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Under the mantra of a constant commitment to help deliver a healthy environment for those who live in the spaces they help build, Knauf Italy has obtained Eurofins Indoor Air Comfort Gold certification for its gypsum plaster boards. This recognition is yet another demonstration of the company’s leadership in technological innovation being applied to sustainability and well-being.

Eurofins Indoor Air Comfort certification demonstrates the compliance of Knauf Italia’s boards with respect to low VOCs (Volatile Organic Compounds) established by European legislation, which necessitate the presence of the best indoor air quality and therefore maximum comfort and well-being for inhabitants. Not only that, the tested Knauf products have obtained the Gold class of certification, thereby attaining the highest standards required of this legislation.

The certificate is valid for all gypsum plaster boards produced by Knauf, including the standard GKB board, the new GKB Advanced boards and the vapor barrier product types for which Knauf is the only Italian manufacturer that may now boast of this certification.

Why is it so important to choose a low-VOC product such as KNAUF’s gypsum plaster boards ?

Today we spend more than 80% of our time indoors, breathing up to 20 cubic meters of air a day, which quality can affect our health and general well-being. Therefore, being concerned about indoor air quality becomes an increasingly important issue, and not surprisingly, demand for building products that are not harmful to our health has increased significantly by users and end users.

Why therefore it is important to choose products with low VOC emissions such as KNAUF’s gypsum plaster boards certified as Eurofins –Indoor Air Comfort Gold ? These are the four main reasons:

1. Guarantee maximum safety, indoor air comfort and well-being to installers and end customers given that Volatile Organic Compounds in indoor environments can cause a wide range of effects, from sensory discomfort to serious health changes.

2. Deliver certainty when using the best products in the category with respect to low indoor air pollution. Indeed, the Indoor Air Comfort Gold certification has the lowest limit values in Europe.

3. Product compliance with all VOC emission regulations throughout the European territory. In fact, Knauf’s gypsum plaster boards comply with all the prescriptions provided by the mandatory regulations of the individual countries.

4. Compliance of the product with the requirements for sustainable buildings defined by the main internationa and national environmental protocols, contributing to the achievement of LEED v4 and BREEAM international certifications and to comply with the CAM requirements established by Italian legislation in order to participate in public construction sites.

To close, Damiano Spagnuolo, Marketing & Product Director of Knauf Italia underlines that “for decades, Knauf, through innovative concepts such as lightness, reduced environmental impacts and very low VOC emissions of its products and systems, has given an already avant-garde technology such as that of dry lining systems, unique performances which today cannot be replicated by other solutions’’.