Environmental and Health Provisions for Building Products - | Umweltbundesamt

The building product directive of the European Union defines the term ‘building product’ as “a commercial product that is manufactured with the purpose of remaining in the building over a long period of time”. Standard and certification authorities have the task of achieving a high level of health and environmental protection in technical specifications for building products based on the principles of precaution and prevention - in addition to other goals of the building product guideline.