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").