On November 26th, 2018, German Federal Gazette (BAnz AT 26.11.2018 B2 – in German only) published DIN EN 16516, a new reference method for measuring formaldehyde emissions from coated and uncoated wood based on Annex 1 of the Chemical Prohibition Ordinance (ChemVerbotsV).

In January 2019 eco-INSTITUT team will visit BAU, the  World’s Leading Trade Fair for Architecture, Materials and Systems, taking place every two years in Munich.

eco-INSTITUT team will visit imm, the  international trade fair for furniture and furnishings, in January 2019.

August 6th, 2018, German Federal Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt – UBA) published the updated AgBB scheme which is in connection with the principles of the German Institute for Structural Engineering (Deutsches Institut für Bautechnik – DIBt) the relevant standard for testing and health evaluation of volatile organic compounds (VVOC, VOC...