Get the latest news from The IAPMO Group
U.S. Sen. Tom Udall (D-NM) has introduced four new pieces of legislation addressing water and energy efficiency, including S. 2226, “The WaterSense Efficiency, Conservation, and Adaptation Act of 2014,” and S. 2227, “The Water Efficiency Improvement Act of 2014,” the latter mirroring H.R. 4117 introduced in the House in February.
U.S. Rep. Jerry McNerney (D-Stockton, Calif.) on Friday introduced legislation that would provide a tax credit toward the purchase of WaterSense<sup>®</sup>-certified products. H.R. 4117, “The Water Efficiency Improvement Act of 2014,” proposes amending the IRS Tax Code to provide a 30- percent tax credit (up to $2,000 per taxpayer) on the purchase of products “tested by an American National Standards Institute (ANSI) accredited third-party certification body or laboratory in accordance with the Environmental Protection Agency’s WaterSense program.”
IAPMO R&T, North America’s leading provider of certification and listing services for manufacturers of plumbing, mechanical and solar products for the United States, Canadian and now Mexican markets, is pleased to announce that TOTO has become the first company to gain certification through IAPMO R&T’s new Mexican Certification program.
IAPMO R&T, proveedor líder de Norteamérica de servicios de certificación y listado para fabricantes de productos de plomería, maquinaria y productos solares para el mercado de Estados Unidos, Canadá y México, se orgullece en anunciar que TOTO se ha convertido en la primera compañía en recibir la certificación por medio de IAPMO R&T para el nuevo programa de Certificación Mexicana.
IAPMO R&T, North America’s leading provider of certification and listing services for manufacturers of plumbing, mechanical and solar products, is now accredited to certify plumbing products for use throughout Mexico by the nation’s premier non-governmental body for the accreditation of testing laboratories and certification bodies, entidad mexicana de acreditación, a.c. (ema). IAPMO R&T also gained recognition by Comisión Nacional del Agua (CONAGUA), which is Mexico’s National Water Commission, a decentralized agency of the Ministry of Environmental and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT), which together with the ema accreditation allows IAPMO R&T the ability to grant manufacturers use of the Official CONAGUA “NOM” emblem.
IAPMO R&T, proveedor líder de Norteamérica de servicios de certificación y listado para fabricantes de productos de plomería, maquinaria y productos solares, ahora está acreditado para certificar productos de plomería para uso en todo México. La acreditación ha sido otorgada por la organización no gubernamental más importante del país para la acreditación de laboratorios de ensayo y organismo s de certificación, la entidad mexicana de acreditación, a.c. (ema). IAPMO R&T también ha recibido reconocimiento de parte de la Comisión Nacional del Agua (CONAGUA), organismo descentralizado de la Secretaria de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (SEMARNAT). En conjunto con la acreditación de ema, permite a IAPMO R&T otorgar permiso de uso de la contraseña Oficial “NOM”, perteneciente a CONAGUA, a fabricantes certificados.
IAPMO R&T, a leading developer of standards for the plumbing, mechanical and solar industries, is pleased to announce that the new standard IAPMO/ANSI S1001.1, Design and Installation of Solar Water Heating Systems, has been approved by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) as an American National Standard.
Manufacturers wishing to have their plumbing products certified solely for the Canadian market now have such an option with IAPMO R&T. North America’s premier plumbing and mechanical product certification agency’s new Canadian certification program is a streamlined version of its popular service that previously included certification to both United States and Canadian standards.
IAPMO R&T, North America’s premier plumbing and mechanical product certification agency, is now licensed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to certify commercial pre-rinse spray valves to the WaterSense® consumer labeling program.