AnPro SPC Flooring achieves international standard FloorScore, certified for indoor air quality
FloorScore® is a global certification for building materials products. Recently, through many rigorous testing and evaluation stages of SCS Global Services, the flooring product of the AnPro brand has officially received this certificate. Learn more about this certificate in this article!
What is FloorScore®?
FloorScore® is an international standard certifying indoor air quality (IAQ) for hard surface materials and materials such as adhesives and liners, which are engineered to adhere to strict indoor air quality standards.
Why choose products that meet FloorScore® standards
Many flooring materials release toxic emissions, which are volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the air that can include dust, allergens, and even formaldehyde. These emissions can have detrimental effects on health – even causing cancer. That is the reason choosing FloorScore certified materials that ensure low and harmless VOC emissions is important.
What materials can be certified FloorScore®?
FloorScore® is provided to certified hard surface materials such as bricks, cement, laminate flooring, SPC floors, bamboo floors, rubber floors, trims … and some adhesives and liners.
How to be qualified for FloorScore®?
Floor products must go through a process of evaluations, including evaluation of product formulations and manufacturing facility control systems, on-site audits, and product emissions testing.
FloorScore tests for 35 volatile organic compounds (VOCs) follows international standard (California Specification 01350) for emission testing and assessment.
What are volatile organic compounds (VOC)?
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency defines a VOC as any carbon compound (except for carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, carbonic acid, metal carbide or carbonate and ammonium carbonate) that are involved in photochemical reactions in the atmosphere. VOCs are emitted from certain solids or liquids and are comprised of a wide variety of organic chemicals, some of which may have adverse effects on health in the short-term and longterm. Concentrations of VOCs are usually higher indoors (up to 10 times) than outside, thus affecting users’ health. The most dangerous substances can be mentioned as acrolein, formaldehyde, benzene, etc.
Why do people care about the FloorScore® standard today?
Nowadays, consumer concerns a lot about the product’s safety and health for family members. Besides, there are numerous products containing impurities, chemicals, especially formaldehyde – a substance that causes cancer is on the market. Therefore, consumers prioritize “green” product lines, which have obtained safety certificates for health.
Why do AnPro SPC flooring products meet FloorScore® standards?
AnPro products have undergone a rigorous evaluation of structural formulations and manufacturing facility control systems, on-site audits, and product emissions testing.
AnPro product tests consist of 35 volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that are specified according to the International Standard Method (California Specification 01350) for emission testing and assessment.
This is considered an important standard of AnPro to ensure that the product’s ingredients do not contain harmful compounds or meet the safety index for the health of users.
AnPro’s products are tested based on standards of two models: classrooms and offices.
According to FloorScore standard: AnPro SPC flooring has a low VOC level, meeting safety standards in both environments: Classrooms and Offices. Emission capacity is as low as 0.5 mg/m3 or less.
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