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ECHA: Roadmap to address substances of very high concern complete

As announced by ECHA on 4 February 2021, As part of the SVHC 2020 Roadmap launched by the Council of the EU in 2013, all relevant, currently known substances of very high concern have been identified and included on the Candidate List.

15. February 2021

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eco-Clip: LEED

LEED is the world’s leading rating system for sustainable buildings. Building products and furniture used in LEED buildings must meet various material-related sustainability requirements. Our eco-Clip provides a brief overview of the criteria and the LEED points system.

19. January 2021

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eco-Clip: FloorScore®

FloorScore® is the world’s best known and most requested quality label for low-emission floor coverings. What are the testing requirements of the US certification programme? And how does the certification process work? Our eco-Clip offers a compact overview of FloorScore®.

16. June 2020

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GEV-EMICODE: Publication of new criteria and method

In May 2020, Association for Control of Emissions in Products for Floor Installation, Adhesives and Building Materials (GEV) published new GEV classification criteria and an updated GEV testing method.

2. June 2020

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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