Product: Taralay Premium Comfort

Gerflor Australasia Pty Ltd

Achievements:

Health & Ecotoxicity

• Best Practice PVC Certified
• Low VOC levels
• No Toxicity Issues of Concern

LCA

Life Cycle Analysis - Water

• Water footprint available

Life Cycle Analysis - Resources

• Designed for recycling or reuse

Life Cycle Analysis - Greenhouse Gas

• Carbon footprint available

Corporate Social Responsibility

• ≤10 year warranty
• Complies with Australian law
• Fit for Purpose certified
• Manufacturer take back policy
• Replacement parts available

Ratings Tools

• Green Star AU - GBCA
• IS Rating - ISCA
• LEED - USGBC
• WELL Features - IWBI

Construction Code Compliance

• Australian NCC Materials Requirement Conformant

More information:

The product is GreenTag GreenRate Level A Certified under Scheme A7.

The scope of certification includes Taralay Premium Comfort vinyl flooring in 2mm thickness.

Issues of Concern/Red Lights: The product uses an expanding agent which contains ADCA (CAS number 123-77-3). ADCA is categorised with R42 (may cause sensitisation by inhalation) and R44 (risk of explosion if heated under confinement). It is also on the Candidate List of Substances of very high concern for Authorisation. ADCA is used to produce foam backing via purposeful reaction. This ingredient is encapsulated with the final flooring product, so there is very rare chance that end users will be irritated by inhalation.

The risk is more likely to happen during the manufacturing process of foam backing and expanding agent itself. Gerflor and its expanding agent supplier provided sufficient evidence that the occupational risks are mitigated. The products have successfully passed the relevant GreenTag Standard’s Cautionary Assessment Process and no issues of concern or red lights comments exist regarding the toxicity of the products.

This product is available in Australia, New Zealand, Europe, USA, China, Malaysia, and South Africa.

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Rating tools relevance:

Green Star® Australia “Buildings” v1.0 Rating tool:
• Credit 9: Responsible Finishes

Green Star® Australia “Design & As Built v1.3” Rating Tools Credits:
• Credit 21: Sustainable Products
• Credit 20: Responsible Building Materials (PVC)

Green Star® Australia “Interiors v1.3” Rating Tools Credits:
• Credit 21: Sustainable Products

Green Star® Australia “Performance 1.2” Rating Tools Credit:
• Credit 21: Procurement & Purchasing (Refurbishment Materials)

IWBI® WELL v1.0 Features:
Compliant Technical Document (Audited) for Feature/s:
• Feature 04 VOC Reduction (Part 3)

IS® v1.2:
• Mat-2 Environmentally Labelled Products and Supply Chain

IS® Design & As-Built v2.1:
• Rso-7 Sustainability Labelled Products and Supply Chains

Earthcheck Rating Tool:
• Sustainable Materials