January 13, 2022

Flooring Adhesives for LEED v4 Low Emitting Materials

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by Lauren Richardson
Sustainability Associate at Green Badger
GBCI Pro Reviewer

Highlighting construction flooring adhesives that will help you earn LEED v4/v4.1 low emitting materials credits.

Bellow you’ll find a variety of flooring adhesives from multiple manufacturers that you can use to get your LEED low emitting credit.

While we normally suggest that project teams ignore adhesives and sealants when tracking IEQc2 Low Emitting Materials credit, we know some teams will still go for it. We suggest that you punt completely on Adhesives and Sealants, for 3 reasons.

First, it’s the category that has the most products. You’re dealing with at least 20 all from different subcontractors. Second, from our experience, it has the least number of compliant products in the market place. Manufacturers just are not getting all of these products tested against the CDPH standard. Third, you’re going through dozens of submittals to get them all. The categories we suggest targeting can all be completed (in most cases) from individual submittals, and can likely be knocked out by 3 different subcontractors. For more advice on how to earn IEQc3 Low Emitting Materials for LEED, check out Green Badger’s Ultimate Guide to LEED v4 and v4.1 Construction.

But for those of you still brave enough to track adhesives and sealants, here are some plumbing adhesive and sealant products to get you started. All of the products listed bellow (and many more not listed) are searchable within Green Badger’s product database. To learn more about how Green Badger can streamline and automate your LEED documentation process, schedule a demo with us today.

Low Emitting Flooring Adhesives

Just a handful of LEED complaint flooring adhesive products available in Green Badger’s material database.

Armstrong S-599 Adhesive

Armstrong: S-599 Adhesive
Compliance: CDPH17
Type: Flooring Adhesive

Armstrong	S-202 Static Dissipative Tile Adhesive

Armstrong: S-202 Static Dissipative Tile Adhesive
Compliance: CDPH17
Type: Flooring Adhesive

Armstrong	S-315 Roll Strong

Armstrong: S-315 Roll Strong
Compliance: CDPH17
Type: Flooring Adhesive

Armstrong S-780 Linoleum Adhesive

Armstrong: S-780 Linoleum Adhesive
Compliance: CDPH17
Type: Flooring Adhesive

Chapco	Safe Set 10

Chapco: Safe Set 10
Compliance: CDPH17
Type: Flooring Adhesive

Chapco	Safe-Set 400

Chapco: Safe-Set 400
Compliance: CDPH17
Type: Flooring Adhesive

Chapco Safe-Set 299 Vinyl Tile Adhesive

Chapco: Safe-Set 299 Vinyl Tile Adhesive
Compliance: CDPH17
Type: Flooring Adhesive

Chapco Safe-Set 4 Cove Base Adhesive

Chapco: Safe-Set 4 Cove Base Adhesive
Compliance: CDPH17
Type: Flooring Adhesive

Custom Building Products	ProLite Premium Large Format Tile Mortar

Custom Building Products: ProLite Premium Large Format Tile Mortar
Compliance: CDPH17
Type: Mortar

Custom Building Products CEG-IG 100% Solids Industrial Grade Epoxy Grout grout 40 cdph17 Grout

Custom Building Products: CEG-IG 100% Solids Industrial Grade Epoxy Grout
Compliance: CDPH17
Type: Grout

Custom Building Products	Prism Color Consistent Grout

Custom Building Products: Prism Color Consistent Grout
Compliance: CDPH17
Type: Grout

Forbo	Sustain Adhesive

Forbo: Sustain Adhesive
Compliance: CDPH17
Type: Flooring Adhesive

Forbo	FRT 950 Flotex  Tile Adhesive

Forbo: FRT 950 Flotex Tile Adhesive
Compliance: CDPH17
Type: Flooring Adhesive

Forbo	L910w adhesive

Forbo: L910w adhesive
Compliance: CDPH17
Type: Flooring Adhesive

Forbo	L 885 Adhesive

Forbo: L 885 Adhesive
Compliance: CDPH17
Type: Flooring Adhesive

Laticrete	Tri-Lite

Laticrete: Tri-Lite
Compliance: CDPH17
Type: Multi-Purpose Mortar

Laticrete	Permacolor

Laticrete: Permacolor
Compliance: CDPH17
Type: Grout

Mapei	Ultrabond Eco 901

Mapei: Ultrabond Eco 901
Compliance: CDPH17
Type: Flooring Adhesive

Mapei	Ultrabond Eco 373

Mapei: Ultrabond Eco 373
Compliance: CDPH17
Type: Flooring Adhesive

Mapei	Ultrabond ECO 360

Mapei: Ultrabond Eco 360
Compliance: CDPH17
Type: Flooring Adhesive

Roppe Excelsior EW-710 Flooring Adhesive

Roppe: Excelsior EW-710 Flooring Adhesive
Compliance: CDPH17
Type: Flooring Adhesive

Roppe	Excelsior USD-810 Epoxy Modified Urethane Adhesive

Roppe: Excelsior USD-810 Epoxy Modified Urethane Adhesive
Compliance: CDPH17
Type: Flooring Adhesive

Roppe	Excelsior EN-610 Epoxy Nose Filler

Roppe: Excelsior EN-610 Epoxy Nose Filler
Compliance: CDPH17
Type: Flooring Adhesive

Roppe	Excelsior AW-510 Acrylic Wet-Set Adhesive

Roppe: Excelsior AW-510 Acrylic Wet-Set Adhesive
Compliance: CDPH17
Type: Flooring Adhesive

Seal Bond	95 ACCESS FLOORING PEDESTAL ADHESIVE

Seal Bond: 95 ACCESS FLOORING PEDESTAL ADHESIVE
Compliance: CDPH17
Type: Flooring Adhesive

Shaw	5100 Carpet Adhesive

Shaw: 5100 Carpet Adhesive
Compliance: CDPH17
Type: Flooring Adhesive

Tarkett 946 Premium Contact Adhesive

Tarkett: 946 Premium Contact Adhesive
Compliance: CDPH17
Type: Flooring Adhesive

Tarkett	959 Adhesive

Tarkett: 959 Adhesive
Compliance: CDPH17
Type: Flooring Adhesive

TEC Permaflex 300 LHTMortar

TEC: Permaflex 300 LHT Mortar
Compliance: CDPH17
Type: Mortar

WF Taylor	Meta Tec 2071 Tuff Lok Wood Flooring Adhesive

WF Taylor: Meta Tec 2071 Tuff Lok Wood Flooring Adhesive
Compliance: CDPH17
Type: Flooring Adhesive

Wilsonart H2O Water Based Contact Adhesive

Wilsonart: H2O Water Based Contact Adhesive
Compliance: CDPH17
Type: Contact Adhesive

XL Brands	Pressure Sensitive Adhesive Stix 2230

XL Brands: Pressure Sensitive Adhesive Stix 2230
Compliance: CDPH17
Type: Laminating Adhesive

Using a LEED submittal cover sheet:

There are some pretty easy best practices that can really facilitate the documentation for materials and even low-emitting products.

Here’s one that you think would be commonplace, but at least in this Badger’s neck of the woods (literally), we don’t see all that frequent – using a required LEED Submittal Cover Sheet for all subcontractors. By having a coversheet, where you require the subcontractor to provide cost and any relevant LEED data (recycled content percentages, distance from extraction and manufacture, VOC content, etc), you get all this information upfront. Or reject the submittal and send it back. Pretty straightforward! Download your free LEED v4.1 product submittal coversheet bellow.

Download your free Product Data Submittal Coversheet for LEED v4.1

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