CERTITA, an association for the certification of heating, cooling, air conditioning and air treatment industrial and home equipment, was set up by 3 major French players of the HVACR engineering trade: LNE (National Laboratory of Metrology and Testing), ATITA (Technical Association of Thermic and Air Handling Industries) and CETIAT (Technical Center of Air Handling and Thermic Industries).

HVACR engineering equipment and systems in the building industry are subject to major development. In almost every part of Europe the focus on environmental and energy-related issues and in particular the reduction of green house gas has resulted in an evolution of thermic regulations for buildings, tax incentives for promoting and developing renewable energy solutions and a stronger involvement of the end user. In this context, the certification of products, systems and services is an even stronger requirement for providing accurate and reliable data to update regulations and their calculation tools, designing facilities, giving clients and public authorities options as regards their incentive policies, highlighting competitive solutions, and meeting consumers’ expectations relating to thermal comfort and energy consumption.

According to the organization’s press release, this ambition is based on a strong technical partnership in the context of an association open to all technical players, and aims at a European positioning. It is a pool of recognised competences in certification management, company auditing, and equipment and system testing, and brings together HVACR professionals (builders, design offices distributors, installers).