LEED v5 BD+C Rating System_November 2025_clean - Page 147

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The flooring product category includes all types of hard and soft surface flooring finishes (e.g., carpet, ceramic tile, vinyl, rubber, engineered wood, solid wood, stone, or laminate), raised flooring systems, entryway (“walk-off”) systems, area rugs, wood subflooring, underlayments, sandwich panels, and air barrier membranes and vapor barrier/vapor retarder membranes (if used inside an air barrier membrane).
Exclude poured concrete, composite wood subflooring (include in the composite wood category, if applicable), and wet-applied products applied on the floor.

Walls

Nonstructural wall materials, by surface area or cost, must meet the VOC emissions evaluation criteria.
The walls product category includes all finish wall treatments (e.g., wall coverings or wall tile), finish carpentry (e.g., millwork, paneling, railings, or trim/moldings), gypsum wallboard, wall base/skirting, interior and exterior doors, nonstructural wall framing, and nonstructural sandwich panels.
Exclude wet-applied products applied on the wall, case goods, cabinetry (included in the furniture category), countertops (included in the furniture category), bathroom accessories, door hardware, and curtain wall and storefront systems.

Ceilings

Nonstructural ceiling materials, by surface area or cost, must meet the VOC emissions evaluation criteria.
The ceilings product category includes all types of ceiling finishes (e.g., ceiling panels and ceiling tile), suspension grids, surface ceiling structures (such as gypsum wallboard or plaster), suspended systems (including canopies and clouds), and nonstructural sandwich panels.
Exclude wet-applied products applied on the ceiling and corrugated metal decking.

Insulation

Insulation products, by surface area or cost, must meet the VOC emissions evaluation criteria.
The insulation product category includes all thermal and acoustic boards, batts (faced and unfaced), rolls, blankets, sound attenuation fire blankets, and foamed-in-place, loose-fill, blown, and sprayed insulation.
Exclude insulation installed outside an air barrier membrane.

Furniture

Furniture in the project scope of work, by cost, area, or number of units, must meet the furniture emissions evaluation criteria or VOC emissions evaluation criteria.
The furniture product category includes all permanently installed office furniture, cubicles/systems furniture, seating, desks, tables, filing/storage, specialty items, beds, case goods, casework, countertops, movable/demountable partitions, bathroom/toilet partitions, shelving, lockers, retail fixtures (including slatwall), window treatments, and furnishing items (such as nonfixed area rugs, cubicle curtains, and mattresses) purchased for the project.
A custom item in the furniture category is considered to meet the low-emitting criteria if all components of the finished piece, applied on-site or off-site, are declared under the furniture

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