EUCERT

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The EUCERT programme aims at training and educating heat pump installers throughout Europe. This is in line with EHPA’s goal to not only mark quality products but also shine a light on the qualified workforce. Since, an extremely well-running heat pump can lose a lot of its efficiency if not properly installed. Therefore, currently 14 countries are working together to have this scheme in place and in accordance with Article 14 of the RES Directive.

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Article 14 (3) of the 2009 EU Renewable Energy Sources (RES) Directive says:

“Member States shall ensure that certification schemes or equivalent qualification schemes become or are available by 31 December 2012 for installers of […] heat pumps. Those schemes may take into account existing schemes and structures as appropriate […]. Each Member State shall recognise certification awarded by other Member States in accordance with those criteria.”

EUCert – forward

The European Heat Pump Association wants to be a frontrunner on training and certification schemes for heat pump installers in Europe and it therefore takes, through its Education Committee, the management and development of a training and certification scheme – EUCert – forward.

This EUCert certification programme has grown out of a previous EU funded programme, the SAVE project EU-CERT.

HP, which was aimed at initiating a European training and quality campaign for installers in the field of heat pump technology. It had been supported by the European Commission within the Intelligent Energy Programme and was completed in December 2006. Afterwards, EHPA felt that the sector needed such a program to be wider developed and therefore continued with its partners in several EU Member States to improve the schemes. Today organisations from several European countries, in addition to the original project partners, are actively using and supporting this system.

You can find more information on the countries where trainings are offered in the sub-section Member countries. If your country is not listed yet and you have a vital interest in setting up a training programme based on the EUCERT scheme, please contact us via eucert@ehpa.org.

Become a certified installer!

If you are a heat pump installer or you aim at installing heat pumps and would like to be part of the EUCERT program men, then you need to undertake the following steps:

Look if the country where you want to follow the courses and/or install heat pumps is listed in the ‘Participating Countries’.

If this is the case, then please directly get in contact with the contact person that is mentioned. He or she will help you further and explain when the next courses are and what the entry requirements might be. You can also directly go to the website of the organisation and inquire yourself.

If this is not the case, then please send an e-mail to eucert@ehpa.org and someone at EHPA will try to help you further.

Documents

Name	Type	Date	Action
EHPA EUCERT OVERVIEW	pdf		Download –
EUCERT Application process for new countries v2013	pdf		Download –

Participating Countries

You can find the detalis on the natiional quality label commissions below:

Austria

National Coordinator: Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT)
Contact person: Mr. Christian Köfinger
Training institute: AIT – Austrian Institute of Technology
Certifying body: AIT – Austrian Institute of Technology
Website: Waermepumpe Austria (Austrian Heat Pump Association)

Belgium

National Coordinator: Flemish Heat Pump Platform
Contact person: Mr. Jan Lhoëst
Training institute: none
Certifying body: none
Website: http://www.ode.be

Czech Republic

National Coordinator: AVTC
Contact person: Mr. Tomas Straka
Training institutes: Polytechnic School Brno
Certifying body: Czech Heat Pump Association AVTC
Website: http://www.avtc.cz

Denmark

National Coordinator: Danish Technological Institute
Contact person: Mr. Svenn Hansen
Training institutes: none
Certifying body: none
Website: http://www.dti.dk

Finland

National Coordinator: Finnish Heat Pump Association SULPU ry
Contact person: Mr. Jussi Hirvonen
Training institutes: AMIEDU, SEDU, RAMK
Certifying body:HP Installer Certification Board of Finland
Website: http://www.sulpu.fi

Germany

National Coordinator: BWP – German Heat Pump Association
Contact person: Mr. Tony Kroenert
Training institutes: Five, located in Augsburg, Karlsruhe,
Potsdam, Gladbeck and Saffig. Details are listed here
Certifying body: BWP Germany
Website: http://www.waermepumpe.de

Hungary

National Coordinator: MAHÖSZ
Contact person: Mr. Istvan Szép
Training institutes: none
Certifying body: none
Website: http://www.hoszisz.hu

Italy

National Coordinator: Areliguria
Contact person: Mr. Pierpaolo Rossodivita
Training institutes: Daikin Italy, Genova
Certifying body: none
Website: http://www.areliguria.it

Poland

National Coordinator: PORT PC – Polish Association for Heat Pump
Technology and Development
Contact person: Mr. Sebastian Kaletka
Training institutes: Eurocentre, Katowice
Certifying body: PORT PC
Website: http://www.portpc.pl

Portugal

National Coordinator: APIRAC – Portugese Heat Pump Association
Contact person: Mr. Nuno Roque
Training institutes: none
Certifying body: none
Website: http://www.apirac.pt

Slovakia

National Coordinator: SZ CHKT – Slovak association for cooling and airconditioning
Contact person: Mr. Peter Tomlein
Training institutes: SZ CHKT Rovinka
Certifying body: CO CHKT Rovinka
Website: www.szchkt.org

Sweden

National Coordinator: Mid Sweden University
Contact person: Mr. Bengt Sandström
Training institutes: Mid-Sweden University
Certifying body: INCERT AB
Website: http://www.miun.se

United Kingdom

National Coordinator: UK GSHP
Contact person: Mr. Nic Wincott
Training institutes: none
Certifying body: none
Website: http://www.gshp.org.uk

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