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REACH – Two Years In

Earlier this week I attended a day-long seminar at a DC law firm that provided a status report on implementation of REACH, the ground-breaking regulatory program for chemicals under construction in the European Union. In a landmark “paradigm shift,” the entry-into-force of REACH in 2007 made...

Published Thu, Jun 06 2009 8:58 PM by Kohorst, Mark

Filed under: Environmental Design, Environment

NEMA Call to Action Legislation is Introduced

Last week saw many months of effort by NEMA staff and member company reps rewarded by introduction in the US House of Representatives of HR 2420, The Environmental Design for Electrical Equipment Act ("EDEE Act"). This proposed legislation would codify into US law Phase I of the NEMA Call to...

Published Tue, May 05 2009 4:22 PM by Kohorst, Mark

Filed under: Environmental Design, Environment

HPB Congressional Caucus Issues Recommendations on Federal Buildings Acquisitions

Several days ago the High Performance Building Congressional Caucus issued a series of recommendations regarding Producing High-Performance Federal Buildings . The first one on the list asks Congress to require that for all Acquisitions of Federal Buildings True Life-Cycle Analysis and Decision - Making...

Published Thu, May 05 2009 10:07 AM by Moldoveanu, Andrei

Filed under: Energy Efficiency, Environmental Design, Environment, economic stimulus, High Performance Buildings, Federal Buildings Acquisitions, HPBCC

FOX - Misleading viewers on batteries

The FOX media network’s “Green It-Mean It” video campaign took a turn for the bizarre recently with a segment on single-use batteries. Entitled “Batteries,” the video asserts that most batteries sold each year are disposed in landfills where they “leak toxic chemicals into our land and air.” Behind a...

Published Sun, Apr 04 2009 3:47 PM by Kohorst, Mark

Filed under: Environmental Design, Environment

SEMI Gets It!

Recently, the Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International ( SEMI ) released an article announcing the publication of a white paper prepared by its SEMI PV Group. This group supports SEMI members "serving the crystalline and thin film photovoltaic (PV) supply chains." In describing the...

Published Wed, Oct 10 2008 10:21 AM by leibowitzm

Filed under: Energy Efficiency, General, Environmental Design, Environment, renewable energy, electricity

"Let he who is without SIN . . . . . ."

Last week, Environmental NGOs in the European Union released their long-promised "SIN List" of chemical substances that the activist community in the EU believes should be designated as Substances of Very High Concern (SVHCs) under the REACH regulation. SIN, which stands for "Substitute...

Published Mon, Sep 09 2008 9:03 AM by Kohorst, Mark

Filed under: Environmental Design, Environment

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REACH – Two Years In

NEMA Call to Action Legislation is Introduced

HPB Congressional Caucus Issues Recommendations on Federal Buildings Acquisitions

FOX - Misleading viewers on batteries

SEMI Gets It!

"Let he who is without SIN . . . . . ."