The EU’s recovery plan building “renovation wave” should include the update of fire safety and security installations. The fire safety and alarm industry federation EURALARM sees building renovation as an opportunity and driver for tighter fire safety requirements,...
A public consultation is open to 19th August on revision of the EU Construction Products Regulation. The proposed ‘Roadmap’ underlines the Green Deal and Circular Economy Action Plan objectives of making buildings more sustainable and facilitating repair, re-use and...
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...
