1. A large open EU market for solar thermal products Project N°: EIE/05/052/SI2.420194 Duration: January 2006 – December 2007 (24 months) SolarKeymark-II

2. SolarKeymark-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

3. SolarKeymark-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

4. 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

5. SolarKeymark-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

6. SolarKeymark-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

7. SolarKeymark-II: Partners & Contact Project Partners: SolarKey International (DK) University of Stuttgart, ITW (DE) Centre Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment (FR) Swedish National Testing and Research Institute (SE) GREENoneTEC Solarindustrie GmbH (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