Blue Angel: new design to its 40th anniversary 2018 Blue Angel celebrates its 40th birthday. Reason enough to launch a new design.
Finnish M1 emissions classification: publication of new criteria On November 15th, 2017 Finnish certification body Building Information Foundation RTS sr published new “Protocol for Chemical and Sensory Testing of Building Materials” for labelling with M1. This protocol replaces version of July 5th, 2017.
European standardisation committee (CEN) publishes EN 16516 Beginning of October 2017 European norm “Assessment of release of dangerous substances – Determination of emissions into indoor air” was published as EN 16516 by European Committee for Standardization (Comité Européen de Normalisation – CEN).
Finnish M1 emissions classification: new testing protocol published Beginning of Juli 2017 the Finnish Building Information Foundation RTS sr published the new “M1 Emission Classification of Building Materials: Protocol for Chemical and Sensory Testing of Building Materials”.
DGNB: Announcement new version DGNB system Beginning of June published a preview of a new version of DGNB system.
Construction products: German government files suit against EU commission As the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB) announced in a press release the Federal Government filed a suit against EU commission on April 19, 2017.
DGM launches new boxpring bed label Deutsche Gütegemeinschaft Möbel (DGM), the German Quality Assurance Association, has launched a new label for boxspring beds. The criteria are based on the high standards of Deutsche Gütegemeinschaft Möbel.
GOTS 5.0 published Version 5.0 of the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) has been released. GOTS is the worldwide recognized standard for the processing of textiles made with 95 percent (label grade “organic”) or at least 70 percent (label grade “made with organic”) certified organic fibres.
EU-Ecolabel: Floor covering of wood, cork and bamboo are new product group As published on February 2nd, 2017, in the Official Journal of the European Union notified C (2017)303, the commission decided to define criteria for EU-Ecolabel for floor coverings of wood, cork and bamboo.
California Section 01350: Method for Testing and Evaluation Version 1.2 published In January 2017 California Department of Public Health published version “Standard Method for the Testing and Evaluation of Volatile Organic Chemical Emissions from Indoor Sources using Environmental Chambers Version 1.2”.