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Research & Innovation
2023-09-07
Meet the 2022 Standards+Innovation awards winners: Fridolin WILD

The CEN and CENELEC Standards+Innovation Awards acknowledge and celebrate the important contributions of Researchers, Innovators and Entrepreneurs to Standardization. On 26 October, for its fifth edition, we will host the 2023 Awards Ceremony.

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News
2023-09-06
Experts needed to help with the revision of the European Standard EN 14059:2002 on Decorative oil lamps - Safety requirements and test methods

This European Standard specifies requirements and test methods for oil lamps used in households, in restaurants, in recreational facilities and in similar areas for decorative purposes and to create an atmospheric illumination. 

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Workshop
2023-08-31
CEN Workshop on the Evaluation of Process Intensification of Biorefining Processes for Economic and Sustainability Viability

The objective of process intensification (PI) in the context of biorefining operations is to lead to a reduction in operation costs, feedstock and energy resources, greenhouse gas emissions and higher yields, while increasing operation safety, by concentrating on technologies which can intensify processing methods and create an integrated biorefinery concept. PI methods in general and specifically for biorefining operations have not featured strongly in the vast standards literature.

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Newsletter
2023-08-31
100 Years of Standards Norway

This year, Standards Norway celebrates its 100 year anniversary.

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Newsletter
2023-08-30
Sweden takes the lead in showing Europe the way towards a circular economy

The new European Technical Committee CEN/TC 473 ‘Circular Economy’ will provide an arena for discussions and actions forward in implementing new standards for increased circularity. “A true circular economy is not achieved in organizations or nations alone, but through collaborative action and trans-sectoral consensus building,” says Laura Linnala, project manager at the Swedish Institute for Standards, SIS.

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Newsletter
2023-08-24
SIST is preparing for World Standards Day celebrations

Autumn is just around the corner and SIST, the Slovenian Institute for Standardizatoin, are already working hard to organise a major international event to mark World Standards Day 2023. The event will take place on 16 October 2023 at the Congress Centre Brdo and will be called RAST Conference.

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Newsletter
2023-08-23
Austrian trade union addresses standardization

At their 20th Congress held in June 2023, the Austrian trade union and ETUC affiliate, ÖGB, adopted its action programme, which for the first time addresses standardization. The action programme notes in particular that the standard setting activities have increasingly expanded from industrial products to social, societal and socio-political fields.

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Workshop
2023-08-22
Draft CWA for commenting "Determination of trace chemicals extracted from absorbent hygiene products (AHPs) using simulated urine/menses"

The aim of the workshop is to publish a test method suitable for assessing the potential presence of trace chemicals in absorbent hygiene products (AHPs).

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Newsletter
2023-08-18
Integrate agricultural activities and photovoltaic systems

Agrivoltaics is a new development paradigm that may have wide margins for growth in the future: as the direction taken by the European Union shows, the production of energy from renewable sources should be increased, with a view to privileging sustainable solutions and reducing the reliance on fossil sources.

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EN in the spotlight
2023-08-11
A new standard ensures the safety of travelators for winter sports and tourist use

Travelators (also known as ‘moving walkways’) appeared over 20 years ago with the initial aim to facilitate the climbing of outdoor steep paths by children in skiing areas. Accidents on early installations led, in 2011, to the development of a first European standard, EN 15700, on the safety of travelators.

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