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GOTS: New version 6.0 released

The new GOTS version 6.0 was released in mid-March 2020. It replaces the previous version 5.0 and comes into force on March 1, 2021.

6. April 2020

Blue Angel: Revised criteria for low-emission thermal insulation material and suspended ceilings

Blauer Engel Prüfstelle eco-INSTITUT Kriterien Blue Angel criteria

In December 2019, Environmental Label Jury hold a meeting and adopted four new environmental labels and revised various DE-UZ award criteria.

30. March 2020

French VOC label for furniture: current state of things

The decree (2017/22/F and 2017/23/F) on the French labelling of wood-based furniture with regard to emissions of volatile pollutants being in the notification process since 2017 set a date of coming into force on 1 January 2020.

17. February 2020

ECHA: Four new substances added to candidate list

As the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) announced in mid-January 2020, four more substances have been added to the candidate list of substances of very high concern (SVHCs) for authorisation.

6. February 2020

eco-INSTITUT accreditation switched to current DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025:2018

eco-INSTITUT has been an ISO/IEC 17025 accredited testing laboratory for many years. In this regard, the German Accreditation Body certifies the technical competence and quality of our testing services. With immediate effect our accreditation is based from now on on the new DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025:2018.

13. December 2019

Technical paper: Measurement uncertainty in the evaluation of measurement results

No measured value is exact; every laboratory result also contains measurement uncertainty – the true value may therefore be either a little higher or lower. How does eco-INSTITUT deal with this? How is it decided whether a specification (e.g. from the eco-INSTITUT-Label) is met or not, especially when results...

11. July 2019

eco-INSTITUT with new company logo and better differentiation between testing and certification body

eco-INSTITUT is modernising its appearance: The company now has a new company logo. eco-INSTITUT has opted for a different design in order to enable a better differentiation between the logo of the company’s own quality label, the eco-INSTITUT-Label (the design of which remains unchanged), and the company’s logo.

6. April 2019

Blue Angel: Revised criteria for construction products

In December 2018, the Jury Umweltzeichen met and revised various DE-UZ award criteria for construction products.

21. March 2019

European Coatings Journal: “Seeking a uniform regulation. Regulations for VOC emissions from coatings.”

For the current issue of European Coatings Journal (03/2019) Daniel Tigges, managing director of eco-INSTITUT, contributed in cooperation with specialised journalist Karin Roth the article: “Seeking a uniform regulation. Regulations for VOC emissions from coatings”.

7. March 2019

DIM and eco-INSTITUT pool competences in the fields of furniture and pollutant testing

Cologne. German Institute for Furniture Technology Rosenheim (Deutsches Institut für Möbeltechnik – DIM) and eco-INSTITUT Cologne pool their expertises in the fields of furniture and pollutant testing. This was announced today by the two institutions during Cologne furniture fair imm cologne.

15. January 2019

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GOTS: New version 6.0 released

Blue Angel: Revised criteria for low-emission thermal insulation material and suspended ceilings

French VOC label for furniture: current state of things

ECHA: Four new substances added to candidate list

eco-INSTITUT accreditation switched to current DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025:2018

Technical paper: Measurement uncertainty in the evaluation of measurement results

eco-INSTITUT with new company logo and better differentiation between testing and certification body

Blue Angel: Revised criteria for construction products

European Coatings Journal: “Seeking a uniform regulation. Regulations for VOC emissions from coatings.”

DIM and eco-INSTITUT pool competences in the fields of furniture and pollutant testing

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