When choosing floors and walls for a hotel, office, residential or commercial project, two questions stand out: What is the material’s environmental impact over its life cycle? Which substances does it release into indoor air, and at what level?
At Area Floors, we answer the first question with our Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) and the second with our FloorScore® certification and volatile organic compound (VOC) emission documents. Below you can see which document you can use for the product you have chosen and which green building criterion it supports.
Our use of renewable energy
By bringing our solar power plant in Yozgat into operation, we have continued our investment in renewable energy. We also document our electricity consumption by period and quantity. An I-REC record was issued in our company’s name for 6,000 MWh of renewable electricity, corresponding to the consumption of our Istanbul facility in the period 1 May 2024–30 April 2025. This record relates to biomass-generated electricity in that period and is separate from the output of our Yozgat plant. View the I-REC certificate.
Find the right document for your product
ProductDocument and scope
SPC flooring and floor coveringsEPD-IES-0025563:006 covers SPC floors with 0.30 and 0.50 mm wear layers. You can review the product’s environmental impacts by the life-cycle stages set out in the declaration. Floor EPD record.
SPC wall panels and wall tilesWe have published a separate environmental declaration for this product group: EPD-IES-0025634:006. The current records of both EPDs state a validity date of 18 September 2030. Wall panel and tile EPD record.
Area SPC Floors flooring productsFloorScore® SCS-FS-09066 covers Area SPC Floors flooring up to 7 mm thick. The certificate documents compliance with the CDPH v1.2-2017 method for indoor air quality. Validity period: 1 July 2026–30 June 2027. FloorScore® certificate.
Tested 4 mm floor sampleIn Eurofins reports dated 7 June 2024, the sample from batch 306 achieved an A+ result in the French VOC classification and met the M1 test criteria. The results apply to the sample identified in the report. French VOC report · M1 test report.
SPC Wall Panel XLThe technical data sheet for the 3 mm wall panel includes the French VOC class A+ and M1 and CDPH test results. For a wall application, you can use this data sheet and the underlying test report for the selected product in the project file. Wall Panel XL technical data sheet.
Which document supports which green building criterion?
Project criterionDocument you can use
LEED BD+C · Environmental product declarationsThe EPD for the selected floor or wall product can be added to the project file for v4.1 Environmental Product Declarations – Option 1. In v5, the relevant assessment falls under MRc4 – Building Product Selection and Procurement / Climate Health, Level 1. Here the EPD documents that environmental impact has been measured and disclosed.
LEED BD+C · Low-emitting materialsFor the floors it covers, the FloorScore® certificate can be submitted as VOC emission evidence for v4.1 Low-Emitting Materials and v5 MRc3 – Low-Emitting Materials. Wall panels are assessed in a separate product category.
BREEAM International New Construction · Environmental product declarationsThe verified EPD of the product specified and installed in the project can support the EPD criterion under v6 Mat 01 – Life Cycle Impacts or the v7 Mat 02 – Environmental Product Declarations criterion.
BREEAM International New Construction · Indoor air qualityEmissions are assessed under v6 Hea 02 and v7 Hea 04 – Indoor Air Quality. The Eurofins report on Area Floors’ 4 mm floor sample compares the measurements directly with the v6 emission limits. The project team checks that the selected product matches the sample in the report and the conditions of the registered version. Eurofins emission assessment.
