What characterises individual indoor pollutants? What are the sources of pollutants? How do these chemicals affect humans and the environment? And how does the eco-INSTITUT judge the substances? These and other questions are answered in our "pollutant profile" section.

The European REACH Regulation governs the registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemical substances. What obligations does this impose on manufacturers? What services does eco-INSTITUT offer in relation to REACH? And how does the eco-INSTITUT-Label take into account the requirements of the regulation? Our paper – originally published in...

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.

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®.

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...