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Eurovent Certita Certification announces new certification p
19 October 2021 Eurovent Certita Certification (ECC) has launched a new programme for Air Cleaners and granted the first certificates to three independent air cleaners with clean air efficiencies for...
Preliminary draft Annual Union Work Programme (AUWP) for sta
Aug. 17, 2021 Elements of note GEN - 1278.00. CEN and CENELEC have provided the European Commission with their suggestions on 79 topics. Of these, around 10 numbers relate to Euroven...
A joint IEQ-GA/ISIAQ production on Indoor Environment Qualit
29 July 2021 The Indoor Environmental Quality Global Alliance (IEQ-GA) and the International Society for Indoor Air Quality and Climate (ISIAQ) have teamed up to create a new, monthly online program ...
Defining energy efficiency indicators for refrigerated shipp
2021/07/26 A working group from the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has proposed new energy efficiency indicators for ships. Shipping companies challenge their applicability to the reality ...
Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Directives: Proposals O
26 July 2021 Within the Fit for 55 package, the European Commission has published new proposals for the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) and the Renewable Energy Directive (RED). Before the proposal...
ISO 16890 – The Global Air Filtration Standard
29 June 2021 Feature article Industry experts discuss the advantages presented by ISO 16890 as a reference standard for air filtration in general ventilation, the level of adoption in the Mi...
The Commission has launched Built4People partnership
EU Policy News 18 June 2021 The Commission has launched 11 new European Partnerships, including the Built4People Partnership in which REHVA contributed as a member of the European Construction Tec...
Ecodesign and Energy Labelling Working Plan 2020-2024 (GEN -
Final reports preparatory study published May 13, 2021 GN - 1238.00. The study for the Working Plan 2020-2024 ran from March 2020 until April 2021. The final reports and the minutes of the 2nd and last stakeholder meeting held on 26 March 2021 have also been published on the project website. Note that a consultation on the related Roadmap is open until 2 June 2021 (see GEN – 1236.0...
Air quality in buildings on radar of European legislators (G
European Parliament picks up on long-standing industry petition to regulate GEN - 1227.00. On 25 March 2021, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on the implementation of the Ambient Air Quality (AAQ) Directives, in which it calls on the European Commission to regulate Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) as well. The resolution is not binding on the Commission but is nevertheless a significa...
New guidance from cold chain compliance ‘lift truck driver t
March 16 2021 We are delighted to announce our new ‘In Focus’ Cold Chain Compliance guide ‘LIFT TRUCK DRIVER TRAINING AND SUPERVISION IN TEMPERATURE-CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENTS’...