VDE Online Seminars

Laboratories, Market Surveillance Authorities and Certification Institutes play a key role in product testing and are at the front line for detecting possible circumvention. Manufacturers and experts are deeply involved in product design and standardization. However, currently, there is no ample knowledge or experience in dealing with circumvention and jeopardy effects in respect to the environmental aspects or potential reputation damage for the manufacturer.

With a view to supporting all stakeholders in specifically tackling circumvention, VDE together with Oeko- Institute and University of Bonn are organizing a 90-minute online workshop.

On the agenda:

Short introduction of the ANTICSS project

• Circumvention’ as new topic in European legislation
• ANTICSS definition for ‘circumvention’ and ‘jeopardy effects’; ‘alternative‘ test methods
• Real-life cases and impacts of ‚circumvention‘ and ‚jeopardy effects‘
• Assessment of lost energy savings by circumvention
• Implications for and further responsibilities of relevant stakeholder groups (regulators, Market Surveillance Authorities, test laboratories, standardization) 

We look forward to your participation in our free online-seminar.

Privacy by Design - a progressive data protection concept that has been discussed since the 1990s. With the entry into force of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in May 2018 at the latest, it has also arrived in the EU. But why does Privacy by Design exist and what does it actually mean? And more importantly, what advantages does its implementation offer me as a company? The presentation will provide answers to these and other important questions, and at the same time introduce the new VDE test provision for data economy, which helps to effectively implement Privacy by Design.

We look forward to your participation in our free online-seminar.

In our online seminar about TDAP, we would like to introduce the possibilities to have your laboratory recognized as a VDE customer testing facility under the VDE Test Data Acceptance Program.
We will explain the different stages in the program and what are the differences between the stages 1-3 and which stages are covered by our accreditation.
We would also like to take a look which laboratory assessments have to be performed, including the requirements for the progression into Level 3.
Calculations of measurement uncertainty budgets can be very complex. As an alternative for customer laboratories in level 1-2, we show the application of the accuracy method according to procedure 2 of the IEC Guide 115.

We look forward to your participation in our free online seminar.