Testing to Your Needs

CSA Group will evaluate or test your projects including cells, packs, appliances and tools, e-mobility devices, and energy storage systems at our state-of-the-art laboratories. We can also conduct an evaluation in the field or at a manufacturing location if required. As a trusted expert, we provide the knowledge and services you need about standards and conformity assessment.

Market Access

CSA Group can get you to new markets with efficiency, accuracy and expertise. We perform the evaluation, testing and certification, and standards solutions your battery and energy storage products require, leveraging our IECEE CB Scheme accreditation (which allows you to access up to 70 countries) and CSA Group’s international certification team to get you to new markets quickly. Our key services include Certification for North American Markets and Certification for Global Markets.

Transportation Testing

We can help you meet requirements for battery transportation as detailed in UN 38.3, the global requirements for shipping lithium or lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries by air, ground, sea, or rail.

Field Evaluation Services

Stationary Energy Storage Systems (ESS) can be evaluated under CSA Group’s field evaluations services, helping you demonstrate commitment to product and consumer safety. These services are one-time evaluation programs, typically for low-volume installed systems and custom-engineered projects.

Top reasons to trust CSA Group for your battery and energy storage product testing, inspection, and certification services:

1. Speed to market: Knowing the importance of getting to market quickly, CSA Group specializes in simplifying and streamlining our testing and certification services
2. Collaborative services: Our experts can work with you early in the product life cycle—before production—and guide you through the standards that impact your product
3. Expertise and availability: At CSA Group, we’re more than just respected leading experts in the field—we’re highly responsive, hearing your ideas and questions and getting back to you promptly
4. State-of-the-art labs: Our global labs execute certification and performance tests including vibration and shock, crush, impact and nail penetration, fire exposure, short circuit and overcharge, and environmental
5. Extensive testing: The key standards we test against include UN 38.3 (for battery transportation), IEC 62133, UL 9540, UL 1973, UL 1741, CSA C22.2 107.1, UL 1642, UL 2054, and UL 2271 to name a few