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EUROVENT CERTITA CERTIFICATION LAUNCHES
A NEW ENERGY EFFICIENCY CLASSIFICATION FOR AIR FILTERS
Paris, 23rd February 2014 – With over 8 year expertise gained in Air Filter certification, Eurovent Certita
Certification is pleased to announce the launch of its new energy efficiency classification for Air Filters.
This new classification is defined in the Rating Standard RS 4/C/001-2015 which refers to the calculation
method given in the Eurovent document 4/21-2014.
The products covered by the energy classification are all M5 to F9 air filters rated at 3400 m 3/h including
Bags, V-type, Pleated, Panels and Filter mats.
The energy class is presented in the ECC energy efficiency label where the following performances are
provided:
- Energy efficiency class according to RS 4/C/001-2015
- Filter class according to EN 779:2012
- Nominal airflow
- Initial efficiency
- Minimum efficiency
- Annual energy consumption in kWh/annum
This new energy classification is more demanding for air filters. As an example, F7 filters have to have
an annual energy consumption lower than 950 kWh/annum in order to be rated “A” whereas the limit was
set at 1200 kWh/annum with the previous classification.
Additionally, an A+ class has been introduced allowing to identify the world’s best products in terms of
Energy Efficiency (air filters rated “A+” represents less than 1% of the certified products).
This new classification is in line with the latest Eurovent Certita Certification policy regarding Energy
Efficiency classification, that is:
- A+ class represents less than 1% of the certified products
- A class represents less than 5% of the certified products
- B class represents less than 15% of the certified products
This policy is defined in Appendix K in the Certification Manual Ed. 11 (2015).
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Key benefits of this new energy classification:
- Up to 1500 air filter references available from 24 manufacturers,
- A robust certification process based on product testing in independent laboratories,
- Certified data available on line 24/7 at www.eurovent-certification.com, including an online search
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Figure 1: Illustration of the AIR FILTER Energy Efficiency Label
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As an accredited certifier (certificate #5-0527 Industrial Product Certification), Eurovent Certita
Certification product performance certificate is recognized with a legal ground in a very large number of
countries(2).
Eurovent Certita Certification COFRAC accreditation was granted according to ISO/IEC
guide 65:1996 or EN 45011:1998, see scope and validity at www.cofrac.fr.This
accreditation is compliant with the European co-operation for Accreditation(3) (EA) also
member of International Accreditation Forum(4) (IAF) with mutual recognition agreement
signed by the following countries(2) - see short list below.
(2)
short list: ACCREDIA ITALY, AKKREDITIERUNG AUSTRIA, BELAC BELGIUM, CAI
CZECH REPUBLIC, COFRAC FRANCE, DAkkS GERMANY, DANAK DENMARK,
ENAC SPAIN, FINAS FINLAND, INAB IRELAND, IPAC PORTUGAL, NA NORWAY,
PCA POLAND, RvA THE NETHERLANDS, SAS SWITZERLAND, SWEDAC SWEDEN,
TURKAK TURKEY, UKAS UNITED KINGDOM, …
(3)
www.european-accreditation.org
(4)
www.iaf.nu
Certified product lists and certified product performances are available at
www.eurovent-certification.com - www.certita.fr or at www.certiflash.com
EUROVENT CERTITA CERTIFICATION is a major European certification body in the field of HVAC-R,
operating 35 certification programs and generating about € 10 million in turnover. It focuses on certifying
products performances as well as data needed to implement regulations. The main quality marks currently
proposed are the marks “Eurovent certified performance”, NF, CSTBat, and the European Keymark.
Certification schemes proposed for both domestic & industrial facilities:
 Thermodynamics :
Heat pumps, Air conditioners, Liquid chilling packages, Variable refrigerant
flow, rooftop, Multi-energy …
 Comfort appliances :
Radiators, fan coils, solar collectors and heaters, heating appliances using
liquid or solid fuels, mobile liquid fuel heaters, chilled beams …
 Cooling & refrigeration Cooling and heating coils, cooling towers, heat exchangers, milk coolers,
condensing units, compressors, refrigerated display cabinet...
 Ventilation :
Mechanical ventilation, air handling units, fans, flue pipes, filters, heat
Recovery …
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