VOC Emission Testing-California Specification 01350

SGS specializes in VOC emission testing of building products and VOC emission testing of furniture using small-and large-scale environmental chambers. If you’re new to this topic, see below for a brief explanation of VOC emission testing. SGS is committed to meeting customers’ needs and can support your manufacturing operations with VOC testing programs for product development, quality control, supply chain management, trouble-shooting such as odor investigations and compliance testing for green building rating systems and sustainability standards.

Our VOC emission testing to standards such as, CDPH Standard Method V1.2, widely known as CA Section 01350, and to ANSI/BIFMA M7.1, provide the foundation for manufacturers’ self-declared claims and third-party certified claims for low-emitting building products and office furnishings.

Additionally, SGS provides a variety of other VOC testing services. Please contact us to discuss your requirements and objectives for VOC emissions testing.

Testing Building Products for VOC Emissions

CDPH Standard Method V1.2 which superseded CDPH Standard Method V1.1 in 2017(CA Section 01350) is the most widely used standard in North America for VOC testing and for evaluating VOC emissions from building products including flooring, suspended ceilings, insulation, wall panels, paints and coatings, and wall coverings.

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The standard requires:

• Conditioning of test specimens for 10 days at 23±2^oC and 50±10% RH immediately followed by a 96-hour small-scale chamber test at 23±1^oC and 50±5% RH

• Air sample collection for VOCs and aldehydes at 24, 48 and 96 hr during chamber test

• Identification and quantitative analysis of VOCs emitted to air by the product with emphasis on VOCs of concern.

• Modeling of VOC analysis results to predict concentrations in standard building scenarios (office, school classroom and optional single family residence)

• Assessment of modeled concentrations relative to chronic health guidelines.