{"id":3109,"date":"2024-09-29T11:59:16","date_gmt":"2024-09-29T09:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.elka-holzwerke.de\/low-emission-wood-based-materials\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T09:55:46","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T07:55:46","slug":"low-emission-wood-based-materials","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.elka-holzwerke.de\/en\/about-us\/environment-sustainability\/low-emission-wood-based-materials\/","title":{"rendered":"Low-emission wood-based materials"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Protect the most valuable thing you have<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Low-emission wood-based materials<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Sustainability becomes the new lifestyle<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Reference show home \u201cVictoria\u201d from RENSCH-HAUS, built as an Efficiency House 40 Plus, impressed the jury of the \u201cGerman Show Home Award\u201d in 2020 and won gold in the Premium House category (esb PLUS \u2013 Reference).
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Sustainable purchasing behavior is playing an increasingly important role for consumers. 81% stated that they pay attention to sustainability when shopping (2019). This is the finding of a study by the auditing firm KPMG and the IFH Cologne: \u201cSustainability is part of our everyday reality and will fundamentally change the economy and society. Because people have understood that there are no unlimited resources on this planet\u2026,\u201d explains Stephan Fetsch, KPMG Partner and Head of Consumer Goods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Low-emission wood-based materials \u2013 tested and certified<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

For decades, elka-Holzwerke has been producing wood-based materials with verified low emissions and a high quality standard. Our low-emission product lines are the spruce fresh-wood boards esb Standard and esb PLUS and the vita natural wood panel; esb PLUS reaches formaldehyde levels below 0.03 ppm. As wood-based materials, the boards can be dismantled by type and passed on for material recovery. All products are manufactured with an easy-to-process MUF adhesive free of isocyanates. esb PLUS and vita reach formaldehyde levels of at most 0.03 ppm (declarations of performance DoP-PB-52 and DoP-SWP-21). Binders are urea and melamine-urea formaldehyde resins; isocyanates (MDI) are not used. The figures are documented in the environmental product declarations EPD-ELK-20260448-IBA1-DE and EPD-ELK-20250639-IBA3-DE.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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elka products: Recommended by recognized institutes<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Blue Angel<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

he Blue Angel is the environmental label of the German federal government. Its criteria are developed by the German Environment Agency and adopted by the independent Environmental Label Jury; they are publicly available. The esb PLUS P5 chipboard and the elka VITA natural wood panel carry the Blue Angel for low-emission wood-based materials. Only products that demonstrably meet the requirements of the award criteria for emissions and ingredients receive the label. Award criteria DE-UZ 76: the esb PLUS P5 chipboard in thicknesses of 9\u201330 mm (label use agreement no. 30228) and the elka VITA three-layer solid wood panel in spruce, qualities AB\/B and B\/C, 15\u201350 mm (no. 30227).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Products awarded the Blue Angel:
esb PLUS P5 chipboard<\/strong><\/a> | <\/strong>elka VITA natural wood panel<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sentinel Holding Institut<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The institute runs an online platform for healthy building \u2013 by its own account a practical tool for planning, delivering and affordably realising projects assessed for indoor air quality. The platform<\/p>\n\n\n\n