Federal Industry Association for Technical Building Equipment

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The Federal Industrial Association for Technical Building Equipment e. V. (BTGA) is an association based in Bonn and, as an umbrella organization, unites building technology companies with their own engineering capacities in Germany. Technical building equipment or building technology is a sub-area of supply technology .

The association represents the interests of the industry in cooperation with its boards and committees. In addition, the BTGA promotes both technology and science in the industry. To this end, the Association for Building Technology is involved in committees and standardization committees and participates in the creation of technical guidelines. The BTGA is a recognized specialist partner in environmental issues. It is entered in the database "Environmental literature and information of the Environment Library" of the Federal Environment Agency .

The members include around 500 large and medium-sized companies with around 45,000 employees. The BTGA provides advice to its members.

There are the following departments:

  • technology
  • economy
  • Vocational training
  • Legal, tariff and social policy.

history

On August 12, 1898, 48 representatives of leading companies in the branch founded the Association of German Central Heating Industrialists (VDCI) in Munich. Kommerzienrat Henneberg was elected as the first chairman. The Federal Association of the Heating and Air Conditioning Industry was initially created from the VDCI. V.

After a few name changes, the association was renamed in 2012 as Bundesindustrieverband Technische Gebäudeausaltung e. V. registered in the register of associations.

Regional associations

There are 8 regional associations as well as direct and sustaining members. The individual regional associations are:

  • Industrial Association for Technical Building Equipment Baden-Württemberg eV 
  • Industrial Association for Technical Building Equipment Bavaria, Saxony and Thuringia eV
  • VGT - General Association of Building Technology eV Berlin-Brandenburg
  • Industrial Association of Technical Building Equipment and Energy Technology North eV
  • Industrial Association of Technical Building Equipment and Environmental Technology Hessen eV
  • Industrial Association for Technical Building Equipment Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Bremen eV
  • Industrial Association of Technical Building Equipment North Rhine-Westphalia eV 

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Pressure testing of drinking water installations. In: Technical rule: BTGA 5.001: 2012-06; BHKS 5.001: 2012-06. Beuth-Verlag, June 2012, accessed on March 18, 2017 (German).
  2. ↑ Pressure testing and flushing of heating installations. In: Technical rule: BTGA 3.002: 2014-01; BTGA rule 3.002: 2014-01. Beuth-Verlag, January 2014, accessed on March 18, 2017 (German).
  3. ↑ Leak test of drainage pipes. (No longer available online.) In: Technische Information. Information center drainage technology GUSS e. V., December 2016, archived from the original on April 15, 2017 ; accessed on March 18, 2017 (German).
  4. ^ Environmental literature and information from the specialist library of the Federal Environment Agency. March 21, 2017, accessed on March 18, 2017 (German).
  5. ↑ BTGA website. March 21, 2017, accessed on March 18, 2017 (German).
  6. ↑ BTGA / regional associations. March 21, 2017, accessed on March 18, 2017 (German).