Building Energy Act – energy-efficient refurbishment and new construction obligations

Building Energy Act Roof

The new Building Energy Act (GEG) – “Act on Energy Saving and the Use of Renewable Energies for Heating and Cooling in Buildings” came into force on November 1, 2020 and merged the previous laws and ordinances (EnEG, EnEV and EEWärmeG).

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Spring cleaning – environmentally friendly and sustainable cleaning

Spring cleaning environmentally friendly products

Aggressive cleaning agents are often used for the annual spring clean to clean and disinfect surfaces in the home in the best possible way. However, the allergenic substances and environmentally hazardous substances contained in the cleaners are not taken into account.

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Breathing helmets with head protection

Breathing protection helmet

Breathing helmets with head protection – important protection in dangerous work situations

Wearing respiratory helmets with head protection is an important form of protection when working in hazardous environments, particularly in trade, industry and construction. This includes, in particular, possible contact with hazardous substances.

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Improving indoor air indoors

Ventilate the room air

Simple strategies for improving indoor air

The current pandemic situation, with the tightening of coronavirus measures, has completely changed the living conditions of most people. Many are working from home to protect their health and their workplace. Often, the entire family spends almost all of their time at home without properly exchanging the indoor air at intervals due to the general closure of schools or daycare centers or the current inability to use leisure facilities outside the home.

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Measuring of harmful substances during renovations

harmful substances

Measuring of harmful substances during remediation measures

In many houses, extensive refurbishment measures are only required after many years, for example, when old plaster is knocked off or old tiles or electrical cables are removed. In order to find out whether pollutants are hidden in the old building components, measurements of harmful substances such as asbestos measurements are useful.

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Sampling device SG10-2A – New development of the GSA measuring devices

SA measuring device - SG10-2A

measuring device SG10-2A has new technical improvements

The measuring device SG10-2A is technically more mature and has significantly improved innovations that make it easier to use.

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