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2024-06-17
Meet young professionals in European Standardization: Daniel Herbst, from Austria

With the European elections approaching, the twin green and digital transitions open new opportunities for the European industry and citizens, in a quickly changing global scenario. But does Europe have what it takes? How can we make sure that it has the skills and the workforce to remain competitive in the global economy? And what is the role of standardization?

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Newsletter
2024-02-01
The 8th EUROSHNET Conference will be held in June in Cracow, Poland

Ewa Zielinska, President of PKN (the Polish Committee for Standardization) and CENELEC Vice-President Policy, will participate to the 8th EUROSHNET Conference, next 13-14 June in Cracow, Poland.  

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Press release
2024-01-12
‘Be Europe’: CEN And CENELEC welcome the Belgian Presidency of the EU Council

Brussels, 12 January - Taking over from the Spanish Presidency, the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union began on the 1st of January and will continue until June 2024. CEN and CENELEC, together with their Belgian members, NBN, the Belgian Organization for Standards and Standardization, and CEB-BEC, the Belgian Electrotechnical Committee, are committed to collaborating with the Belgian Presidency to ensure that European Standards are recognized as a vital tool for both present and future issues facing the European Union.

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Press release
2023-12-13
How standards drive Europe’s transition towards Net-Zero

Brussels, 13 December - How can Europe successfully generate and implement carbon-free electricity to support its climate neutrality and Green Deal plans? On 5 December, a stakeholders’ workshop organized by CEN, CENELEC, and DKE explored how standards can support the achievement of an All-Electric Society and the transition of Europe towards Net-Zero.

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EN in the spotlight
2023-12-01
How mature is your data centre?

Data centres are a core element of the IT infrastructure supporting digital transformation. They contribute to a sustainable economy by improving the efficiency along the value creation chain. Nevertheless, data centres consume a significant amount of energy and other resources and are, as a result, also at risk in terms of their environmental sustainability. Due to emerging technologies and applications such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), the resource consumption of data centres is constantly increasing.

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Workshop
2023-11-28
Workshop on 'INnovative polymer-based COmposite systeMs for high-efficient Energy Scavenging and Storage'

This workshop is motivated by the currently ongoing Horizon 2020 InComEss project whose objective is to develop efficient smart materials with energy harvesting and storage capabilities combining advanced  to harvest electrical energy from mechanical energy and/or waste heat ambient sources.

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EN in the spotlight
2023-07-20
CEN-CENELEC JTC 14 published new standard EN 17669:2022 ‘Energy Performance Contracts-Minimum requirements’

The CEN and CENELEC Joint Technical Committee 14 ‘Energy management and energy efficiency in the framework of energy transition’ announces the publication of the new standard EN 17669:2022 ‘Energy Performance Contracts-Minimum requirements’ developed by their Working Group 4 ‘Energy financial aspects’.

 

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Press release
2023-07-19
Riccardo Lama elected next CENELEC President

Brussels/Rome, 19 July 2023 - CENELEC, the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization, and its member CEI, the Italian Electrotechnical Committee, are happy to congratulate Mr Riccardo Lama for his election as the next President of CENELEC.

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Workshop
2023-07-18
CEN-CLC Workshop - Zero Defect Manufacturing – Basic Principles and Requirements

The objectives of the planned workshop are to define basic principles of zero-defect manufacturing (ZDM), based on the terminology, which was recently created in a CEN-CENELEC Workshop and is available as CWA 17918:2022.

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Policy
2023-01-11
CEN and CENELEC experts contributed to the first Sherpa sub-group meeting of the High-Level Forum on European Standardization

The preparations for the High-Level Forum on European Standardization officially began on 10 January 2023, with the first meeting of the Sherpa sub-group. CEN and CENELEC are proud to be sending three experts each to the Sherpa sub-group, to contribute to the coordination of the Green, Digital, and Resilient priorities which will steer the work of High-Level Forum. 

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