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Scheme active from December 2012
This is a Certification scheme for Companies
Primary Contact for the Scheme
Kåre Groes
Danish Energy Agency
Special advisor
Denmark – Approval for renewable energy sources installer
The scheme operating in Denmark is a voluntary company certification scheme. Companies may recieve an approval to call themselves 'renewable energy sources installer' from the Danish Energy Agency, which forms part of the Ministry for Energy, Utilities and Climate. In order to recieve the approval companies must have at least one person who has passed the training course of a renewable energy sources technology in question (e.g. solar PV). And the company must have a quality assurance system inspected by an independent inspection body on a regular basis. The training equals the demands of the RES directive's annex IV.
Links to more information about the scheme
ens.dk/ansvarsomraader/energibesparelser/byggeri-og-renovering
Certification
Public Installer List
ens.dk/ansvarsomraader/energibesparelser/byggeri-og-renovering/ve-godkendte-virksomheder-0
Certification Bodies
Certification Providers
The body issuing approval as renewable energy sources installers in Denmark is the Danish Energy Agency: ens.dk
In order to act as an inspecition body for renewable energy sources installers an approval from the Danish Safety Technology Authority is required. sik.dk/Virksomhed/Autorisation-el-vvs-og-kloak/Kontrolinstanser/Godkendte-kontrolinstanser
Technologies covered by the scheme
| Supported Technology, Size and Possibility of Financial Support |
Are any other qualifications required to practice? | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Technology | Size Min and Max sizes | Necessity of Cert./ Qual. Is the scheme mandatory or voluntary for the technology listed? | Supporting financial schemes? Are there any supporting financial schemes? | Necessity for financial support Is it mandatory to be certified to qualify for the financial incentive? | EQF What level of education according to European Qualifications Framework is the scheme equivalent to? [?] | Plumber Is the supporting qualification as a plumber required? | Electrician Is the supporting qualification as an electrician required? | Parts Is a specializiation in the companents required as a supporting qualification? | Other Other requirement details | Financial Schemes |
| Air Heat Pump | Voluntary | EQF L5 | ||||||||
| Biomass | Not applicable | EQF L5 | ||||||||
| Ground Heat Pump | Voluntary | EQF L5 | ||||||||
| Micro Combined | Not applicable | EQF L5 | ||||||||
| Shallow Geothermal | Voluntary | EQF L5 | ||||||||
| Solar Photovoltaic | Voluntary | EQF L5 | ||||||||
| Solar Thermal | Voluntary | EQF L5 | ||||||||
| Water Heat Pump | Voluntary | EQF L5 | ||||||||
| Supported Technology, Size and Possibility of Financial Support |
Are any other qualifications required to practice? | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Technology | Size Min and Max sizes | Necessity of Cert./ Qual. Is the scheme mandatory or voluntary for the technology listed? | Supporting financial schemes? Are there any supporting financial schemes? | Necessity for financial support Is it mandatory to be certified to qualify for the financial incentive? | EQF What level of education according to European Qualifications Framework is the scheme equivalent to? [?] | Plumber Is the supporting qualification as a plumber required? | Electrician Is the supporting qualification as an electrician required? | Parts Is a specializiation in the companents required as a supporting qualification? | Other Other requirement details | Supporting Financial Schemes |
| Air Heat Pump | Voluntary | EQF L5 | ||||||||
| Biomass | Not applicable | EQF L5 | ||||||||
| Ground Heat Pump | Voluntary | EQF L5 | ||||||||
| Micro Combined | Not applicable | EQF L5 | ||||||||
| Shallow Geothermal | Voluntary | EQF L5 | ||||||||
| Solar Photovoltaic | Voluntary | EQF L5 | ||||||||
| Solar Thermal | Voluntary | EQF L5 | ||||||||
| Water Heat Pump | Voluntary | EQF L5 | ||||||||
The following competencies are covered by the Certification/Qualification
| Legislation, subsidies and standards | |
| Costs/Benefit analysis (eg. payback period) | |
| Design (appropriate design of system dependent in relation to targeted heating system) | |
| Installation (actual installation process) | |
| Commissioning (ensure effective commissioning of system for optimal performance) | |
| Monitoring (operational or performance monitoring) | |
| Maintenance (understanding of maintenance and warranty based issues) |
Training costs and duration
| Average training cost | €0 - €1,000 It is on average 400 Euros per technology. There are four possible technologies as geothermal and heat pumps require the same training. |
| Ongoing Costs in order to be Certified/Qualified | Yes
Costs to pay the inspection body who inspect the installer's mandatory quality assurance system. There are six different inspection bodies and their prices are not regulated as they are competing against each other. |
| other Training Duration details | 4 days and 1 day of examination. It is a 5 ECTS point seminar per technology. You do not have to be a certified plumber or electrician to enter the seminar but you must have at least corresponding skills. Plumber and electrician is in Denmark is a 4 year education process |
Training Consists of the following elements
| Theory | Mandatory |
| Practical | Not Required |
| Workplace Learning | Not Required |
| Examination | Mandatory |
| Continuing Professional Development (CPD) | |
| Ongoing Quality Control | Not Required |
Ongoing review of standards
| The Certification is valid for | 0 - 2 years |
| Requalification is required | |
| Inspections of the installers work are carried out | |
| Evaluation of wider standards |
If an installer is not compliant with the standards set out in the certification/qualification the following
penalties may apply
| A financial penalty could apply | |
| Retraining may be required | |
| Suspension from the scheme | |
| Exclusion from the scheme | |
| None |
Customers of a certified/ qualified installer may benefit from the following insurance
| Damage to the renewable energy system | |
| Damage to wider energy infrastructure within end-users’ home | |
| Structural or building damage | |
| Significant degradation in system performance | |
| Poor consumer code of conduct |
The process for recognising the Certifications/ Qualifications issued by another member state (mutual recognition)
| There is an established process for mutual recognition |
| Evidence of certification | |
| Evidence of formal training | |
| Declaration | |
| Evidence of quality |
| An aptitude test | |
| Undergo a period of monitoring | |
| Demonstrate continuous professional development | |
| Evidence of quality of installations |
| Expected to demonstrate language ability | |
| Expected to demonstrate insurance | |
| Mutual recognition additional information | In Denmark there is a distinction between installers who come on a temporary basis and installers who want to establish themselves in Denmark. Installers who want to provide services on a temporary basis are free to be included on the Danish list of installers. Installers who want to establish themselves in Denmark must apply for an approval to do so from the Danish Energy Agency. In this context they may use their training diploma from their home state to document that they have fulfilled the training requirement. |
National legislation associated with the scheme
Legislation passed by the Danish Parliament authorises the minister for energy, utilities and climate to issue delegated acts to implement the scheme.
The law: retsinformation.dk/Forms/R0710.aspx?id=141512
Delegated act: retsinformation.dk/Forms/R0710.aspx?id=158160
Revision of delegated act: retsinformation.dk/Forms/R0710.aspx?id=158738
Statistical Info
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ens.dk/forbrug-besparelser/byggeriets-energiforbrug/ve-godkendelses-ordningen/liste-godkendte-virksomheder The list of approved installers in Denmark. There are 69 companies on the list.
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