As of 01.01.2015 new laws in Austria apply On 31.12.2012 the Official Gazette for Vienna published the new agreement in accordance with Article 15a B-VG on the marketing of residential heating and review of combustion plants and cogeneration units. The limit values in the product range of solid fuel-fired appliances have changed. These chances or […]
On 07 April 2014, the first WP 2 Meeting took place in Frankfurt after the kick-off meeting held in the fall of last year in Straubing. The aim of the project is to develop a method for describing the operational behavior of fireplace and pellet stoves under real conditions. The responsible presented the first sets […]
On March 26 and 27 members of the European fireplaces Association (EFA, Europäische Feuerstätten Arbeitsgemeinschaft) came together for the annual spring meeting in Olsberg in the Sauerland. The well attended event took place in the information and demonstration center Renewable Energy (I.D.E.E., Erneuerbare Energien), which is offered the ideal venue for the EFA as a […]
Sven Müller is going to be the follower of Ewald Lücker for the technical head of our testing laboratory in the field of construction products regulation (EU) No. 305/3011. Mr. Jürgen Rosenfeld remains as head of testing laboratory of the testing, monitoring and certification body according to LBO. Mr. Müller will be our deputy in […]
We are pleased to welcome Sven Müller as a new employee at the RRF. Mr. Müller was previously head of testing laboratory at the company LEDA Werk GmbH & Co.KG Boekhoff & Co. and is well known in the industry by his competence, engagement and his participation in various committees. With respect to a change of […]
This regulation lays down conditions for the marketing of construction products or preparation on the market as of the 1 July of 2013 through the placement of harmonized regulations by the information of the efficiency of construction products in reference to the essential characteristics as well as by use of the CE-label for these products. In […]
With the accreditation of the RRF body through the DAkkS our approval tests of the relevant standards NS 3058-1, -2, -3 and NS 3059 for Norway are acknowledged. So we have been included in the small circle of bodies, which may check for Norway as well as the Nordic Ecolabel (Nordic Swan).
In Great Britain because of the DEFRA (Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs) there have been established smoke control areas. In order to be allowed to operate there solid fuel fireplaces, separate emission requirements have been established with reference to solids (particles) in the flue gas. The test methods are listed in the application […]
The RRF has been successfully accredited by the DAkkS Ltd. according to ISO/IEC 17025. So the basic of the European notification by the European Commission as of the 01.07.2013 is created. RRF accreditation: DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025:2005, DAkkS No. D-PL-17727-01-00