Editorial
Technical expert group meeting to take place on 7th June
by BFFF May 30th, 2023 The BFFF Technical Expert Group will be holding their second hybrid meeting of the year on June 7th at the Newark Showground, in Lincolnshire. As alw...
HDBaseT3 Recommended Cables Testing and Certification Servic
May 16, 2023 The HDBaseT Alliance, the cross-industry group tasked with promoting and advancing the HDBaseT standard, and alliance contributor member UL Solutions announced that the testing s...
The Energy Department Can Help Cities and States Steer Exist
April 10, 2023 Decarbonizing existing buildings will be challenging but necessary to meet the country's goal of net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050. Building performance stand...
PFAS Restriction Proposal in Europe Announced
On February 7, 2023, European Chemical Agency (ECHA) published the Annex XV Restriction Report, a restriction proposal for perand polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), on its website. The proposal was prepared by authorities in five European countries, i.e. Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden, and was submitted to ECHA on January 13, 2023. It seeks a ban on both the use and product...
Condensing unit: no energy label needed. ASERCOM comments on
February 14th, 2023 The Regulations on Ecodesign and Energy Labelling for Condensing Units (Regulations EU 2015/1095 and 2015/1094) are currently being revised. The second interim report has been pre...
Parties to the Montreal Protocol Decision to Stop Cooling Ap
Reported by Richard (Tad) Ferris, senior counsel, and Dr. Stephen O. Andersen, director of Research, Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development(IGSD) By consensus on November 4, 2022, t...
Update on the PFAS restriction process
13 February 2023 Following the submission to the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) of the proposal for a REACH restriction of PFAS, the tentative timing of the restriction process has been...
BCIA releases two new Technical Guides
FEBRUARY 9, 2023 The BCIA has released two new Technical Guides to add to its portfolio of online Guides available to download. The first Guide covers the various Building Assessment Schemes...
Eurovent Middle East hosts expert event on AHUs and IAQ in R
Industry recommendations for energy efficient indoor air quality solutions Riyadh, 08 February 2023. Eurovent Middle East, the region’s industry association for Heating, Ventilation, Air ...
U.S. Inflation Reduction Act: Effects for Electric Vehicles
January 6, 2023 Renewable energy received a significant boost with the August 2022 enactment of the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). New provisions provide a 10-year-policy-certainty for t...
HCA Announces New Specification for Better Interoperability
Korea on January 5, 2023 HCA introduces its HCA Specification 1.0, a new industry standard set by Samsung and other HCA members to provide consumers with even more interoperable and energy-efficient connected home solutions At CES 2023, the Home Connectivity Alliance (HCA) announced a milestone, introducing its HCA Specification 1.0 for Cloud-to-Cloud (C2C) interoperability in the connec...
UL: Israel Import Reform for Electrical Products Energy Effi
December 14, 2022 On Nov. 8, 2021, the Ministry of Energy (MOE) published an Economic Plan, Law 5722-2021 to amend the legislation in implementing economic policy budget changes for 2021 and 2022. ...
