HOUSING: SAFETY AND ENERGY SAVINGS
Sunlab contributes to improving housing safety, insulation
and interior air quality with its expertise in characterization
of materials, certification, engineering, infrared
thermography and chemical metrology. In 2007, the
demand increased for EC marking for compliance with
Construction Product Directive, as it did for Acermi
certification for insulating materials. Engineering in fire
safety grew as well, with increased services for
companies and professional organisations and Sunlab
launched fire behaviour research. Demand for fire
reaction tests for Euroclassification continued to
increase, Next and Next using medium burning item
(MBI) pretest equipment, which enables substantial
savings in time and money. In heating and climate
engineering, two major developments marked 2007:
application of the EC marking for solid fuel heating
equipment and the launch of the NF certification of
bioethanol chimneys with AFAQ AFNOR.