Formaldehyde emission limits for engineered wood
Green Star·clause 13.2·pp.144-145
Klar Cite’s name for this clause. The publisher’s own heading may not be shown.
The requirement
Green Star Design & As Built Submission Guidelines (v1.3, as downloaded 2026) clause 13.2 — words not shown. Read it at the source. The held copy is a single-user licence and does not extend to republishing its clauses.
The clause is held and verified. Only its words are withheld.
Klar Cite classification — not the standard’s words
Addresses: formaldehyde emissions from engineered wood products
written by a model, checked against the clause
What the product must meet
The document’s own listing
AS/NZS 2269:2004 - Plywood: ≤1 mg/L; AS/NZS 1859.1:2004 - Particle Board: ≤1.5 mg/L; AS/NZS 4266.16:2004 method 16 - MDF: ≤1 mg/L; AS/NZS 4357.4 - Laminated Veneer Lumber (LVL): ≤1 mg/L; Japanese Agricultural Standard MAFF Notification No.701 Appendix Clause 3 (11) - LVL: ≤1 mg/L; JIS A 5908:2003 - Particle Board and Plywood: ≤1 mg/L; JIS A 5905:2003 - MDF: ≤1 mg/L; JIS A1901 (not applicable to Plywood, applicable to high pressure laminates and compact laminates): ≤0.1 mg/m²hr; ASTM D6007: ≤0.12mg/m³; ASTM E1333: ≤0.12mg/m³; EN 717-1 (also known as DIN EN 717-1): ≤0.12mg/m³; EN 717-2 (also known as DIN EN 717-2): ≤3.5 mg/m²hr
The document’s own compact listing of the limits, as harvested.
- Exemptions
- Formwork, car park applications, non-engineered wood products such as milled timber.
How it is proven
- Who checks it
- Independent body verifies — a certifier, auditor or verifier with no stake
How Klar Cite classifies it
Klar Cite’s reading of the clause, not the scheme’s own claim.
- What it asks
- Meet — a limit, condition or outcome the product must satisfy
- Standing
- Required — must be met for the credential
- Impact area
- Human Health — the CMF area the clause addresses
- Refers to
- Table 13 — places elsewhere in the document
Cite this clause
Green Star · Green Star Design & As Built Submission Guidelines (v1.3, as downloaded 2026) · version v1.3 · clause 13.2 · page 144-145 · build 2026-10-05-0439 · https://klarcite.com/r/0d05050c0ed791be
Record details
Page 144-145 of the file (printed page 144). Read in build 2026-10-05-0439, harvested 2026-10-05.
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