CEN Keymark Scheme for Solar Thermal Products
Products
Test Labs
Certification bodies
Scheme Rules
Standards
CE-marking of collectors?
Keymark & OBL/OEM
Misuse of Solar Keymark
Equivalent materials
Solar Keymark Network
Solar Keymark II Project (2006-2007)
Solar Keymark I Project (2000-2003)
Contact
Abbreviations
Miscellaneous
NB! NEW WEB SITE NOW ON-LINE.
PLEASE GOTO:
WWW.SOLARKEYMARK.ORG
From 21st March 2012 this old website will not be updated anymore.
Now updates are only done at the new website:
www.solarkeymark.org = www.estif.org/solarkeymarknew/
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: Development of number of Solar Keymarks
NEWS
- January 2012: New scheme rules approved and published - including now solar hot water storage tanks - and decisions from Solar Keymark meetings untill April 2011
- November 2011: 3rd Callfor SCF Projects Apply here for funding of projects related standardisation, certification and quality assurance of solar thermal products: CALL DOCUMENT (PDF)
- October 2011: Special Call "2-X" for SCF Project Apply here for funding of project related to operating the CEN/TC312 Secretariat: CALL DOCUMENT (PDF)
- June 2011: 2nd Call for SCF Projects Apply here for funding of projects related to standardisation, certification and quality assurance of solar thermal products: CALL DOCUMENT (PDF)
- February 2011: NEWSLETTER: Status for certificates and operators, global certification, new products entering, Solar Keymark Network
- December 2010: 1st Call for SCF Projects Apply here for funding of projects related to standardisation, certification and quality assurance of solar thermal products: CALL DOCUMENT (PDF)
- December 2010: New Solar Keymark Brochure (see above)
- November 2010: NEW DATABASE UPLOADED: Now collectors and systems are shown together in the same database - see also:
- August 2010: NEWSLETTER: Status for certificates and operators, more flexibility, Solar Keymark Network, QAiST project
- January 2010: NEWSLETTER: 1000 Solar Keymarks; New type definitions; New fees; Solar Keymark Foundation; Flexible system certification
- August 2009: New format for collector database
- May 2009: Solar Keymark Network: Internal Regulations APPROVED
- May 2009: How to apply for certification in Spain
- December 2008: New Solar Keymark Fee introduced per 1/1 2009: 70 €/licence
- October 2008: Solar Keymark Status:
- 266 manufacturers/distributors from
- 27 countries share a total of
- 557 main type certificates (and a similar number of sub type certificates)
- October 2008: New draft IEA proposal on global Testing and Certification: IEA SHC Rating and Certification Procedures - Advanced Solar Thermal Testing and Characterization for Certification of Collectors and Systems
- April 2008: The project: "Solar Keymark II" is concluded RESULTS
- 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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