Art. 1 : The name of the non-profit association is “SCENTE asbl”

Art. 2 : The corporate purpose of the asbl is to:

• promote a comprehensive interdisciplinary scientific and technical approach to environmental health;
• defend the interests of doctors, dentists, experts and laboratories working for the benefit of patients suffering from environmentally related diseases, building biologists and all actors involved in environmental health
•  promote and create new standards or labels for environmental pollution, taking into account the precautionary principles and exposure minimization;
• provide training and awareness to health and construction professionals as well as the general public;
• develop recognition criteria and recognize training in order to guarantee a high level of quality of intervention in terms of investigation, of indoor environments.
• conduct or participate in scientific or monitoring studies
• carry out any other mission related to pollution or environmental health

To this end, the asbl may, in particular:

• join working groups and meetings on indoor environment investigations and environmental health and medicine in Europe,
• document indoor exposures and related health effects;
• collaborate with other associations and institutions with similar purposes,
• collaborate with professionals from the sectors concerned (health, architecture,…);
• provide expert reports and assessments and take a position on the indoor environment and related health effects;
• recognize practical experience in the field;
• promote research on the indoor environment.