Again this year, we were active for you at many fairs and events. Our heads of the laboratory were for example, four days at the Porgetto Fuoco in the beautiful Verona, Italy. We had more than 40 meetings and appointments for you. This year, around 70 000 trade visitors and end customers visited the fair. […]
As of 07.11.2017, the new regulation n. 186, passed by the Minister of the environment, in collaboration with the Minister of health and the Minister of economy and development, came into force. It applies to small fireplaces and boilers, which are operated with biomass solid fuels. The regulation sets requirements for the emission of particles, […]
This year’s christmas campaign, the RRF supported three different institutions and associations: The children’s hospice “Balthasar” in Olpe, the children’s home “St. Josefshaus” in Essen and the SC Drolshagen. With the children and youth hospice we support a very important institution, which offers a place of retreat for seriously ill children and their families. It […]
On 16.11.2017, the second official Flame Verte Laboratories Meeting took place in Paris at the Syndicat des Energies Renouvelables. There were important topics on the agenda related to the Flame Verte Recognition. Also, the contract between Syndicat of Energies Renouvelables and the test laboratories was revised, the “Charte des Flamme Verte” for the manufacturers was […]
On 17. – 19. October 2017 interested members as well as guests of the E.F.A. – European fireplace association met for the autumn meeting in the premises of Pertinger GmbH/Srl in Varna in the beautiful South-Tyrol. During the meeting on 18.10.2017 various lectures were held: Among others, our CEO Mr. Christian Droll gave a lecture […]
With the notification of 26. September 2017 from the Deutsches Institut für Bautechnik, the RRF is officially approved for further building products. Since we established ourselves on the marked being a testing, monitoring and certification body, we incorporated further important construction products into our portfolio: including room-sealed flue gas collectors both for solid fuels and […]
The regulation was published on 21.07.2015 in the official journal of the European Union and officially came into force on 10.08.2015. This directive applies to every local space heater up to 50 kW. The requirements mentioned in the directive apply for every local space heater, that is no solid fuel heater without or with an […]
The RRF team is very pleased with the great positive feedback. The action has been advocated both medially and has also generated positive resonance through social media. Link to the Blogpost: Link
Since May 2016, a subsidy for fireplaces was granted by the Italian government. The total allowance amounts to 900 million € per year. In order to receive this subsidy as a private individual, an old room heater has to be replaced by a new one. The old room heater has to be brought to a […]
Climate change, limited resources and rising energy prices force to make actions. New environmental regulations from politics and the wish from many companies for more sustainability promote a change for more energy efficient solutions. Modern lighting technology helps to significantly reduce electricity consumption while at the same time improving the lighting quality on a sustained […]