Solar Keymark-II A large open EU market for

Solar. Keymark-II A large open EU market for solar thermal products Project N°: EIE/05/052/SI 2. 420194 Duration: January 2006 – December 2007 (24 months)

Solar. Keymark-II: Project Summary • Overcoming barriers to trade in solar thermal products within the EU • Increasing acceptance of ONE European certification scheme, the CEN Solar Keymark • Improving the scheme and the underlying standards • 12 manufacturers and research/test institutes working jointly with ESTIF as co-ordinator • Started: January 2006, runs for 24 months

Solar. Keymark-II: Background • Many differents support schemes for Solar Thermal in Europe • Different product requirements • Result: barriers to trade • Solution: Only ONE European certification, the Solar Keymark • But: Not yet recognised everywhere • And: Manufacturers often waiting for progress before certifying their products

SK-II: Objectives and main steps Overall goal: • One large open EU market for solar thermal products Main steps: • Identification of current trade barriers, problems with the Solar Keymark, and ways to improve the situation • Updating the Solar Keymark scheme rules and EN Standards to make them more flexible and easier to handle • Promoting the Solar Keymark and its improvements to public authoritites in charge of solar thermal support schemes and to manufacturers/traders

Solar. Keymark-II: Expected Results • Removal of trade barriers for solar thermal within the EU • Higher integration of EU market, resulting in more competition at European level, economies of scale, and transfer of know-how • More transparent information on product quality, resulting in higher trust of all actors involved

Solar. Keymark-II: Status of Solar Keymark • The number of Solar Keymark licenses is continuously being monitored – it has increased more than 70% in the first half year of the project

Solar. Keymark-II: Partners & Contact Project Partners: • • • Solar. Key International (DK) University of Stuttgart, ITW (DE) Centre Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment (FR) Swedish National Testing and Research Institute (SE) GREENone. TEC Solarindustrie Gmb. H (AT) Solahart Industries Pty Ltd (NL) THERMOMAX Ltd. (UK) Österreichisches Forschungs- und Prüfzentrum Arsenal Ges. m. b. H. (AT) Natonal Center for Scientific Research “DEMOKRITOS” (GR) Istituto Nacional de Engenharia, Tecnologia e Inovação (PT) Canary Island Insitute of Technology (ES) Co-ordinator • European Solar Thermal Industry Federation Renewable Energy House Rue d’Arlon 63 -65 B-1040 Bruxelles Email: info@estif. org Website: www. solarkeymark. org + www. estif. org/solarkeymark/skii. php