Activities of Solar Keymark Network (SKN) Jan Erik Nielsen, March 27nd 2017
Status for licences Year Collectors Systems Storage Controller Total 2014 1586 190 1776 2015 1427 197 1624 2016 1352 174 1526 2017 1253 172 5 1435
Standards behind Solar Keymark . Standards behind Solar Keymark Solar Keymark standards EN 12975-1. Thermal solar systems and components - Solar collectors - Part 1: General Requirements EN ISO 9806. Solar Energy - Solar thermal collectors - Test methods EN 12976-1. Thermal solar systems and components - Factory made systems - Part 1: General requirements. EN 12976-2. Thermal solar systems and components - Factory made systems - Part 2: Test methods
Standards behind Solar Keymark . Standards behind Solar Keymark Solar Keymark standards (continued): EN 12977-1 Thermal solar systems and components - Custom built systems - Part 1: General requirements for solar water heaters and combisystems EN 12977-2 Thermal solar systems and components - Custom built systems - Test methods for solar water heaters and combisystems EN 12977-3 Thermal solar systems and components - Custom built systems - Part 3: Performance test methods for solar water heater stores EN 12977-4 Thermal solar systems and components - Custom built systems - Part 4: Performance test methods for solar combistores EN 12977-5 Thermal solar systems and components - Custom built systems - Part 5: Performance test methods for control equipment
Standards behind Solar Keymark . Standards behind Solar Keymark Solar Keymark can soon be used for absorber surfaces EN ISO 22975-3. Solar energy -- Collector components and materials -- Part 3: Absorber surface durability
Current issues New complaint procedure - included in latest version of SK scheme rules Strategy / promotion
New complaint process/procedure Step 0: Complain to directly to party in question If issue not solved … proceed to Step 1 Step 1: Appeal to SKN Head of CB - and SKN Complaint Committee See next slide. If issue not solved … proceed to Step 2 Step 2: Appeal to Keymark Management Organisation (KMO) - own/CEN procedures: “CEN Internal Regulation Part 4” If issue not solved … proceed to Step 3 Step 3: Appeal to CEN-CENELEC Own/CEN procedures: “CEN Internal Regulation Part 4”
New complaint process/procedure Step 1: Appeal to SKN Head of CB who will begin an investigation together with the Complaint Committee: - SKN Chair - SKN Manager - Test lab representative - CB representative (Head of CB) - ESTIF representative Time for respond 1 month, either result of investigation or clear action plan Step 2 KMO …
Others things Keymark logo subject to change ? - present proposal (from Heat Pump group): estesc opinion?
SCF - Solar Certification Fund Annual call for projects related to solar thermal standards and certification Approx. 120 000 € for 2017 (down from 140 000 €) Public project results (to be) published on Solar Keymark web
Solar Keymark Network Chairman: Jaime Fernandez, AENOR Manager: Jan Erik Nielsen Administration: ESTIF Secretariat Bi-annual meetings - in future one physical meeting and one web-meeting (?) Next meeting October 17-18 October, Cyprus
Further information Web: www.solarkeymark.org Mail: skn@estif.org Mail: jen@solarkey.dk