British Board of Agrément
The BBA is the UK's major approval body for construction products and installers. http://www.bbacerts.co.uk
Deutsches Institut für Bautechnik
Granting of German National and European technical approvals for construction products and systems. http://www.dibt.de/index_eng.html
The Irish Agrément Board (IAB) assesses and issues agrément certificates for building materials. www.irishagrementboard.com
European Organisation for Technical Approvals -
members include the BBA, DIBt and the Irish Agrément Board. http://www.eota.eu
European Union of Agrément -
brings together the national approval bodies in order to achieve the goals of technical approval and sets the rules for the Institutes for Construction. http://www.ueatc.com
The Code for Sustainable Homes - a new national standard for sustainable design and construction of new homes. Since April 2007 the developer of any new home in England can choose to be assessed against the Code. The Code Technical Guide Making the Code mandatory