INDOOR ADVANTAGE™

Indoor Air Quality Certification

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Deliver Enhanced Indoor Air Quality

The SCS Indoor Advantage™ certification program, developed
by Scientific Certification Systems (SCS), certifies compliance
SCIENTIFIC CERTIFICATION SYSTEMS
with rigorous indoor air quality emission requirements. The SCS-IAQ-0XXXX
program is designed for interior building materials, furnishings
and finish systems. Benefit from Indoor Advantage™ Certification
• Differentiate your products with SCS independent
Because most people spend as much as 90% of their time third-party certification
indoors – at home, work or school – indoor air quality is an
• Qualify for LEED credits
important issue for architects, designers and purchasers of
interior building products and materials. Poor indoor air quality • Proceed down a path of continuous improvement in
is caused by inadequate ventilation, poor cleaning and/or environmental sustainability
excessive emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) • Identify product performance characteristics to help drive
from surfaces and finishes. And it has been well documented supply chain innovation
that exposure to poor indoor air can contribute to health
• Link your environmental strategies to brand loyalty and
problems including headaches, asthma, dizziness and
bottom-line cost savings
prolonged chemical sensitivities.
• Sell your products to schools and health care facilities
SCS offers two tiers of certification: Indoor Advantage for by conforming with California 01350 (applies to Indoor
office furniture and Indoor Advantage Gold for paints and Advantage Gold and FloorScore)
coatings, adhesives and sealants, insulation, wall coverings,
• Provide safer, healthier work environments for workers
furnishings and other interior products. Hard surface flooring
and product users
and flooring adhesives can also be certified by SCS under the
Resilient Floor Covering Institute’s
FloorScore™ program. Be Certain.
Be Credible.
Be SCS Certified.

www.SCScertified.com/IndoorAdvantage
For information about becoming certified or
locating certified products, please contact:
Samantha Poblitz, 510.452.8050
spoblitz@scscertified.com

Certification for a Sustainable World™

Providing global leadership in independent, third-party certification,
auditing, testing and standards development for more than 25 years.
How Does the Certification Process Work? Conform with LEED, BIFMA,
SCS works closely with you, the manufacturer, to: CHPS and California 01350
1. Review product production processes and identify
appropriate samples for testing USGBC Leadership in Energy and IA
Environmental Design (LEED) criteria
2. Examine VOC emission test reports from chamber for EQ4.1 (adhesives and sealants)
tests conducted by independent testing laboratories
USGBC LEED criteria for EQ4.2 IAG
3. Determine if test results conform to LEED,
(paints and coatings)
BIFMA, CHPS and/or California 01350 criteria
4. Audit the documented control systems USGBC LEED criteria for EQ4.3 FS
(carpet systems, flooring)
5. Inspect manufacturing plants periodically to review product
formulas, processing and quality controls in order to monitor
USGBC LEED criteria for EQ4.5 IA, IAG
continued compliance with the standard and use of the (systems furniture, seating)
SCS certification mark
Business & Institutional Furniture IA, IAG
Additional Certifications – level™, FSC, Manufacturer’s Association (BIFMA)
X7.1 (low-emitting office furniture
Material Content and Sustainable Choice™ and seating)
In addition to Indoor Advantage certification, SCS provides
Collaborative for IAG, FS
Material Content recycled and biodegradable, Sustainable
High Performance Schools (CHPS)
Choice™ carpet (based on NSF 140-2007), level™ office (low-emitting products)
furniture (based on BIFMA e3-2008) and Forest Stewardship
Council (FSC) Chain of Custody certifications. California 01350 IAG, FS
Special Environmental Requirements

IA = Indoor Advantage
IAG = Indoor Advantage Gold
FS= FloorScore

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