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Environmental Protection Agency

January 31, 2018 Significant new alternatives policy (EPA SNAP) As required by Executive Order 13777 offsetting the number and cost of new […]


01.31.2018

Advocacy at NAFEM: At work for members

NAFEM President Kevin Fink, CFSP, and Technical Liaison Committee (TLC) Chair Bill Sickles, P.E., tell us about NAFEM’s advocacy work, how it […]


01.23.2018

Commercial Refrigeration Energy Consumption Standards

Issue Overview The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) issued a final rule in March 2014 setting more stringent daily energy […]


01.21.2018

Commodity Classification Standards Board (CCSB) Freight Reclassification

Issue Overview The transportation industry is responding to reduced capacity in two ways, both of which are increasing costs, especially […]


01.09.2018

Hydrofluorocarbons (HFC)

Issue Overview NAFEM members who manufacture or sell commercial refrigeration equipment in Canada would be required to reduce the use […]


01.09.2018

Automatic Commercial Ice Makers Energy Consumption Standards

Issue Overview The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) issued a final rule on new energy consumption standards for certain commercial […]


01.05.2018

U.S. and Canada Energy Efficiency Alignment

Issue Overview Natural Resources Canada’s (NRCan) Office of Energy Efficiency has issued a proposal to align Canada’s Energy Efficiency Regulations […]


01.05.2018

Import Data Collection Requirements

Issue Overview The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has proposed a rule requiring importers of a variety of products and […]


01.05.2018

California updates plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

The California Environmental Protection Agency’s Air Resources Board (CARB) has recommended that the State phase down hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) refrigerants commonly […]


12.04.2017

California Environmental Protection Agency Air Resources Board (CARB)

Proposed strategy to reduce short-lived climate pollutants California has joined a worldwide movement to help stall climate change by limiting […]


12.01.2017