ROAD TO 2050
Watch out for VOCs! Edited by Lechler Spa Como, Italy
The growing attention towards the topic of sustainability implies greater corporate awareness and the need to verify the suitability of its products according to methods recognised, measurable and shared at an international level.
T
he Indoor Air Comfort (IAC)
HYDROCRYL 2K GRIP, HYDROPLAST SEMI
These products are also fully compliant
analytical test is a consolidated
GLOSSY WS, HYDROCRYL 2K GRIP MATT
with the CAM Building requirements
tool that measures and guarantees
have passed the tests required by the IAC
(Minimum Environmental Criteria) as
compliance with the low VOC (Volatile
Parameters, thus obtaining an Indoor Air
regards the Paints and Varnishes sector
Organic Compounds) emission criteria
Comfort conformity result in the highest level
and, more specifically, the requirement
established by the European Community.
called GOLD, in line with the most stringent
2.5.13 (point b - heavy metal exemption)
The products from the Lechsys Hydro
international environmental certification
and the requirement 2.5.1 (VOC emissions
line HYDROFRAME COAT PVC FLEX,
protocols.
limit). The fact that Lechler is a UNI EN ISO 14001 certified company and the evidence of particularly low indoor VOC emissions (measured according to the UNI EN 16516 standard), also make these products compliant with additional CAM rewarding criteria defined in paragraphs 3.2.1 and 3.2.8. Compliance with the CAM and IAC Gold requirements allows for compliance with the main international protocols regarding the emission of VOCs and with Green Public Procurement (GPP), i.e. the system that evaluates the possibility of including environmental qualification criteria in the application that Public Administrations express when purchasing goods and services. Furthermore, IAC Gold and
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CAM compliant products