What is the CLEANAIR certification?
The CLEANAIR certification system is suitable for rooms and buildings in public and private areas. It describes the requirements for indoor air in relation to smell, volatile organic compound content, carcinogens in EU categories 1 and 2 (EU Directive 67/548/EEC) and formaldehyde in new or renovated indoor spaces ready for occupation after the completion of all onsite works and/or interior design work before handover to the user.
New building methods and materials, as well as the trend towards sustainable buildings for living and working, have sharply increased the demand for indoor air analysis and certification. Indoor air quality is essential because most people spend more than 90 per cent of their lifetime in indoor spaces. Today, renters, buyers or owners want increased testing to be sure that low-emission products have been used and that indoor air quality is healthy and good.
What are the advantages of a CLEANAIR certification?
- Quality assurance in accredited methods: OETI meets all standard requirements. Regarding emission analysis, OETI is accredited under ISO 16000 Parts 2, 3, 6, 9, and 11, as well as EN 16516.
- Safety for marketing your products based on a comprehensive emissions analysis and the CLEANAIR standard, which is based on strict national and international indoor air guideline values.
- Increased customer and partner confidence thanks to optimal documentation of the harmlessness of your indoor air quality.
- Protection against materials that pollute the indoor air.
- Sustainability assessments of buildings are being requested more often by building owners and end consumers - and the trend is rising.
- Show your commitment to the environment and society to the outside world.
- Unique selling point compared to other providers.
- Increase of the property value and increase the marketability of the property.
- Benefit from our decades of market expertise as an independent and accredited testing institute.
Who is the CLEANAIR certification suitable for?
- Property developers
- Public and commercial builders (e.g. BIG [the Austrian government’s real estate management company], banks, builders of educational or care facilities, etc.)
- Planners: architects, building physicists, building biologists, building experts
- Indoor air certifiers