A public consultation is open to 9th July on the EU Green Deal building energy efficiency initiative “Renovation Wave”. The public questionnaire proposes “fires and earthquakes” as one the six objectives for building renovation in its first question, but not as an...
The European Commission has launched a study and consultation to identify product groups for new Ecodesign criteria. The study will run to December 2020. A stakeholder webinar is set (10th July AM, register by 6th July) and first draft reports are published for...
China has passed new mandatory safety standards, including fire safety, for electric vehicles, EV batteries and electric buses. The new standards enter into force on 1st January 2021. Battery tests will address thermal runaway, water ingress, impacts and external fire...
Wildfires are proposed as one of the priorities in a call for Horizon Europe, R&D to support the Green Deal. The European Commission consulted on actions in eleven areas in May, with wildfires as one of three proposed calls under the theme of Climate Change. The...
Victoria Fire Fighters Association calls for a ban* on organohalogenated flame retardants in furniture, mattresses, children’s products and electronics casings. The report submitted to the Canada federal regulators by the University of Victoria (UVic) for the fire...
