Glossary
Standards and regulations
Industrial Emissions Directive
Also known as IED, 2010/75/EU.
The Industrial Emissions Directive (IED, 2010/75/EU) is the umbrella EU directive on industrial pollution control. It establishes Best Available Techniques (BAT) as the basis for emission-limit-value setting across major industrial sectors — large combustion plants, WtE, cement and lime, glass, iron and steel, refining, chemicals, food processing, and many others.
How IED works in practice
- IED requires Member States to issue integrated environmental permits to covered installations
- Each sector has its own BREF document defining BAT
- Permits must set emission limits within the BAT-AEL ranges
- Compliance is enforced by Member State authorities (e.g. BImSchV in Germany, the Environment Agency in England)
Implications for sonic-horn business
IED's BAT framework increasingly recognises continuous performance preservation of pollution-control equipment as part of best practice. Active cleaning that prevents ESP, baghouse and SCR performance from drifting over the operating cycle has implicit regulatory support — though no BREF mandates sonic horns by name.
Related terms
Related terms
- BAT-AEL and BREFBREF documents describe Best Available Techniques (BAT) for industrial sectors under the EU IED. BAT-AELs are the associated emission-limit ranges that Member State permits must respect.
- BImSchV (13th and 17th)The 13. BImSchV regulates large combustion plant emissions in Germany; the 17. BImSchV regulates waste-incineration plants. Both implement the EU IED into German law.
- TA Luft 2021The 2021 revision of the German Technische Anleitung zur Reinhaltung der Luft tightened emission limits across industrial plant categories not covered by specific BImSchV ordinances.
- EU Emissions Trading SystemThe EU Emissions Trading System sets a price on CO2 emissions from large industrial installations. Covers power, cement, refining and (from 2028) WtE.