EXTERNAL WALL CLADDINGS AND EXTERNAL THERMAL INSULATION COMPOSITE SYSTEMS-ETICS IN THE EUROPEAN ASSESSMENT DOCUMENTS
Ester Ciércoles
ITeC EOTA Office
María Bento Fernández
ITeC Product Quality Department
There are important developments for these façade solutions at the European Assessment Document-EAD level. The objective of this article is to give an overview of the related EADs, particularly of the ones on kits for these systems.
At present, there are three ETA Guidelines (ETAG) object of conversion to an EAD: ETAG 034 on kits for external wall claddings, the EAD of which has already been published; ETAG 004 and 017, on kits for ETICS with rendering and ETICS with prefabricated units, both well advanced. Moreover, other EADs have been developed and published, based on a manufacturer’s