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CERTIFICATION

A representative organization leading the businesses of air cleaning
and environmental control industry

CERTIFICATION
HB MARK
- HB MARK
- CA MARK
- HH MARK
- HD MARK
- ETC

HB MARK

hb Mark

Healthy Building Material Certification (HB Mark): Healthy Building Material

HB MARK

HB is a Mark standing for Healthy Building which is qualifiedby Korea Air Cleaning Association(KACA) according to released intensity of Building materials manufactured in Domestic and Foreign industries. KACA certifies Building materials on the ground of Green Building Assessment System established autonomously itself, and qualifies Building Material Grades after the Deliberating Committee.

Purpose

To evaluate and certify the release intensity of chemical substances targeting building material producers or importers to encourage autonomous quality control on the emission of pollutants from building materials and to contribute to product quality improvement.

Scope of Application

It applies to indoor building materials (hereinafter referred to as "building materials") in which emissions of volatile organic compounds and aldehydes from the solid building materials used in buildings (flooring, wallpaper, panel) and liquid building materials (sealant, adhesive, paint, putty) are reduced.

Certification Criteria

INTORDUCE HB MARK

Certification Evaluation Criteria

Factory audit: Check whether the technical production conditions of the factory that manufactures the product meet the certification audit criteria
Product audit: Check whether the quality of the product meets the group standard certification criteria

※ Refer to the Healthy building materials collective standards operating regulation [Annex C] certificate evaluation criteria

Unit : mg/㎡.h

Item		Flooring, Wallpaper, Panel, Paint, Putty	Adhesive	Sealant (mg/m·h)
Very best	TVOC	less than 0.100	less than 0.100	less than 0.050
	5VOC	less than 0.030	less than 0.030	less than 0.020
	HCHO	less than 0.008	less than 0.008	less than 0.002
	CH₃CHO	less than 0.008	less than 0.008	less than 0.002
Great	TVOC	0.100 or more and less than 0.200	0.100 or more and less than 0.200	0.050 or more and less than 0.200
	5VOC	less than 0.060	less than 0.090	less than 0.060
	HCHO	0.008 or more and less than 0.015	0.008 or more and less than 0.015	0.002 or more and less than 0.005
	CH₃CHO	0.008 or more and less than 0.015	0.008 or more and less than 0.015	0.002 or more and less than 0.005
Good	TVOC	0.200 or more and less than 0.400	0.300 or more and less than 0.600	0.002 or more and less than 0.005
	5VOC	less than 0.120	less than 0.180	less than 0.450
	HCHO	0.015 or more and less than 0.020	0.015 or more and less than 0.020	0.005 or more and less than 0.010
	CH₃CHO	0.015 or more and less than 0.020	0.015 or more and less than 0.020	0.005 or more and less than 0.010

5VOC : Sum of benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylene and styrene
Toluene should be less than 0.080 mg/m2·h in 5VOC
For sealants, toluene should be less than 0.080 mg/m·h in 5VOC

Group Standard Certification Procedure