Eurofins Product Testing - German DGNB

Please also click below for more general information

on legal requirements

on VOC emission testing for ecolabels

on the meaning of VOC

DGNB

German DGNB (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Nachhaltiges Bauen) is an association for promoting and certifying sustainable building.

Motivation for having DGNB certification of a building is to achieve higher value of a building in balance, or better sales or better rental price with sustainability as additional argument, or to promote public perception of the company operating a DGNB certified building, or to promote environment and health. Procedure is to collect points for proper consideration of environmental aspects (e.g. saving of energy and of resources, recyclability, indoor air quality and more).

Regarding indoor air quality, an indoor air quality measurement has to be performed max. 4 weeks after completing the building. Then a number of limit values for trace air contaminants shall be respected. Use of low emitting products inside the building will be helpful for achieving this goal, but in contrast to other certification schemes, selection of low emitting products is not directly connected to earning points for DGNB certification.

For further reading:

• Please see our presentation on LEED - a new challenge for low VOC emission materials, including German DGNB, as presentation slides and as paper, held at CERTECH conference on Odours and Emissions from Materials in October 2009.
• General information on DGNB - please click here.
• For more details on DGNB certification process - please click here.
• For a large handbook with many more details (1.2 MB) - please click here.

Using synergies

If a manufacturer needs VOC emission testing for markets in several countries, then Eurofins can help saving money by combining all required testing into one test setup. This service is unique in whole world. No single other testing laboratory is approved for VOC emission chamber testing both for US purposes and for European labels such as Blue Angel, EMICODE and M1, combining this with a world-wide valid ISO 17025 accreditation.

Further Information

Please contact our national organisations or our specialists for using Eurofins expertise that may help to establish sustainable and green buildings.

Order forms and testing request forms for VOC testing are available for free download here.

Please click here for more information on German indoor air on-site monitoring (in German language).

Your direct contacts:

Direct contact to Eurofins Product Testing A/S, the world market leader for VOC emissions chamber testing:

• Sales: Reinhard Oppl, email ReinhardOppl@eurofins.com
• Certification: Dr. Roland Augustin, email ccs@eurofins.com
• Testing laboratory: Thomas Neuhaus, email product-emissions@eurofins.com