Indoor Air Quality

Indoor Air Quality Standards and Resources

Indoor Air Quality Performance Standard (SCS-EC10.2-2007) is being revised and will be finalized in 2009.

SCS Indoor Advantage™ and SCS Indoor Advantage Gold™ certification for furniture and other indoor products, as well as FloorScore® indoor air quality certification for hard surface flooring, utilizes independent testing at these quality labs:

SCS partners with Berkeley Analytical
Berkeley Analytical Associates (BAA)
Richmond, CA

SCS and Eurofins
Eurofins Product Testing A/S
Denmark

Standards

SCS-EC-10.2-2007, Indoor Advantage standard on Indoor Air Quality Performance

DHS Standard Practice for Testing of VOCs from Building Materials using Small Chambers (More information about the DHS method)

California Section 01350

Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS) Reference Specifications for Energy and Resource Efficiency, Section 01350 Special Environmental Requirements, Indoor Air Quality

Indoor Air Quality emissions criteria for building products as specified in the USGBC Leadership Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating Systems

ISO Type 1 (14024) and Type 2 (14021) environmental labelling and declaration requirements

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims.