Editorial

2023.02.14

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...

2023.02.14

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...

2023.02.11

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...

2023.02.10

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 ...

2023.01.08

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...

2023.01.06

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...

2022.12.15

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. ...

2022.11.06

CSCS Alliance brings together 38 card schemes

November 3, 2022 A new alliance bringing together 38 different card schemes under the Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) banner has officially launched. The CSCS Alliance, formed in 2...

2022.11.03

Carrier to Begin Field Trials of Breakthrough Cold Climate H

Nov. 2, 2022 Commercialization of new technology to expand heating and cooling options eligible for tax credits, incentives and rebates   Carrier is ready for phase two of the Department of En...

2022.11.02

Amendment of the F-Gas Regulation – a threat to the economy

2022-11-01 A brandletter from the associations BIV (Bundesinnungsverband des Deutschen Kälteanlagenbauerhandwerks), VDKF (Verband Deutscher Kälte-Klima-Fachbetriebe) and ZVKKW (Zentralverba...