Limited ambition for building renovation leaves much to Member States
On 13 June 2012, embattled negotiators from the European Parliament, Commission and Council were able to endorse a trilogue agreement on the Energy Efficiency Directive. Their compromise text has since been approved in the European Parliament through a final plenary vote on 11 September, giving Member States until April 2013 to present their national programmes for its implementation. EWFA is grateful for the political impetus that has enabled an agreement to be reached, as to be left with no common framework for energy efficiency would be a damaging result for European industry.
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Window Film participates in the League of Green Embassies initiative
Window film is one of the product technologies participating in the renovation campaign taking place in the US embassy in Brussels, Belgium, as part of the League of Green Embassies initiative.
The League of Green Embassies was established in 2007 by Michael M. Wood, former U.S. Ambassador to Sweden. The initiative, gathering over 80 US diplomatic missions, aims to promote energy efficiency, renewable energy and water conservation among US embassies.
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Window Film included in new California Building Standards Code
After a successful lobbying effort by the International Window Film Association (IWFA) and ConSol, provisions for window films have been included in the proposed text of California's state-wide 2013 Building Energy Efficiency Standards, which was approved on 9 May 2012 and is scheduled to take effect in January 2014.
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New Australian rating scheme aids Window Film selection
WERS For Film - a newly introduced programme within Austrialia's Window Energy Rating Scheme (WERS) - provides a clear rating scheme for window film products, enabling end-users to make informed comparisons and selection based on performance. The initiative is jointly managed by the Australian Window Association (AWA) and the Window Film Association of Australia and New Zealand (WFAANZ).
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UK school tackles glare and room temperatures thanks to coloured Window Film
Window film is a cost-effective and environmentally friendly solution to tackle a variety of problem situations building occupants are usually faced with such as glare, UV exposure, fading, temperature control, graffiti attacks among other. Window film also improves the safety and security aspects of glass applied to both vehicles and houses, contributing at the same time to increased privacy and in some cases even improving the buildings' interior and exterior looks.
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Photo of old truck driver with photoaging makes noise in the press
The New England Journal of Medicine recently reported on 66-year old William Edward Mcelligot, whose skin has been irreparably damaged by the sun only on the left side of his face. The damage was caused in the course of Mcelligot's 28-year career as a delivery truck driver, where the left-side of his face was constantly exposed to the sun through the truck's side window. The photo published by the New England Journal of Medicine hit the press everywhere in the world in the past months.
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On 6th December, EWFA President David