On March 19th and 20th, 2019, University of Kassel (Institute for Materials Technology, Plastics Technology) hosts the 21st “Odour and Emissions of Plastic Materials” conference. Alexandra Kühn from  eco-INSTITUT is one of the speakers in Section E | Building Materials, speaking on March 20th about “Formaldehyde and VOC Reduction...

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.

In December 2018, US Green Building Council (USGBC) released a new draft of its LEED (Leadership in Environment and Energy Design) building rating system.

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).