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MANAGEMENT Flooring for the maximum allowable emissions. However, 10 years later, these same scientists agree that measuring TVOC wasn’t a good indicator of potential health problems because of a lack of reliable health risk data on the mixtures or synergistic chemical eﬀects. Some of the early emissions test programs estab- lished in the United States (Carpet and Rug Institute Green Label Program and the Greenguard IAQ Program) were based on TVOC emissions. In reviewing the developments in VOC emission testing, the Resilient Floor Covering Institute concluded that future IAQ testing programs need speciﬁc and rigorous requirements to be widely accepted in the marketplace. ese include a focus on: • Individual VOC and not TVOC • VOC emission limits established by a governmental agency and based on health risk assessments • Testing by recognized independent laboratories, certiﬁcation by an independent third party • Transparent procedures available to the public. ese requirements for an IAQ program for hard-surface ﬂooring suggested that it would be best to base the program on the “Standard Practice for the Testing of Volatile Organic Emissions from Various Sources Using Small-Scale Environmental Chambers.” is producttesting protocol, commonly referred to as “California Section 01350,” was developed by the California Department of Health Services IAQ research staﬀ with input from other environmental scientists. e standard practice evaluates the acceptability of the estimated concentrations relative to Chronic Reference Exposure Level (CREL) guidelines for chronic, non-cancer exposures of the general population to airborne toxicants. CRELs are developed by the California Oﬃce of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment and are the pollutant concentrations that pose no signiﬁcant health risks to individuals, including sensitive subpopulations, who are indeﬁnitely exposed to these levels. CRELs are based solely on health considerations using the best available data in the scientiﬁc literature. FloorScore certi cation program introduced e Resilient Floor Covering Institute, in conjunction with Scientiﬁc Certiﬁcation Systems (SCS), introduced the FloorScore Certiﬁcation program in May 2005. It tests and certiﬁes hard-surface ﬂooring products for compliance with IAQ requirements developed and adopted in California. SCS is an internationally recognized third-party evaluation, testing and certiﬁcation organization. A ﬂooring 66 .PLANTSERVICES. O http://www.advance-us.com http://www.advance-us.com/industrial http://www.plantservices.com

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Plant Services - October 2007 Contents Monetize It Letters Step into the Blogosphere What it Takes to be a Leader Up and Running Crisis Corner What Works From the Summit Treat Them Right Access Control Out of the Woods Show Me, Don't Guess Condition Assessment Made Easy The Air Above the Floor Power to the Prime Movers In the Trenches Illuminating Maintenance

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