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Among the many changes that the Covid-19 pandemic has brought, especially one has upset our routines: homeworking. Eurofound, the EU Agency for the improvement of living and working conditions, has estimated that almost 40% of work by dependent employees in the EU has been carried out at home during the pandemic.
European standardization is a collective effort: many different people, coming from a variety of backgrounds, contribute in various forms to making European standards a success.
Standards help researchers bring their innovation to the market and give credibility over the development of an innovative technology, and start-ups and spin-offs to scale up their business.
In the field of Ecodesign and Energy Labelling, CEN and CENELEC develop European Standards that provide dedicated methods for measuring the performance of various energy-related products against the requirements determined on individual product measures adopted under the Ecodesign Framework Directive (2009/125/EC) and the Energy Labelling Framework Regulation (EU) 2017/1369.
Autonomous driving is among the most demanding road applications. It requires high accuracy coupled to a high level of integrity. Furthermore, the environment in which it operates is much harsher than its counterparts in other domains like aviation or maritime...
European standardization is a collective effort: many different people, coming from a variety of backgrounds, contribute in various forms to making European standards a success.
The CEN and CENELEC Sector Forum for Security (SF-Sec) has developed a brochure to share with the security standardization community.
CEN/TC 127 “Fire safety in buildings” is responsible for the development of horizontal standardized methods regarding the fire behaviour of building products, components and elements of construction and their classification according to application fire risks.
The Seconded European Standardization Expert in India (SESEI) released this fifth edition of their “SESEI Newsletter Europe”, covering the period from July to September 2020.
Europe, like other parts of the world, has been hit hard by the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. In this context, CEN is preparing a new document presenting guidelines and recommendations for the safe operation and management of fitness centers during an infectious outbreak – now and during future pandemics.