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Behind the Renewable Materials Use score

RnMtrl

Terramica Particleboard

Potlatch Corporation

Data Sources

Avista Energy Information 1

Potlatch Terramica Brochure

Potlatch Terramica MSDS Sheet

Potlatch Terramica Website

Certifications

SCS Indoor Advantage (basic)
-Scientific Certification Systems (SCS)

Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) (Mixed Credit)
-Rainforest Alliance Smartwood Program

CA 93120 No-Added Formaldehyde (NAF)
-California Air Resources Board (CARB)

CPA Environmentally Preferable Product (EPP) (Grademark Program)
-Composite Panel Association (CPA)

RnMtrl Scoring Step-by-Step

This section addresses the renewable sourcing - both recycled and biobased - of materials used in the product and its packaging.

The higher the percent of total content that is either reused, salvaged, refurbished, post consumer recycled or sustainably harvested biobased materials, the higher the score.

Recycled ingredients are evaluated using the weighting system used in the USGBC's LEED system - post-consumer content is weighted at 100% and post-industrial (pre-consumer) at 50%.

The biobased ingredients are evaluated with a similar weighting system based on two characteristics: a) inherent sustainability of the type of agricultural or forestry product and b) certifications of sustainability of the growing practices judged on their relative rigor. Click here to see a table of the renewable types and certifications and their weighting.

For each ingredient in the listed material contents, the Pharos system multiplies the renewable percentage of the ingredient in the product by the weighting and then multiplied by 10 to convert the percentage to a 10 point scale. Scroll over the green icon in the renewable column to see the renewable type and percentage in a material. If an ingredient is both recycled and biobased (such as recycled wood dust) the biobased weighting is applied, unless the recycled weighting is higher. The recycled and biobased points are added to get total renewable points score for the product.

Packaging is evaluated in the same way, then combined with the product score into a final score with the product score providing 90% of the score and the packaging 10%.

Click here for full scoring protocol for Renewable Materials Use

Ingredient	Best Renewable Attribute	Adj. % of product*	Weighting	Points
All biobased product content	FSC Mixed Credit	96.5%	75%	7.2375
Total points (Rounded)

*To account for ingredient percentage of product ranges, the adjusted percentage of product is arrived at by multiplying the minimum % of the ingredient by the % that is renewable or recycled. That percentage is then adjusted based on the maximum potential renewable percentage (arrived at by subtracting the maximum end of the percentage range for all non renewable or recycled ingredients). The Pharos system opts to credit the higher quality renewable or recycled quality in determining these ranges.

Material Contents

Material	Max %	Min %	Est %	Frequency	Material Flags	Compound Flags	Lifecycle Flags	Renewable

Wood dust - unspecified	95.0	81.0	No	Always
Material treated with: Antimicrobials? No Flame retardants? No Water or stain repellants? No Nano? No

Western Red Cedar	49.9	20.0	Yes	Rare
Material treated with: Antimicrobials? No Flame retardants? No Water or stain repellants? No Nano? No

POLYMERIC MDI (PMDI) (CAS RN: 9016-87-9)	3.5	2.0	No	Always
Material treated with: Antimicrobials? No Flame retardants? No Water or stain repellants? No Nano? No

Certifications and Standards

SCS Indoor Advantage (basic)
Scientific Certification Systems (SCS)
Effective: 2009-03-01
Expires: 2009-07-31

Uploaded supporting document: (2009 SCS NAF.pdf)

Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) (Mixed Credit)
Rainforest Alliance Smartwood Program
Effective: 2008-10-09
Expires: 2013-10-08

Uploaded supporting document: (FSC Certificate.jpg)

CA 93120 No-Added Formaldehyde (NAF)
California Air Resources Board (CARB)
Effective: 2008-12-20
Expires: 1010-12-20

Uploaded supporting document: (CARB Exemption.pdf)

CPA Environmentally Preferable Product (EPP) (Grademark Program)
Composite Panel Association (CPA)
Effective: 2007-03-27
Expires:

Uploaded supporting document: (EPP Certificate 2009.pdf)

Packaging

This product's packaging contains 98.0% industrial (pre consumer) recycled content.

This product's packaging contains 0.0% post consumer recycled content.

This product's packaging contains 0.0% biobased/agricultural renewable or rapidly renewable content.
(type of renewable: Forestry - Non certified)

Particlboard bunks. Plastic strapping. Cardboard shrouds and corner protectors.

Manufacturer Transparency Data

Provided Data
Yes. Data was provided for all of the questions asked.

Sourced Data
Partial. Some sources were provided for the data submitted.

Full Content Disclosure
Yes. There appears to be full disclosure by the manufacturer.

Disclosed Locations
Yes. Data was provided for all manufacturing locations.

Responded to Follow up
Yes. Manufacturer responded to all of the questions asked.