ANSI-BIFMA E3:2019 pdf download.Furniture Sustainability Standard.
ANSI-BIFMA E3 provides a pathway towards sustainability by establishing measurable criteria for multiple levels of achievement and/or performance.
ANSI-BIFMA E3 is applicable to all business and institutional furniture; this includes but is not limited to moveable walls, systems furniture, case goods, tables, seating, and accessories. The standard is also applicable to assemblies and components manufactured by suppliers to furniture manufacturers.
2 Normative References
The following documents contain provisions that, through reference in this text, constitute provisions of ANSI-BIFMA E3. At the time of publication, the indicated editions were valid. All standards are subject to revision, and parties are encouraged to investigate the possibility of applying the recent editions of the standards indicated below:
ANSI/BIFMA M7.1 -2011 (R-2016). Standard Test Method for Determining VOC Emissions from Office Furniture Systems, Components and Seating
ANSI/BIFMA X7.1 -2011 (R-2016). Standard for Formaldehyde and TVOC Emissions of Low Emitting Office Furniture and Seating
ASTM Test Method D6966 — 16. Standard Test Methods for Determining the Biobased Content of Solid, Liquid, and Gaseous Samples Using Radiocarbon Analysis
BIFMA G1 Ergonomics Guideline for Furniture Used in Office Work Spaces Designed for Computer Use
California Business and Professions Code. Section 19094
California Health and Safety Code. Section 105440
California Technical Bulletin 117-2013 — Requirements, Test Procedure, and Apparatus for Testing the
Smolder Resistance of Materials Used in Upholstered Furniture
California Public Resource Code PRC Division 30. Part 3. Chapter 12.3 42649.8
3 Definitions
3.1 air pollution: The presence of contaminants or pollutant substances in the air that interfere with human health or welfare, or produce other harmful environmental effects.
3.2 applicant/applicant organization: The organization that is assessing their products to the standard.
3.3 biodegradable: Capable of decomposing in the most common environment where the material is disposed of within three years through natural biological processes into nontoxic carbonaceous soil, water, carbon dioxide or methane.
3.4 chemical substance: A substance of fixed composition, characterized by its molecular structure(s), which typically has an associated CASRN (Chemical Abstract Substance Registration Number) and/or EINECS (European Inventory of Existing Commercial Chemical Substances) number.
3.5 child labor: Exploitation of workers under the minimum legal age for employment in the country where the facility operates.
3.6 compostable: Microbes in the environment can break down the material and use it as a food source, meeting an appropriate standard such as ASTM D6400 (for Compostable Plastics) or ASTM D6868 (for Compostable Packaging) or similar recognized S
3.7 conformity assessments: Demonstration that specified requirements relating to a product, process, system, person, or body is fulfilled.
3.7.1 first-party claims of conformance: Conformity assessment activity that is performed by the person or organization that provides the object.
3.7.2 second-party claims of conformance: Conformity assessment activity that is performed by a person or organization that has a user or purchaser interest in the object.
3.7.3 third-party claims of conformance: Conformity assessment activity that is performed by a person or body that is independent of the person or organization that provides the object, and of the user or purchaser interests in that object.ANSI-BIFMA E3 pdf download.