Pearl Building Rating System - Estidama

SM-5: Modular Flooring Systems
Intent To minimize waste associated with replacement of flooring systems through the use of
modular systems.
Credit
Requirements
Awarding Credit
Points
Credit
Submission:
Design Rating
Credit
Submission:
Construction
Rating
Calculations and
Methodology
GENERAL
Demonstrate that at least 95% (by surface area) of finished floor areas use modular
flooring products. To qualify, the proposed product must have one or more of the
following environmental characteristics:
� Have a minimum of 30% post-consumer recycled content;
� Be fully or partly recyclable;
� be rapidly renewable; or
� be extracted, harvested or recovered and manufactured locally as per SM-9.
Projects where 95% or more of the floor areas are not finished automatically achieve
the Credit.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT/CLARIFICATIONS
None
CREDIT POINTS REQUIREMENTS
1
(maximum)
1
1
(maximum)
1
Design Rating
At least 95% (by surface area) of finished floor areas are
specified with modular flooring products.
Construction Rating
Demonstrate that at least 95% (by surface area) of finished floor
areas are constructed with modular flooring products.
� Floor plans and floor finishes schedule describing all flooring systems used
(excluding all non-finished floor areas such as plant rooms), their locations in the
building, total area covered, and their environmental characteristic(s);
� Calculations demonstrating that the flooring systems used meet the Credit
Requirements in aggregate; and
� Extracts from specifications showing that modular flooring systems meet the
environmental characteristic(s) requirements.
� As-built floor plans and updated floor finishes schedule describing all flooring
systems used (excluding all non-finished floor areas such as plant rooms), their
locations in the building, total area covered, and their environmental
characteristics;
� Updated calculations demonstrating that the flooring systems used meet the Credit
Requirements in aggregate;
� Evidence of purchase and installation of these materials in the project in the form
of invoices from suppliers and installers.
None
References None
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