourcen) (LEED v4, 2015):

Credit 1: Building Life-Cycle Impact Reductions (Option 4: LCA) & Credit 2: BPDO – Environmental Product Declarations

  • Information about environmental product declarations (EPD)

Credit 3: BPDO – Sourcing of Raw Materials

  • Information about raw materials and closed loop and take back programs, SAN, FSC, reused materials and recycling content

Credit 4: BPDO – Material Ingredients

  • Information on ingredients and Cradle to Cradle, HPD, Green Screen, REACH

LEED Indoor Environmental Quality (Innenraumqualität) (LEED v4, 2015):

IEQ Credit 2: Low Emitting Materials:

  • Assessment of building products in terms of emissions (interior paints and coatings, as well as internal adhesives and sealants with regard to VOC content and a general emission evaluation, flooring and ceilings, walls, thermal and acoustic insulation with regard to a general emission evaluation, wood materials according to formaldehyde, furniture according to ANSI / BIFMA / CDPH

 

LEED Indoor Environmental Quality (LEED v3, 2009):

IEQ Credit 4.1 Low Emitting Materials – Adhesives and Sealants:

  • Assessment of VOC-content of adhesives and sealants according to the limits of SCAQMD (South Coast Air Quality Management District Rule #1168) und Green Seal Standard for Commercial Adhesives GS-11, GC03.

IEQ Credit 4.2 Low Emitting Materials – Paints and Coatings:

  • Assessment of VOC-content of paints and coatings according to the limits of SCAQMD (South Coast Air Quality Management District Rule #1113) and Green Seal Standard for Commercial Adhesives GS-36.

IEQ Credit 4.3 Low Emitting Materials – Flooring Systems:

  • Assessment of carpets, flooring, adhesives and coatings for flooring according to Green Label Plus des Carpet & Rug Institute (CRI), Floor Score Standard, SCAQMD (South Coast Air Quality Management District Rule #1113) und des Green Seal Standard for Commercial Adhesives GS-36, SCAQMD (South Coast Air Quality Management District Rule #1168) and Green Seal Standard for Commercial Adhesives GS-11, GC03, GS36.

IEQ Credit 4.4 Low Emitting Materials – Composite Wood and Agrifiber Products:

  • Assessment of urea-formaldehyd content of agrifiber products, e. g. MDF-boards, OSB-boards.

LEED Materials and Resources (LEED v3, 2009):

MR Credit 4: Recycled Content

  • Pre-consumer and post-consumer recycled content of materials according to ISO 14021.

MR Credit 5: Regional Materials

  • Location of extraction and manufacturing of materials.

MR Credit 6: Rapidly Renewable Materials

  • Fraction of rapidly renewable materials in the product (e. g. natural rubber, bambus, sheep wool, etc.).

MR Credit 7: Certified Wood

  • An FSC certification is required to secure sustainable sourcing.

 

DGNB Criterion 6 Risks for the local environment (DGNB 2012/2015):

Assessment in DGNB system according to the quality levels 1-4:

  • Assessment of paints, finishes, varnishes, laquer, sealants, coatings
  • anti-corrosive paints and coatings according to the VOC-content.
  • Assessment of epoxy-coatings and products according to GISCODE RE0, RE1, RE2, …) and VOC-content.
  • Assessment of polyurethan coatings according to GISCODE PU10, PU20, PU40, …) and VOC-content.
  • Assessment of bituminous products according to GISCODE BBP.
  • Assessment of plastic foams (PS-,PU-foam) for insulation according to the way of foeaming.
  • Assessment of plastic for windows, flooring or wall covering according to the content of toxic metalls.
  • Coatings and surface refinement of aluminum- or stainless steel of the facade containing chromium oxide.
  • Assessment of oil and wax products according to GISCODE Ö10-60.
  • Wooden products according the content of wood preservatives (GISCODE HSM-W).
  • Flooring adhesives according the VOC-content and EMICODE EC1 certification.

DGNB Criterion 8 Sustainable Resources (DGNB 2012/2015): 

Assessment in DGNB system according to the quality levels 1-3:

Statement of extraction of wooden products (tropical, subtropical, boreal, native) Statement of certification in terms of FSC or PEFC.

 

BREEAM HEA 02: Indoor air quality (BREEAM Int. 2016):

  • Evaluation of construction products with regard to emissions

BREEAM MAT 01: Life cycle impacts (BREEAM Int. 2016):

  • Information about environmental product declarations (EPD)

BREEAM MAT 03: Responsible sourcing of materials (BREEAM Int. 2016):

  • Information about “Responsible sourcing”, e.g. reused materials, FSC, ISO 14001 and others.

 

The detailed test criteria can be viewed or requested under the following links:

  • LEED v3 and LEED v4
  • BREEAM  Int. 2016
  • DGNB 2012 and DGNB 2015

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