In Europe, there are various quality frameworks to qualify building airtightness testers 1,2,3,4, including:

Country

Competent scheme operator

Mandatory for testers?

References

Belgium (Flanders)

BCCA

Yes BCCA , [5]
Czech Republic

A.BD_CZ (Association Blower Door CZ)

No  A.BD_CZ
Denmark DS certification ?

Danske Bygningskonsulenter/ Klimaskærm

Finland VTT Technical Research Center in Finland ? RATECO
France Qualibat Yes Qualibat, [6]

Germany

FLiB (other certifications exist) In particular programmes only FliB, [7]
Greece Aerosteganotita No Aerosteganotita
Ireland        

The National Standards Authority of Ireland- NSAI (95% of testers), The Irish National Accreditation Board – INAB & ATTMA (also recognised)

Yes NSAI, INAB (& ATTMA)
Japan Institute for Building Environment and Energy Conservation Yes

Netherlands

Under development (for now SKH uses a Belgian scheme)

No SKH
Sweden Diplomerad Lufttäthetsprovare (Diploma air tightness tester) No ByggaL
UK

Air Tightness Testing & Measurement Associations (ATTMA)  & The Independent Airtightness Testing Scheme (iATS)

No

ATTMAiATS

USA RESNET

In particular programmes only

RESNET

 

There are also many other countries in Europe that do not have a quality framework for airtightness testers (e.g. Spain, Poland or Estonia) but some testers choose to get a certification from one of the above listed quality frameworks. For example in Latvia it is estimated that there are approximately 8 persons qualified by the manufacturer programme Retrotec; 1 person qualified by FLiB (German Association for Airtightness) and  2 persons qualified by the Air Tightness Testing & Measurement Association (ATTMA). 


References

[1] Carrié F.R, Wouters P., "AIVC TN 67: Building airtightness: a critical review of testing, reporting and quality schemes in 10 countries", AIVC, 2012

[2] Leprince V., Carrié F.R., Kapsalaki M., "Building and ductwork airtightness requirements in Europe – Comparison of 10 European countries", AIVC, 2017.

[3] Kalamees T., Hallik J., Mikola A., "AIVC VIP 45.1: Trends in building and ductwork airtightness in Estonia", AIVC, 2022.

[4] Hoek T., Poza-Casado I., Melgosa S., "AIVC VIP 45.2: Trends in building and ductwork airtightness in Spain", AIVC, 2022.

[5] De Strycker M., Van Gelder, L. Leprince V., "Quality framework for airtightness testing in the Flemish Region of Belgium – feedback after three years of experience", AIVC, 2018

[6] Leprince V., Carrié F.R., Olivier M., "The quality framework for Air-tightness measurers in France: assessment after 3 years of operation", AIVC, 2011

[7] Solcher O., "Quality system for airtightness measurement of buildings", AIVC, 2011

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