Database for Construction equipment
Construction equipment encounters large amounts of health-and
environmentally harmful diesel exhaust from - DUH requires extensive
retrofitting soot filters in stock and strict limits on new machines -
site as a platform around the soot-free construction machine
The German Environmental Aid Association (DUH) has today released a
database to use, reliable test in the building owners and business
operators, which they use for the particle filter construction are
offered. Simultaneously, professional associations and unions can
offer to the filtering technology called upon to demand more safety on
the site. With the help of the information system is the extensive use
of filter technology for construction equipment and stationary
equipment is advanced.
The diesel-powered construction equipment are responsible for a
quarter of inner city black carbon emissions. Are strict requirements
for the use of soot filters previously only available for use in
tunnels or enclosed spaces or documents if these requirements are
stipulated in the licensing documents. Construction in the Federal
Pollution Control Act are exempt from the mandatory filter. This gap
in the existing legislation leads to mean that despite the
introduction of non-compliance is now nearly 50 environmental zones in
Germany, many cities, the requirements of EU legislation on air
pollution can.
The age of the machines and the nature of their use are the two main
reasons for high emissions of ultrafine particles by construction
equipment. Because despite relatively small numbers, they make through
their many hours is the same place and its intensive use has been for
many years for residents and site workers a high health risk dar.
particulate limits for new machines introduced in 1999 and, unlike
road vehicles has not since been tightened. Therefore, many kept in
use machines to no or only weak emission standards.
"It is incomprehensible that the statutory health and safety here is
not sufficient to protect all construction workers from the harmful
soot emissions.'s Reach especially since it easily with the help of
available filtering technology that quickly and relatively cheaply,"
said Juergen Resch, CEO DUH. Investigations of the Helmholtz Institute
in Munich have shown that construction workers, compared with the
normal population, one twice as high cancer risk. DUH calls for this
reason, in Germany, the mandatory use of effective particulate
reduction systems on the model of Switzerland.
To underscore the feasibility of this requirement, DUH has a website
creates, constitutes a core-based online database with retrofitted
equipment in Germany. Here you can find information Awarding,
construction firms, trade associations and councils about the
availability of the retrofitted equipment already in Germany. The
website also explains to the importance of construction for the urban
soot pollution that affects mainly local residents and site workers.
The list makes clear that virtually all are available for Construction
filtration systems.
"There is no better proof that filters are not suitable for everyday
use in construction equipment, there," says Dorothy Saar, head of
traffic and air pollution. "It is incomprehensible why not work on all
construction sites, a filter is required. Because it makes an active
contribution to the health of workers and residents."
The EU Commission plans next year for new machines, a proposal for the
revision of EU Directive 97/68/EU submit (NRMM directive against the
emission of gaseous and particulate pollutants from internal
combustion engines for mobile machinery and equipment). The
environmental groups are demanding the introduction of a value for the
number of particles analogous to the EURO-standard requirements for
heavy vehicles. "We will work hard to ensure that new machines are
finally clean. And this not only to the test, but also hours of
continuous operation. In addition, to protect construction workers,
residents and the climate is a retrofit requirement for all
construction equipment is required by European law "said Resch.
