Changes to Program Requirements and Contents (Q4 2020)

January 2021
In addition to the following, corrections made throughout for grammar, punctuation, nomenclature, typos, and links.

General Product Information Reported

INGREDIENT INFORMATION REPORTED

• Disclosure Threshold
  • Light edits for clarity
• New Heading “Ingredient Disclosure Methods”
  • Addition of definitions and accompanying graphics of the two ingredient disclosure methods in Declare, “Just Substances” and “Materials and Substances”

I-13 COMPLIANCE: TRANSPARENCY AND RED LIST AVOIDANCE

• New Heading: “How Annual LBC Red List Changes Affect Product Manufacturers”
  • Provided guidance to manufacturers using Declare labels as submitted documentation to LBC projects

I-10 COMPLIANCE: INTERIOR PRODUCTS WITH THE POTENTIAL TO EMIT VOCS

• New Heading: “Emissions Reporting Requirements”
  • Clarification that LBC I-10 Healthy Interior Performance requires individual concentration results for each of the target VOCs in an associated Approved Product Emissions Standard, and does not allow for any form of combined or total VOC results that are not accompanied by individual concentration results for compliance with Imperative requirements unless explicitly stated by a Declare Program Exception.
• New Sub-Topic: “I-10 Compliance Clarifications”
  • Comprehensive addition of clarifications for specific product types. Addition of clarifications and alternative compliance pathways for:
    • Products Containing Composite or Engineered Wood
    • Structural Members – Composite or Engineered Wood
    • Inherently Non-Emitting Substances

APPROVED PRODUCT EMISSIONS STANDARDS

• Added contextual information regarding scope of products with the potential to emit VOCs intended for installation within the building envelope
• Added description of CDPH standards and scope
• Added Approved Alternatives to CDPH Standard Method for VOC Emissions
  

CONFORMANT CERTIFICATIONS THAT USE CDPH AS TESTING STANDARD

• Added Berkeley Analytical ClearChem™ to list of conformant certifications
• Added Accepted Alternative Standards to CDPH Conformant Certifications
  

HH-005 PRODUCT AIR TESTING IN OCEANIA
Amended

• Revised the Exception name from its retired name: “LBC Temporary Exception: Product Air Testing in Oceania”
• Updated to most current Exception language
  

I-14 COMPLIANCE: WOOD-CONTAINING PRODUCTS

• Wood Sourcing
  • FSC Chain of Custody Available
    • Added FSC License Code reporting requirement to “FSC Chain of Custody Available” qualification
  • Low Risk Wood, Bullet 2
    • Added link to NEPCON tool

EMBODIED CARBON (OPTIONAL REPORTING FIELD)

• Embodied Carbon Reporting
  • Clarification that EPD documentation should be publicly available
  • Clarification that the link to publicly available EPD will preferentially be linked to the Embodied Carbon in Construction Calculator (EC3) database entry
  • Light edits for clarity
• Declare Embodied Carbon Indicator Guide
  • Added information about the EC3 database
  • Light edits for clarity
• Product Type Categories
  • Updated list of material categories in EC3 database as of January 2021
• Additional Product Type Baselines Not Currently Represented
  • Clarification that industry-wide EPDs may not be submitted for consideration as an additional product type baseline at this time.
• Embodied Carbon Notes for Manufacturers
  • Clarification of environmental impact data and GWP figures reported for products disclosing embodied carbon data on both Declare labels and LPC labels