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Lamps on solar energy
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December 2010
Scope
These criteria apply to indoor and outdoor lamps which are powered by solar energy
using a rechargeable electrochemical storage system (examples are street light,
garden lights, grave lights…).
These criteria do not include solar lamps working without any battery, which are
included in the ‘photovoltaic’ form.
1) Subject matter
Lamps on solar energy produced with environmentally friendly materials and
processes and produced in a socially responsible way.
1.1. The subject matter in the framework of the organizations policy.
“For <…..> (name of the public authority), the care for the environment and social
aspects is important. It is stated in her <strategic policies>, <mission>, <vision>,
<procurement policy>, …”
1.2.
“Reserved contracts”
This category of contract is handled separately in Article 19 of Directive 2004/18/EC.
This article permits the member states to “reserve” the right to participate in public
contract award procedures. It includes contracts awarded to sheltered workshops or
awarded in the context of sheltered employment programmes restricted to
handicapped persons who cannot conduct professional activities under normal
conditions. Paragraph 2 of Article 18a of the Law of 24 December 1993 has already
taken a step in this direction by enabling, within the European thresholds, an
identical strategy.
2) Exclusion criteria
2.1. Social aspects:
Buyers can take account of social aspects in there procurement. For more
information about the different possibilities see:
http://www.gidsvoorduurzameaankopen.be/en/node/108
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3) Technical capacity
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4) Market information
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5) Technical specifications
For this product group there is, at present (December 2010), just one eco-label
available which forms the basis for formulating environmental compliance criteria.
A list showing the criteria taken from the specifications document for this eco-label
is given below. Buyers may include these criteria in the technical specifications of
their own tender documents. Alternatively, they may give them a more optional
character by incorporating them as awarding criteria in the tender, all this
depending on the procedure that’s chosen.
In addition, the PODDO has divided a list (see below) into key criteria and other
criteria. The first group is definitely recommended when ordering green and
sustainable products in the case of public procurement contracts.
KEY-CRITERIA:
a) Product requirements (Blaue Engel)
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The battery must be exchangeable and this in a way that allows the customer to
exchange it by use of ordinary tools.
The product description must include detailed instructions on how to exchange
the battery. For batteries which have to be exchanged by trained personnel the
product description must name corresponding customer service representatives.
b) Warranty (Blaue Engel)
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Applicant’s warranty on the product shall cover all modules or components. It
includes the performance of all functions described in the product description for
at least two years.
The rechargeable battery shall be covered by a warranty of at least of six months.
c) Requirements for rechargeable batteries: ban on Cadmium (Blaue Engel)
- If the appliances are equipped with rechargeable batteries the applicant shall
undertake to only use cadmium-free batteries in accordance with the Council
Directive 2006/66/EC(1) on Batteries and Accumulators Containing Certain
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Dangerous Substances and include a clear notice requiring the use of a
cadmium-free exchange battery into the product description.
(1)
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2006:266:0001:0014:en:PDF
d) Other Material Requirements (Blaue Engel)
- No chloroparaffins may be added to the carrier material of printed circuit boards.
e) General Functional Safety Requirements (Blaue Engel)
- This shall include information on the restrictions to functional safety due to
unfavourable conditions of use (e.g. orientation and tilt angle of the module,
shading).
For ascertaining the functional safety of the product the manufacturer shall
determine the appliance’s energy needs, possibly by taking a typical energy
consumption profile into account. Such consumption profile shall be based on
the basic functions of the product and the average use of significant additional
functions.
f) Supplementary functional safety requirements for Mobile products: charging
time (Blaue Engel)
- Mobile products with a flexible range of use are products designed so as to allow
a change of location.
It must be possible to almost fully charge within 10 hours (≥ 90% of the charge
capacity specified by the charger manufacturer) solar chargers as well as selfsustaining photovoltaic products with integrated or proper rechargeable
batteries.
g) Plastics used in Cases and Case Parts (Blaue Engel)
- The plastics must not contain as constituent parts any substances classified as:
 Carcinogenic, mutagenic or reprotoxic in categories 1 or 2 according to Table
3.2 of Annex VI to EC Regulation 1272/2008(1)
 persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic (PBT substances) or very persistent and
very bioaccumulative (vPvB substances) according to the criteria of Annex XIII
to the REACH Regulation or particularly alarming for other reasons and
included into the List (so-called list of candidates) set up in accordance with
REACH, Article 59, paragraph 1 (2).
- The following shall be exempt from this rule:
 Plastics used in films covering the back of the solar panel;
 Process-related, technically unavoidable impurities;
 Fluoroorganic additives (as, for example, anti-dripping agents) used to
improve the physical properties of plastics, provided that they do not exceed
0.5 weight percent;
 Plastic parts weighing less than 25 grams.
(1)
(2)
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2008:353:0001:1355:en:PDF
http://echa.europa.eu/consultations/authorisation/svhc/svhc_cons_en.asp
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h) Supplementary functional safety requirements for Stationary Outdoor Products
(Blaue Engel)
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Stationary outdoor products are products which are primarily used in outdoor
environments and usually stationarily mounted.
They must provide a minimum level of functional safety indicated by the solar
fraction data.
The solar fraction indicates the portion of the solar energy used - which is
provided via solar generator and storage system - in the product’s or the
consumer’s total energy demand.
The following categories have been established:
 Products required to provide a 100 % solar fraction; e.g. fence chargers
and/or safety-related installations.
 Products required to provide a minimum solar fraction of 98 %; e.g. house
number lights.
The product description shall specifically inform about possible capacity
losses when used on a North-facing house wall.
The imprint on a solar-powered house number light must still be clearly
readable from a distance of 10 m after a luminous period of 12 hours during
darkness.
 Products required to provide a minimum solar fraction of 95 %; e.g.
gardening lights, grave lights.
The product description shall, in an appropriate manner, inform about the
dependence of the luminous period on seasonal irradiance conditions.
i) Supplementary functional safety requirements for Mobile products: battery
protection (Blaue Engel)
- The following requirements shall be met to protect the battery from overheating,
overcharge and deep discharge:
• Solar module and battery shall be thermally separated from each other by
design or technical measures.
• Charging electronics shall make sure that the integrated, proper or
recommended batteries are activated during operation in accordance with
the battery manufacturer’s specifications.
OTHER CRITERIA:
a) Rechargeable batteries: overcharge or deep discharge (Blaue Engel)
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A proper coordination of the components or an electronic charging system has
proved to be efficient in protecting the rechargeable battery form overcharging
or deep-discharging. The applicant shall verify that the product includes such
features.
Evidence:
The compliance with all the criteria mentioned above can be proved with the
following label:
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In case that the tendering company can present this label, any further proof is not
necessary. Any other suitable evidence from a recognized body can also be used.
6) Awarding the contract:
Criteria --- For example --1
Price
Weight
e.g. 60%
Calculation (e.g.): Lowest offered price/ stated price x 0,60
2
Environmental criteria
e.g. 35%
(The public authority formulates the points it wants to assign to the below
mentioned criteria )
Calculation (e.g.): Total scored points / maximum number of points x 0,35
3
4
…
…
e.g. 5 %
e.g. ….
In above mentioned table, the weight of the environmental criteria shall be
stated by the buyer in function of its particular procurement. Representatives of
several sectors federations mention often to not underestimate this weight to
give sustainability in the awarding phase a chance at all.
The environmental criteria in the above mentioned table concern the following
issues: see point 5
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7) Performance clauses:
7.1. Environmental aspects:
a) Rechargeable batteries: overcharge or deep discharge (Blaue Engel)
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The product description shall inform about the durability-relevant, battery
specific risks.
If applicable, the product description shall also include proper countermeasures
to restore or maintain the capacity of the rechargeable battery.
b) Disposal Instructions (Blaue Engel)
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The product description shall include the following instructions in an easily
readable form
(similar wording may be used):
• ... all batteries should, in principle, be returned to the proper return facility
for used batteries; Batteries must not be disposed of with household waste.
• The appliance contains a cadmium-free rechargeable battery.
The product description shall also include information on where to return
rechargeable batteries – i.e. - first and foremost - the location (address) of
the return facility for rechargeable batteries.
c) Consumer Information (Blaue Engel)
- The product description shall provide the following consumer information in
addition to the
requirements to be verified:
• Charging time for full charge (100%) in hours with reference to the specified
capacity of the battery charger or the nominal capacity of the integrated or
proper or recommended rechargeable batteries.
• The resulting respective average charging time for 1 Ah.
7.2. Social aspects:
Buyers can take account of social aspects in there procurement. For more
information about the different possibilities see:
http://www.gidsvoorduurzameaankopen.be/en/node/108
7.3. Ethical aspects:
“The tenderer undertakes, until the contract has been executed in full, to respect the
8 Basic Conventions of the ILO:
1. The prohibition of forced labour (C29 Forced Labour Convention, 1930, and
C105 Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957);
2. The right to freedom of association (C87 Freedom of Association and
Protection of the Right to Organise, 1948);
3. The right to organise and collective bargaining (C98 Right to Organise and
Collective bargaining, 1949);
4. The prohibition of any discrimination in terms of labour and remuneration
(C100 Equal Remuneration, 1951 and C111 Discrimination (Employment and
Occupation), 1958);
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5. The minimum age for child labour (C138 Minimum Age Convention, 1973),
together with the prohibition of the worst forms of child labour (C182 Worst
Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999).
The non-respect of this undertaking may, by virtue of Article 20, §1, 4° of the general
specifications annexed to the Royal Decree of 26 September 1996, give rise to the
application of the official measures described in § 6 of the same article, including
unilateral termination of the contract.”
References
[Information of the public authority that used these clauses in a procurement case]
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