Wallcovering and GREENGUARD Indoor Air Quality Certification.

According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), most Americans spend up to 90% of their time indoors. If you have a say in the materials to be used in an interiors project, you have a say in indoor air quality. Walls, carpets, paints, furniture and office equipment all have an effect on the air inside a building. Sure, you want to use the most durable, economical and attractive materials available, but can you do so and still be environmentally sensitive?

It’s simple. When VOC emissions from building materials and other sources are reduced, indoor air quality (IAQ) is improved. One way to help improve IAQ is to specify low-emissions products like GREENGUARD INDOOR AIR QUALITY CERTIFIED® vinyl wallcovering from OMNOVA Solutions.

How do OMNOVA wallcoverings help to make a difference in indoor air quality? Our processes and components – even the inks – have been re-engineered to reduce or neutralize materials that can be the source of VOCs.

Because of our commitment to the environment, OMNOVA's commercial wallcoverings have a tradition of meeting or exceeding indoor air quality standards. OMNOVA wallcoverings currently meet EPA and State of Washington Indoor Air Quality Program requirements. Through innovation and investment, we have continued our environmental leadership position within the industry by meeting more rigorous standards as they are established. When the GREENGUARD Environmental Institute offered its GREENGUARD Certification Program™, OMNOVA embarked upon an extensive reengineering of our processes and products with a goal to achieve the program’s aggressive new standards. After undergoing rigorous testing protocols, which included thorough and lengthy environmental chamber testing, our water-based wallcoverings were awarded the coveted GREENGUARD INDOOR AIR QUALITY CERTIFIED designation. OMNOVA Solutions is honored to be one of the first companies in any industry to have products that carry the GREENGUARD INDOOR AIR QUALITY CERTIFIED designation. This breakthrough achievement may well have an impact on indoor air quality worldwide. While others said that it couldn’t be done, we’ve shown that strict emissions standards for interior products such as wallcoverings can be attained.

You can specify over 8,000 unique GREENGUARD INDOOR AIR QUALITY CERTIFIED® vinyl wallcoverings from OMNOVA with confidence. Low emitting certified products are included in the well-known Bolta®, Essex™, Genon® and Tower® wallcovering brands.  These products are tested quarterly by the GREENGUARD Environmental Institute to ensure their low emitting status.