CEN Keymark Scheme for Solar Thermal Products
Products
Test Labs
Certification bodies
Scheme Rules
Standards
CE-marking of collectors?
Keymark & OEM
Misuse of Solar Keymark ?!
Links
Secretariat
Solar Keymark II Project (ongoing)
Solar Keymark I Project (2000-2003)
Contact
Abbreviations
Special for ESTIF members
SOLAR KEYMARK - The Quality Label for Solar Thermal Products in Europe
Make your certification EUROPEAN:Get the Solar Keymark at very low extra costs - contact one of the Solar Keymark Certification Bodies or one of the national Solar Keymark Test Labs.
Keymark Brochure (Good introduction)
See figure: No. Solar Keymarks (main type licenses): 339 (March 2008)
NEWS
- December 2007: Werner Koldehoff: "More than 2/3 of all collectors sold now in Europe are Keymarked"
- December 2007: Solar Keymark accepted in new UK certification scheme (add-on requirements for roof integrated collectors)
- August 2007: "Solar Keymark II" project meeting 1-2 October in Vienna
- August 2007: Now more than 200 "main type"Solar Keymark licenses
(collectors: 196, systems: 12) + a similar number of "sub type" licenses - January 2007: Now Solar Keymark OBLIGATORY IN GERMANY ! (text in German)
- January 2007: Now Solar Keymark accepted in Spain (text in Spanish)
- 13th of September 2006: Explanation of collectors performance parameters - see influence of parameters on efficiency curve
- January 2006: New EIE/ALTENER "Solar Keymark II" project starts February 2006
- June 2005: The Keymark can now stand on it's own feet ! - Empowered certification bodies are now allowed to grant the use of the Keymark also without their own certification mark - See CCB resolution
GENERAL
The Keymark for solar thermal products will assist users to select quality solar collectors and systems.
This "Solar Keymark" is the result of a voluntary certification scheme supported by the Eurpean Solar
Thermal Industry Federation - ESTIF.
The basic elements in the certification scheme are:
- Certificates are delivered by Keymark empowered certification bodies
- Test reports are delivered by accredited test laboratories
- The products are delivered by Keymark licensed manufacturers fulfilling the requirements for factory production control
The CEN certification mark - The Keymark - is a general voluntary mark, developed by the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN). The clear and simple message of The Keymark is that the product complies with the European Standard(s) covering the product.
The Solar Keymark certification scheme has been developed with support from EU-Altener (Solar Keymark - AL/2000/144) and EU-IEE (Solar Keymark II - EIE/05/052/SI2.420194).
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