EuroWindoor welcomes the objectives pursued by the revision of the EU Construction Products Regulation (EU) 2024/3110. From the perspective of the windows and doors sector, the regulation aims at further harmonisation of the European internal market, increased transparency along the value chain, and the consistent integration of sustainability, climate protection and resource efficiency within the construction sector.
In particular, EuroWindoor expressly supports the extension of the basic requirements for construction works to include environmental criteria such as embodied energy, recyclability and environmental performance, notably through their integration under the Assessment and Verification System AVS 3+.
The windows and doors sector, represented by EuroWindoor, stands ready to actively contribute to the achievement of these objectives. At the same time, an assessment of the current implementation mechanisms – including the Digital Product Passport (DPP), the extended Declaration of Performance (DoPC) and the Assessment and Verification Systems (AVS) – reveals that in certain areas there remains a tension between regulatory ambition and the practical realities of a sector characterised by craft-based production, small and medium-sized enterprises, and project-specific, custom-made manufacturing.
For instance, AVS 3+ is currently the only system that allows the use of software tools to assess environmental performance characteristics, without extending this possibility to other essential performance-related characteristics. Against this background, EuroWindoor’s position paper is intended as a constructive contribution to the ongoing dialogue with competent regulators, with the objective of jointly developing practical, proportionate and digitally supported solutions.
source: eurowindoor.eu
