ALLOWABLE VOC LIMITS 1.
ALL ADHESIVES AND SEALANTS THAT ARE USED ON THE INTERIOR OF THE BUILDING (DEFINED AS INSIDE OF THE WEATHERPROOFING SYSTEM AND APPLIED ON SITE) SHALL COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE FOLLOWING REFERENCE STANDARDS: I) ADHESIVES, SEALANTS AND SEALANT PRIMERS: SOUTH COAST AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT (SCAQMD) RULE #1168. VOC LIMITS ARE LISTED IN THE TABLE BELOW AND CORRESPOND TO AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF JULY 1, 2005 AND RULE AMENDMENT DATE OF JANUARY 7, 2005. LISTED BELOW ARE THE SCAQMD VOC LIMITS: TABLE A: SCAQMD VOC LIMITS (SOURCE: LEED NC V3 REFERENCE GUIDE) VOC LIMIT [G/L LESS WATER] 50 50 100 60 50 65 50 50 50 70 100
ARCHITECTURAL APPLICATIONS INDOOR CARPET ADHESIVES CARPET PAD ADHESIVES WOOD FLOORING ADHESIVES RUBBER FLOOR ADHESIVES SUBFLOOR ADHESIVES CERAMIC TILE ADHESIVES VCT AND ASPHALT TILE ADHESIVES DRY WALL AND PANEL ADHESIVES COVE BASE ADHESIVES MULTIPURPOSE CONSTRUCTION ADHESIVES STRUCTURAL GLAZING ADHESIVES SPECIALTY APPLICATIONS PVC WELDING CPVC WELDING ABS WELDING PLASTIC CEMENT WELDING ADHESIVE PRIMER FOR PLASTIC
510 490 325 250 550
CONTACT ADHESIVE SPECIAL PURPOSE CONTACT ADHESIVE STRUCTURAL WOOD MEMBER ADHESIVE SHEET APPLIED RUBBER LINING OPERATIONS TOP & TRIM ADHESIVE SUBSTRATE SPECIFIC APPLICATIONS METAL TO METAL PLASTIC FOAMS POROUS MATERIAL (EXCEPT WOOD) WOOD FIBERGLASS SEALANTS ARCHITECTURAL NONMEMBRANE ROOF ROADWAY SINGLE-PLY ROOF MEMBRANE OTHER SEALANT PRIMERS ARCHITECTURAL NON POROUS ARCHITECTURAL POROUS OTHER
80 250 140 850 250
30 50 50 30 80
250 300 250 450 420
250 775 750
II)
AEROSOL ADHESIVES: GREEN SEAL STANDARD FOR COMMERCIAL ADHESIVES GS-36 REQUIREMENTS IN EFFECT ON OCTOBER 19, 2000.
TABLE B: GREEN SEAL VOC LIMITS (SOURCE: LEED NC V3 REFERENCE GUIDE) VOC WEIGHT IN GRAMS/LITER MINUS WATER 65% VOCS BY WEIGHT 55% VOCS BY WEIGHT
AEROSOL ADHESIVES GENERAL PURPOSE MIST SPRAY GENERAL PURPOSE WEB SPRAY SPECIAL PURPOSE AEROSOL ADHESIVES (ALL TYPES)
70% VOCS BY WEIGHT
2) PAINTS AND COATINGS ON THE INTERIOR OF THE BUILDING (DEFINED AS INSIDE OF THE WEATHERPROOFING SYSTEM AND APPLIED ON SITE) SHALL COMPLY WITH THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA: I) ARCHITECTURAL PAINTS, COATING AND PRIMERS APPLIED TO INTERIOR WALLS AND CEILINGS: DO NOT EXCEED THE VOC CONTENT LIMITS ESTABLISHED IN GREEN SEAL STANDARD GS-11, PAINTS, FIRST EDITION, MAY 20, 1993 FLATS: 50 G/L NON-FLATS: 150 G/L
II) ANTI-CORROSIVE AND ANTI-RUST PAINTS APPLIED TO INTERIOR FERROUS METAL SUBSTRATES: DO NOT EXCEED THE VOC CONTENT LIMIT OF 250 G/L ESTABLISHED IN THE GREEN SEAL STANDARD G03, ANTI-CORROSIVE PAINTS, SECOND EDITION, JANUARY 7, 1997. COATING TYPE GLOSS SEMI-GLOSS FLAT GRAMS/LITER MINUS WATER 250 250 250
III) CLEAR WOOD FINISHES, FLOOR COATINGS, STAINS, SEALERS, AND SHELLACS APPLIED TO INTERIOR ELEMENTS: DO NOT EXCEED THE VOC CONTENT LIMITS ESTABLISHED IN THE SOUTH COAST AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT (SCAQMD) RULE 1113, ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS, RULES IN EFFECT ON JANUARY 1, 2004. THE FOLLOWING LIST OF SCAQMD VOC LIMITS ARE EXAMPLES. REFER TO THE STANDARD FOR COMPLETE DETAILS.
COATINGS BOND BREAKERS CLEAR WOOD FINISH (VARNISH OR SANDING) WOOD LACQUER SEALERS CLEAR BRUSHING LACQUER CONCRETE CURING COMPOUNDS CONCRETE CURING COMPOUNDS (FOR ONLY ROADWAYAS AND BRIDGES) DRY-FOG COATINGS FIRE-PROOFING EXTERIOR COATINGS FIRE-RETARDANT COATING (CLEAR) FIRE-RETARDANT COATING (PIGMENTED) FLATS FLOOR COATINGS GRAPHIC ARTS (SIGN) COATINGS INDUSTRIAL MAINTENANCE (IM) COATINGS HIGH TEMPERATURE IM COATINGS ZINC-RICH IM PRIMERS JAPANS/FAUX FINISHING COATINGS MAGNESITE CEMENT COATINGS MASTIC COATINGS METALLIC PIGMENTED COATINGS MULTICOLOR COATINGS NONFLAT COATINGS NONFLAT HIGH GLOSS
VOC LIMIT [G/L LESS WATER] 350 275 275 275 100
350 150 350 650 350 50 50 500 100 420 100 350 450 300 500 250 50 50
PIGMENTED LACQUER PRETREATMENT WASH PRIMERS PRIMERS, SELAERS, UNDERCOATERS QUICK-DRY ENAMELS QUICK-DRY PRIMERS, SEALERS, UNDERCOATERS RECYCLED COATINGS ROOF COATINGS ALUMINUM ROOF COATINGS ROOF PRIMERS, BITUMINOUS RUST: PREVENTIVE COATINGS SHELLAC (CLEAR) SHALLAC (PIGMENTED) SPECIALTY PRIMERS STAINS STAINS (INTERIOR) SWIMMING POOL REPAIR COATINGS SWIMMING POOL OTHER COATINGS TRAFFIC COATINGS WATERPROOFING SEALERS WATERPROOFING CONCRETE, MASONRY SEALERS WOOD PRESERVATIVES (BELOW-GROUND) OTHER
275 420 100 50 100 250 50 100 350 100 730 550 100 100 250 650 340 100 100 100 350 350
STANDARD VOC LIMITS COATING LOW-SOLIDS COATING LIMIT VOCS (G/L) 27 PARTS PER BILLION
