Building Regulations

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Building regulations


Thermal insulation buildings products have to fullfill various requirements according to the rules and regulations existing in countries .

Products must be in accordance :

-in EU with construction product directive CPD EE 89/106 which concerns insulation material properties through one of its six essential requirements :

energy,economy and heat retention

-in USA with ASTM or ASHRAE standards.

ce

In EU, thermal insulation buildings products must be CE marked since march 2003 and follow EN 13162 to EN 13 171 EU standards ,depending of their nature.

CEN EN 13162:
2001		 Thermal insulation products for buildings - Factory made mineral wool (MW) products - Specification
 2002-03-01 2003-05-13 OJ C358 of 2001-12-15
CEN EN 13163:
2001		 Thermal insulation products for buildings - Factory made products of expanded polystyrene (EPS) - Specification 2002-03-01 2003-05-13 OJ C358 of 2001-12-15
CEN EN 13164:
2001		 Thermal insulation products for buildings - Factory made products of extruded polystyrene foam (XPS) - Specification 2002-03-01 2003-05-13 OJ C358 of 2001-12-15
CEN EN 13165:
2001		 Thermal insulation products for buildings - Factory made rigid polyurethane foam (PUR) products - Specification 2002-03-01 2003-05-13 OJ C358 of 2001-12-15
CEN EN 13166:
2001		 Thermal insulation products for buildings - Factory made products of phenolic foam (PF) - Specification 2002-03-01 2003-05-13 OJ C358 of 2001-12-15
CEN EN 13167:
2001		 Thermal insulation products for buildings - Factory made cellular glass (CG) products - Specification 2002-03-01 2003-05-13 OJ C358 of 2001-12-15
CEN EN 13168:
2001		 Thermal insulation products for buildings - Factory made wood wool (WW) products - Specification 2002-03-01 2003-05-13 OJ C358 of 2001-12-15
CEN EN 13169:
2001		 Thermal insulation products for buildings - Factory made products of expanded perlite (EPB) - Specification 2002-03-01 2003-05-13 OJ C358 of 2001-12-15
CEN EN 13170:
2001		 Thermal insulation products for buildings - Factory made products of expanded cork (ICB) - Specification 2002-03-01 2003-05-13 OJ C358 of 2001-12-15
CEN EN 13171:
2001		 Thermal insulating products for buildings - Factory made wood fibre (WF) products - Specification 2002-03-01 2003-05-13 2


CE marking is mandatory in EU countries . It shows harmonized technical data

for a given product . These technical data are coming from harmonized EU test methods and their values are declared by the producer , like thermal conductivity lambda or thermal resistance R


On a local basis , or European one , products may be certified by a third part body , like Keymark organisation.

To know more :

http://www.key-mark.org


This contributes to raise the quality level of the products , and enhances a full control by third part body .



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