
Biomass fueled heating appliances
Our laboratory, accredited by ACCREDIA (lab n.204) and Notified Body (NB 1880) performs initial type tests (ITT) on the following types of biomass heating appliances:
- cookers - EN 12815 standard;
- inset appliances - EN 13229 standard;
- roomheaters - EN 13240 standard;
- pellet stoves - EN 14785 standard;
- boilers - EN 303-5 standard;
- residential solid fuel burning appliances - EN 16510-1 standard;
with the evaluation of:
- carbon monoxide (CO) emission and air and water efficiency under nominal power and reduced power conditions;
- safety temperatures;
- tests according to EN 16510 and CEN/TS 15883 for:
- particulate emission;
- nitrogen oxides (NOx) emission;
- OGC (or COT) emission;
- leak tightness.
Initial type testing of biomass fired appliances allow to issue test reports valid for the CE marking of the product and for the release of:
- environmental certificate according to Italian D.M. 186/2017;
- GSE Conto termico 2.0 certificate according to Italian D.M. 15.02 2016;
and assessment of:
- Ecodesign requirements (EU regulations 2015/1189 and 2015/1185);
- Energy Labeling requirements / EEI index (EU regulations 2015/1187 and 2015/1186).
We can help you with the evaluation of national emission requirements for:
- Austria
art. 15a B-VG; - Germany
German BIMschV;
German BAFA;
German DIN plus; - France
Flamme Verte requirements (ACTECO is a Verte Flamme recognized laboratory); - UK
DEFRA English (UK Clean Air Act); - Denmark
Danish regulation for devices with power <1 MW; - Switzerland
tests and certifications recognized by VKF ("Vereinigung Kantonaler Feuerversicherungen").