QAI Listing B1053-1 Verifies that Eco Red Shield™ Coating Meets Fire Retardant Treated Wood Code Requirements for use as Structural Members VISTA, Calif., Sept. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Eco Building Products, Inc. (OTCBB: ECOB) announced today that Eco Red Shield ™ coatings, manufactured by Eco Building Products, Inc., recently achieved QAI Laboratories (QAI) listing B1053-1, providing evidence that Eco Red Shield's fire protection qualities now meets building code requirements for Class "A" flammability performance on all solid sawn lumber, making Eco Red Shield protected lumber equivalent to the traditionally accepted fire retardant treated wood (FRTW) for interior use. Achieving the QAI listing for Flame spread properties renders Eco Red Shield protection applied to solid sawn lumber the first topical wood treatment of its kind for interior Class "A" flammability, Wood Ingesting Organisms including Formosan Termites and Wood‐Rot Decay to meet building code requirements. Building officials, architects, contractors, specifiers, designers and others utilize QAI listings and product labeling to provide a basis for using or approving Eco Red Shield coated lumber products in construction projects under the International Building Code. A copy of Eco Building Products, Eco Red Shield QAI Listing can be viewed on the QAI.org web site at http://www.qai.org/Listing_Directory_Pages/Listing_Pages/QAI_Listing_B1053-1_Eco_Building_Products.htm or on the company's web site.
