Indoor air quality testing
The natureplus Institute SCE carries out the indoor air tests for VOCs and formaldehyde necessary for building certification (BNK|BNG Criteria Sheet 1.1.1 Healthy Living – Indoor Air Hygiene or DGNB SOC1.2 Indoor Air Quality).
We prepare the sampling process with you and carry it out professionally on site. The chemical analyses for aldehydes and VOCs (volatile organic compounds), including TVOC, are carried out in cooperation with the Bremen Environmental Institute. The Bremen Environmental Institute is accredited by DAkkS in accordance with DIN EN ISO 17025 (D-PL-18812-01-00) and therefore meets the requirements of BNG|BNK, DGNB and QNG.
We work in accordance with the following normative principles:
| General Principles | DGNB, SOC1.2 BNK | BNG Criteria Profile 1.1.1 |
| Formaldehyde | Sampling: DIN EN ISO 16000-1 and -2 Analysis: DIN EN ISO 16000-3 |
| VOC (including SVOC, TVOC) | Sampling: DIN EN ISO 16000-1 and -5 Analysis: DIN EN ISO 16000-6 |
Life cycle assessment
As a specialist agency with a European network, we can provide you with life cycle assessments for various market situations based on the ecoInvent and MLC databases. We can also accommodate specific national regulations and reporting formats.
The underlying standards for life cycle assessments are EN 15804 for construction products and materials and EN 15978 for buildings.
Further pollutant analyses
Get in touch with us! Through our cooperative network of testing laboratories, you can commission comprehensive analysis services from us, including accompanying consultancy and sampling.
An overview of some of our services:
- Heavy metal analyses (elute and total decomposition)
- Special investigation: Chromium VI
- Pesticide analysis
- Organic halogen compounds AOX/EOX
- Wood preservatives
- Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs according to EPA)
- Organophosphorus flame retardants
- pH value
- Formaldehyde according to DIN EN 717-1 (WKI method)
- Foreign substances / asbestos / fibres (purity control) using SEM
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