http://www.beama.org.uk/en/news/index.cfm/ en-uk BEAMA weewee.wong@pixl8.co.uk RSS Feed for BEAMA | News BEAMA Guide to the Selection and Application of Residual Current Devices - 2010 has been revised. http://www.beama.org.uk/en/news/index.cfm/BEAMA-RCD-Residual-Current-Devices-FCURCD-Protective-Earthing-Protective-Equipotential-Bonding The updated Guide now includes example system layouts to satisfy compliance for new systems or when a boiler is replaced. http://www.beama.org.uk/en/news/index.cfm/Part L guidance British electrotechnical industry association BEAMA has expressed its dismay over the Coalition Government's closure of the Low Carbon Buildings Programme (LCBP) to new applications (from 24 May 2010). http://www.beama.org.uk/en/news/index.cfm/low-carbon-buildings-closure BEAMA's Domestic Water Treatment Association (DWTA) has welcomed the new Part L Domestic Heating Compliance Guide. http://www.beama.org.uk/en/news/index.cfm/part-l-domestic-heating-compliance-guide Air movement company Airflow is the newest member of TEHVA - BEAMA's electric heating and ventilation association. http://www.beama.org.uk/en/news/index.cfm/tehva-member Kelly Butler, Marketing Director at BEAMA, has welcomed heating manufacturer Viessman joining its Domestic Heat Pump Association (DHPA). He says its marks a significant step forward in DHPA's recognition. http://www.beama.org.uk/en/news/index.cfm/domestic-heat-pumps In response to the just-published Energy and Climate Change (ECC) Select Committee report on low carbon technologies in a green economy, BEAMA says it fully supports the recommendation that Government should work in closer partnership with the electrotechnical industry and other stakeholders on the potential benefits of smart meters and a smarter energy network. http://www.beama.org.uk/en/news/index.cfm/ECC-report Voltimum and GAMBICA have become the newest signatories of the 'Industry Charter' to combat the 'trade' in counterfeits, and the proliferation of electrical products failing to comply with the appropriate standards. http://www.beama.org.uk/en/news/index.cfm/anti-counterfeit-industry-charter While welcoming the launch of the 'Warm Homes, Greener Homes Strategy', BEAMA believes the Government has missed a golden opportunity to maximise household CO2 reductions and improve householder comfort. The association says the strategy surprisingly fails to give prominence to the effective role of any type of controls, in particular those for heating and hot water systems. http://www.beama.org.uk/en/news/index.cfm/greener-homes-strategy Kevin Harris, Chairman of the BEAMA Anti-Counterfeit Committee, explains why Africa is a target for a wide range of unsafe counterfeit products - and electrical products are included. http://www.beama.org.uk/en/news/index.cfm/counterfeit-electrical-products