External certifications and awards confirm the high quality, reliability and user safety of EVVA products and machines. In addition to valuable external expertise, certifications also give us the security of always being up-to-date.

Selection of existing EVVA certifications:

• EN 1303. All mechanical EVVA systems are tested and certified according to this standard by external testing and certification institutes. EN 1303 is the basis for national tests in many countries, such as DIN and VdS in Germany, ÖNORM in Austria, SKG in the Netherlands, SSF in Sweden, BSI in the UK, Trezor test in the Czech Republic, etc.
   
• EN 15684: Our mechatronic cylinders in the Xesar and AirKey access systems are externally tested and certified according to this standard. Like EN 1303, it serves as a European specification for local certifications
   
• EVVA systems are thus tested and certified internationally. They meet the highest standards in terms
  > of durability (100,000 locking cycles),
  > Fire resistance (locking cylinder must have fire resistance for 90 minutes),
  > Corrosion (cylinder must still be lockable after 96 hours in the salt spray chamber)
  > or attack resistance (cylinder must be able to withstand a drilling attempt and a core pulling attempt for several minutes)
   
• At the same time, EVVA carries out further internal tests for usability that are not provided for in the standards, such as intensive function and freewheel tests. For more information, see Quality
   
• After these successful certifications and internal tests, EVVA subjects its new systems to further practical tests with actual users in field test facilities
   
• ISO 9001 “Quality Management” is a standard that ensures quality. It describes requirements for ensuring the quality of the company, product and process. EVVA Managing Director Stefan Ehrlich-Adám: "EVVA was one of the first companies to receive the important ISO quality certificate in 1993. In the industry, we were even the very first in Europe. This has given us a head start, as these awards have subsequently become increasingly important for customers and organisations and more crucial for us. New standards and new technologies, such as the use of AI, remain an ongoing challenge to keep our company fit for the future."
   
• External energy audit according to EEffG (Energy Efficiency Act) and EN 16247 (European standard for energy audits). Certified auditor is “Mann Engineering”, who checks EVVA’s energy balance and energy efficiency every 5 years 

EPD (Environmental Product Declaration)

EPDs are voluntary environmental declarations for individual building products to indicate the eco-balance of buildings. They include data on energy/resource consumption during the product life cycle. EPDs are a decision criterion in the construction of so-called green buildings, which must meet strict specifications. In the security industry, there are EPDs for all building hardware (e.g. lock cylinders). EVVA has already been able to win many green building projects with its EPDs, including the Prime Tower in Zurich and the Austro Tower in Vienna.

• Austria: EPD Mechanical Locking Cylinders_Locking Systems AT_DE; EPD mechatronic escutcheons and cylinders AT_DE
• Germany: EPD Mechanical Locking Cylinders_Locking Systems DE_DE; EPD mechatronic escutcheons and cylinders DE_DE

A selection of EVVA's sustainability awards:

• “INKOMETA Award” 2024, “Culture & Purpose” category, for the graffiti created by apprentices and artists in the training workshop
   
• Recognition in 2023 for 30 years of successful ISO 9001 certifications (1993 was the first company to be certified in the industry) 
   
• 2023: Energy Globe Award Vienna in the “Water” category - for savings of around 1 million litres of water since 2015 (see Clean Production)
   
• Award as Lean Lead Company 2022, awarded by the corporate platform “StEP-Up” (more on this under Cooperations)
   
• Winner of the “TRIGOS Award” 2012 and 2021 (conferred by respACT, see photo at the top) in the climate protection category - for progress in clean production, among other things
   
• Award as Green Factory 2020 for best energy efficiency. Awarded by Fraunhofer Institute and Industry Magazine as part of the “Factory 2020” competition
   
• EVVA is the bearer of the Austrian quality mark as an Austrian model company, awarded by Quality Austria
   
• ÖKOPROFIT awards from the City of Vienna for first-class environmental management
   
• Awarded as the City of Vienna’s top training company since 2014
   
• EVVA has been awarded the BBG partner seal. Bundesbeschaffung GmbH (BBG) is the state-owned Austrian solution partner for procurement processes. The seal confirms that EVVA has successfully participated in public tenders and actively and in partnership fulfils the BBG framework agreement
   
• Innovation awards for the electronic AirKey access system, e.g. Mercur and Constantinus Award in Gold