Since fall 2015 eco-INSTITUT Germany GmbH is member of German Environmental Management Association (Bundesdeutscher Arbeitskreis für Umweltbewusstes Mangement e.V.  – B.A.U.M.) and is listed at B.A.U.M. site forum for sustainable business partners www.marktplatz-nachhaltigkeit.de .

In the last week a new stainless steel test chamber of 5 cubic metres for emissions testing according to ISO 16000 was brought into service by eco-INSTITUT Cologne. The test chamber is at disposal mainly for manufacturers of furniture, mattresses, construction systems or electrical equipments and large-size printers.

eco-INSTITUT on the recent comment from the German Institute for Structural Engineering (Deutsches Institut für Bautechnik – DIBt) on the European Court of Justice’s judgment from Oct 16, 2014 and its related impacts on national technical approvals 

In Jan 2015 the updated M1 Protocol for Chemical and Sensory Testing of Building Materials was published. From this version on office furniture are considered. Further the loading specification and VOC measurement specification have been updated.