European and national standards for commercial kitchen equipment make an important contribution to determining energy consumption. They establish uniform technical requirements and testing procedures for assessing the energy consumption of such equipment.

As part of the registration process in the HKI database, the HKI Industrial Association for House, Heating and Kitchen Technology (HKI Industrieverband Haus-, Heiz- und Küchentechnik e.V.) examines and evaluates whether the requirements of the standards have been met.

The manufacturer initiates the registration in the “HKI CERT Commercial Kitchen Technology” database and submits the necessary test reports for product assessment to the HKI association.

The requirements and conditions for inclusion in the HKI database are described in detail in the accompanying basic principles document.