Webinar on “ICAR New service: Validation of Methane Recording Devices”

10 December (at h. 20.00 21.00 CET) and 11 December (at h. 8.00-9.30.00), 2025

Registration

On 10 and 11 December, ICAR is organising a webinar on “ICAR New service: Validation of Methane Recording Devices”. The webinar is open to all the participants upon preliminary registration and is scheduled at two different times to enable broader participation from the Americas, Europe, and Oceania

Brochure

For presenting the webinar, a specific brochure has been produced and made available here

Target

The agenda wis particularly designed to manufacturers of methane recording devices

Programme

  • Introduction
    Martin Burke
  • Background
    Yvette de Haas
  • Testing procedure
    Lisa Büttgen
  • Questions & Answers

Scope

This webinar will introduce a new ICAR service “Validation of Methane Recording Device” according the ICAR protocol.

ICAR validation ensures that a methane recording device (e.g. methane sniffers or other devices) meets manufacture performance claims through ICAR-approved test plans conducted by a qualified ICAR Test Center. Successful validation confirms that the system can reliably deliver quality data when used correctly, leading to the award of an ICAR Certificate of Validation.

The testing procedure consists of two stages: Firstly, the methane recording device will be tested in the Air Quality Lab and in a second phase the device/s will be tested on farm.

ICAR contracted Wageningen University & Research (Droevendaalsesteeg 3a, 6708 PB Wageningen, the Netherlands) and the Innovation and Research Center DairyCampus (Boksumerdyk 11, 8912 CA Leeuwarden, the Netherlands) as the official ICAR Test Centers for this activity.