European standards for solar thermal products in general

In 2000 and 2001 the first edition of the European standards for solar thermal systems and components was issued, and started to replace all related national standards /1/. The three standard series consisted of the following seven parts listed in Table 1.

Table 1: Titles of European solar thermal standards as published in 2000 and 2001

Number

Title “Thermal solar systems and components-…”

EN 12975-1:2000

Collectors — Part 1 — General requirements

EN 12975-2:2000

Collectors — Part 2 — Test methods

EN 12976-1:2000

Factory Made Systems — Part 1 — General requirements

EN 12976-2:2000

Factory Made Systems — Part 2 — Test methods

ENV 12977-1:2001

Custom Built Systems — Part 1 — General requirements

ENV 12977-2:2001

Custom Built Systems — Part 2 — Test methods

ENV 12977-3:2001

Custom Built Systems — Part 3 — Performance characterisation of stores for solar heating systems.