VdS SHEVS recognitions including DIN requirements 2021
At the beginning of 2021, the relevant standard for smoke and heat ventilation, DIN 18232-9, will be published. Many VdS-approved SHEV components already meet all the relevant requirements and provide the necessary planning security.
The relevant European standards for smoke extraction systems are still being revised, which makes it difficult for those responsible to plan new systems safely. For this reason, VdS Schadenverhütung has worked together with manufacturers and installers to develop specific requirements in line with current technical developments and has introduced these to the ISO committees, among others, as VdS writes. The ISO 21927-9, "Smoke and heat control systems," which is based on this standard, will thus become the decisive measure for safeguarding building decision-makers.
The standards set here for SHEV control centers, among others, are now also required by the draft standard DIN 18232-9. According to the "Musterverwaltungsvorschrift Technische Baubestimmungen" (MVV TB), the finalized DIN expected for January/February 2021 should then become mandatory. VdS already offers these product specifications on request with test procedures - and numerous components recognized according to the guidelines 2581, "Electrical control devices for natural smoke ventilation systems", would meet the coming requirements long ago, according to VdS.
"VdS-approved smoke and heat exhaust ventilators already offer planners, authorities and all other people responsible for fire protection the usual planning security," emphasizes Dieter Maske, technical manager of the VdS smoke exhaust laboratories. "This also applies to power supplies, which are also affected by the amended DIN."
You can find the test guidelines VdS 2581 in the vds-shop.com and all VdS-approved smoke extraction products on vds.de/rwa.
