Sustainability

conserving energy

CSA expands services for energy efficiency.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) now requires third-party testing of all eligible products under its ENERGY STAR program. With EPA recognition as a Certification Body, CSA has doubled its capacity in the U.S. and globally to accommodate increased demand for energy efficiency qualification and verification services.

olympics legacy

Sustainable spirit lives on in a new standard for events.

Building on the important work of the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, CSA released a new standard for planning and executing sustainable events. With practical application for cultural, business and sporting events, the standard helps organizers address environmental, social and economic impacts. One example is the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) which applied the standard for its 2011 Juno Awards event.

bright ideas

CSA teams up to expand photovoltaic testing.

Thanks to an agreement with German VDE Testing and Certification Institute, CSA solar services clients can now access global markets with one test, while decreasing development costs and time to market. Augmenting our photovoltaic lab in Vancouver, CSA teamed with VDE, in cooperation with the Fraunhofer USA Center for Sustainable Energy Systems and the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems, to open a new joint venture solar testing laboratory in Albuquerque, New Mexico.