Solar Collector Products Certification Program
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Provides independent quality assessment for manufacturers seeking third-party validation of quality claims.
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This program provides qualifying manufacturers with the ability to certify that designated solar collector products they produce meet or exceed the requirements as outlined in this program.
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The manufacturer's certification is validated by Architectural Testing through appropriate manufacturing process audits, quality control review, and periodic random product testing.
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Architectural Testing has developed this Solar Collector Products Certification program to provide manufacturers
with the opportunity to certify specific solar collector products’ performance characteristics for impact resistance, weather-ability, fire resistance,
and/or wind-load resistance.
This Certification Program provides several important benefits:
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Assurance to buyers that products bearing the program label are the same as the samples that were independently tested and rated.
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Assurance that the test parameters were consistent for all products bearing the program label, thus providing a direct apples-to-apples comparison of performance.
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Assurance to buyers that participating manufacturers maintain a quality control program which is audited by Architectural Testing for compliance with the Program Guidelines, and that Architectural Testing conducts unannounced plant audits and performance tests on randomly selected products on an ongoing basis.
Architectural Testing validates the manufacturer's certification through:
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Initial review and approval of their Quality Control Program.
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Evaluation of test reports and data for compliance with minimum requirements.
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Ongoing unannounced manufacturing facility audits to determine continued compliance with Program Guidelines.
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Periodic random product selection and independent testing to verify continuing conformance to initial performance qualifications.
Participating Manufacturers:
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Solar Collector Products Certification Logo: The Stamp of Approval
Manufacturers who satisfy the requirements of the Solar Collector Products Certification Program are licensed to apply certification program labels to qualifying products. In addition, a web-based certified products list is maintained for reference by specifiers, code and building officials, architects, insurance companies, potential buyers and others. Participating manufacturers are also permitted to use the program label in sales and marketing literature as approved by Architectural Testing.
By applying the certification program label, the manufacturer certifies that the product bearing the label meets the requirements of the certification program and the information listed is accurate for that product. Architectural Testing permits continued licensing of the participating manufacturer based upon demonstration by the manufacturer that certification is true as demonstrated by unannounced audits and product testing.
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