1. Activities of Solar Keymark Network (SKN)
Jan Erik Nielsen, March 27nd 2017

2. 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

3. Standards behind Solar Keymark.
Standards behind Solar Keymark
Solar Keymark standards
EN Thermal solar systems and components - Solar collectors - Part 1: General Requirements
EN ISO Solar Energy - Solar thermal collectors - Test methods
EN Thermal solar systems and components - Factory made systems - Part 1: General requirements.
EN Thermal solar systems and components - Factory made systems - Part 2: Test methods

4. Standards behind Solar Keymark.
Standards behind Solar Keymark
Solar Keymark standards (continued):
EN Thermal solar systems and components - Custom built systems - Part 1: General requirements for solar water heaters and combisystems
EN Thermal solar systems and components - Custom built systems - Test methods for solar water heaters and combisystems
EN Thermal solar systems and components - Custom built systems - Part 3: Performance test methods for solar water heater stores
EN Thermal solar systems and components - Custom built systems - Part 4: Performance test methods for solar combistores
EN Thermal solar systems and components - Custom built systems - Part 5: Performance test methods for control equipment

5. Standards behind Solar Keymark.
Standards behind Solar Keymark
Solar Keymark can soon be used for absorber surfaces
EN ISO Solar energy -- Collector components and materials -- Part 3: Absorber surface durability

6. Current issues
New complaint procedure - included in latest version of SK scheme rules
Strategy / promotion

7. 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”

8. 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 …

9. Others things
Keymark logo subject to change ? - present proposal (from Heat Pump group):
estesc opinion?

10. SCF - Solar Certification Fund
Annual call for projects related to solar thermal standards and certification
Approx € for 2017 (down from €)
Public project results (to be) published on Solar Keymark web

11. 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 October, Cyprus

12. Further information
Web:
Mail:
Mail: