Do you manufacture textile-based wall coverings or upholstery? If so, you may benefit from chemical emissions testing to demonstrate that your products emit low levels of VOCs. Building rating systems, such as LEED® for Schools, CHPS, and the ANSI National Green Building Standard, offer environmental credits for low-emitting wall coverings. Textile companies are turning to Berkeley Analytical to test their products by CDPH Standard Method Version 1.1 in order to support self declarations or to obtain third-party certification for textile wall coverings to SCS Indoor Advantage™ Gold and other programs that are applicable to these credits.
Commercial furniture manufacturers increasingly are pushing the requirements for testing of component products for VOC emissions upstream to their suppliers. As a substantial portion of the fabrics used with commercial furnishings are specified by interior designers, you may want to market this attribute to both manufacturers and designers. Berkeley Analytical can help you with screening level testing that meets the material substitution guidelines in the ANSI/BIFMA M7.1 protocol and can also provide full protocol compliance testing of your upholstery fabrics.
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