EMICODE est une marque déposée pour un système de classification pourles produits de pose, colles et produits de construction modernes, sans solvants et à faible émission.

Depuis 1997, la GEV (association allemande pour le contrôle des émissions des produits de pose) accorde ce label à des fabricants qui se soumettent régulièrement à des contrôles et examens de qualité stricts. EMICODE agit pour la protection du consommateur et de l‘environnement. Son objectif est de fournir les éléments permettant de porter un oeil critique et de choisir les produits biochimiques. Ce système de classification est destiné aux planificateurs, consommateurs et artisans, s‘adresse à tous types d‘entreprises et entretient un rapport de concurrence neutre.

Les catégories EMICODE sont reparties, selon la méthode de contrôle très stricte de la GEV et les critères de classification GEV, en 3 classes d’émissions.

De nombreux produits WAKOL satisfont aux exigences de la meilleure catégorie EMICODE EC1 PLUS. Ils sont pour cela soumis, tout au long de leur élaboration, a des contrôles techniques selon DIN EN ISO 9001:2015, tant au niveau des émissions que de leurs excellentes caractéristiques techniques.

FloorScore, developed by the Resilient Floor Covering Institute (RFCI) in conjunction with Scientific Certification Systems (SCS), tests and certifies hard surface flooring and flooring adhesive products for compliance with rigorous indoor air quality emissions requirements. Individual volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are evaluated using health-based specifications. Flooring and adhesives that earn FloorScore certification earn a legitimately enhanced market position, distinguished by the FloorScore certification label.

Under the FloorScore program, manufacturers must submit a written quality control plan, which includes strict requirements for supply chain management. This process strongly encourages the identification of chemical sources, helping manufacturers to develop materials specifications. By purchasing input materials with low concentrations of the target VOCs, manufacturers gain increasing confidence that their products will meet criteria for certification.

For details please see: https://rfci.com/floorscore/

Air Quality Seal complying products meet the indoor air emissions criteria of

• California Section 01350 Specification
• Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS)
• Indoor Advantage Gold™ certification
• FloorScore label for low emission resilient and hard floorings

California Section 01350 Specification
The Department of Health Services expanded several sub-sections of the indoor air quality part of Section 01350 through the development of a Standard Practice. Emission chamber tests are performed for VOCs and aldehydes after a 10 days Shelf life period, after (in total) 11, 12 and 14 days. The resulting air concentrations then are rated against the Chronic Reference Exposure Levels (CRELs ) concentrations published by the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment and procedures developed by the US EPA. Assuming that other products in an office or classroom may be sources of VOCs, CA Section 01350 compliance requires any products not to exceed one-half the allowable concentration limits.
For details please see: http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/GREENBUILDING/Specs/Section01350

Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS)
The Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS) Criteria includes a credit for low-emitting materials. Schools projects that specify and install products that meet Section 01350 can claim up to 4 points towards CHPS certification.
For details please see: www.chps.net

Indoor Advantage Gold™ certification
Building materials such as adhesives and sealants, paints and coatings, textiles and wall coverings, and composite wood, as well as classroom and office furniture systems, components and seating that earn this SCS certification meet the indoor air emission criteria of California 01350, the California Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Specifications For Open Panel Office Furniture, and LEED EQ 4.1, 4.2, 4.4, and 4.5.
For details please see: http://product-testing.eurofins.com

FloorScore®
FloorScore® IAQ certified flooring products meet the indoor air quality (IAQ) requirements of the Resilient Floor Covering Institute (RFCI).
For details please see: https://rfci.com/floorscore/

Indoor Environmental Quality specifications by LEED®, IEQ credit 4.1

There are VOC requirements for adhesives and sealants in the LEED® 2009 specifications for

• Commercial Interior
• New Construction
• Core and Shell
• Existing Buildings (in credit MR3)

These go for VOC content determination, where all volatiles are determined by weight loss after drying at 110 °C during 1h. Besides VOC, also water evaporates then. Therefore a water determination is added and all water is subtracted. Furthermore, all VOCs that are not relevant for ozone generation in ground-level atmosphere ("exempt compounds") are subtracted. Limit values are different per product group and application.

Some examples of limit values (Volatiles minus water minus exempt compounds):

• Flooring adhesives 50 g / l
• Rubber floor adhesives 60 g / l
• Wood floor adhesives 100 g / l
• Indoor sealants 250 g / l

For details please see: www.usgbc.org

The Californian South Coast Air Quality Management District, (SCAQMD) is based in Diamond Bar and covering Orange County and parts of Los Angeles, Riverside and San Bernadino counties. SCAQMD rules include limitation of VOC content a.o. in adhesives (rule 1168), and are referenced by LEED and other sustainable building ranking schemes in the world. Purpose of this limitation is to protect urban outside air against smog, especially against formation of ground level ozone. California Air Resources Board ARB offers a list with different VOC Limits for Architectural Coating categories that are valid in different California Districts, and a VOC calculator for achieving VOC content in agreement with their rules. There is no direct correlation between VOC content and the emission into indoor air over time. For that reason, LEED for schools and the US Green Building Initiative are specifying limit values for VOC emission into indoor air, mainly based on California Section 01350 specificatio.

For more information see aqmd.gov/

The Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) is a public agency that regulates the stationary sources of air pollution in the nine counties of California’s (San Francisco Bay Area: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, southwestern Solano, and southern Sonoma) and adopting air pollution regulations for the district. The Bay Area Air Quality Management District Rule Development Program develops regulations to improve air quality, meet federal and state air quality standards, reduce risk caused by emissions, and improve public health. The rules include limitation of VOC content a.o. in adhesives (regulation 8 rule 51).

For more information see https://www.baaqmd.gov/

Le gouvernail est le label de conformité en vigueur dans l‘Union européenne par lequel l‘équipement marin du produit concerné est conforme à la directive 2014/90/EU du conseil de la communauté européenne relative aux équipements marins (directive européenne relative aux équipements marins). Pour obtenir ce label, il est nécessaire de répondre aux normes anti-feu. Outre les contrôles définis par la CE, des examens supplémentaires sont requis. Ils doivent être effectués par un organisme notifié, par ex. selon un système de gestion de qualité conformément au module D. La gestion du gouvernail revient à l‘OMI, Organisation maritime internationale, une organisation sous tutelle des Nations unies. La déclaration de conformité se trouve sur www.wakol.de pour les produits correspondants.

Connected Systems: coordonner des solutions en système de Loba et Wakol. Grâce à une collaboration intensive et un échange d’expériences pour le développement es produits, nos produits sont soumis à un processus de contrôle parfaitement coordonné. Cela garantit une sécurité optimale lors de la pose.

Pour plus de détails, voir :
https://www.wakol.com/ca/produits-de-pose/connected-systems