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Software in Appliances

Increase Confidence in the Software Running Your Appliances

The challenges of ensuring today’s appliances meet market demands for innovation, reliability as well as appropriate market requirements can be overwhelming. UL can help give you increased confidence that your innovation won’t be a barrier for market access.

UL volunteers tear down wood furring in historic Elgin, Illinois home.

How the Housing Bubble Created New Opportunities for One Organization

UL's partnership with Habitat for Humanity positively impacts people.

Skyscrapers in Frankfurt, Germany

The Future of Smart Cities and Smart Living Comes to Life

The future of smart buildings is full of innovative surprises that focus on space as a service.

Recycled content

Mass Balance: A New Approach to Calculating Recycled Content

How to track volumes of recycled content to meet your recycled content goals.

Catherine Sheehy, head of Advisory Solutions, poses in a black sweater, grey shirt, black pants and black boots.

Five Ways to Boost Your Community’s Sustainability Commitment

Catherine Sheehy on how to position your organization for long-term sustainability success.

Recycling landfill

Will China’s Restrictions on Recycling Imports Spur Circular Economy Efforts?

Two steps to move toward circularity today.

Commercial Kitchen

30 Years of Foodservice Equipment Sanitation Services

UL has been assessing and certifying the sanitary design and construction of commercial food equipment for 30 years.

Tom Chapin, Ph.D, standing onstage with the 2019 Pritzker Forum on Global Cities banner in the center and two monitors showing the average number of batteries on any one person at any given time, to the left and right. Tom is wearing a blue suit with a red tie.

Lithium-Ion Batteries Set to Take Over World

Tom Chapin, Ph.D. explains what's behind the call for more sophisticated, lithium-ion battery standards.

The BASF Zero Waste team stands in front of a mock-up of their facility as they accept their Zero Waste certification.

BASF Connects the Dots for Sustainability

First facility to earn Platinum Level Zero Waste to Landfill Validation.

Four members of the JCI Fire Suppression team observe their antifreeze product in action at UL laboratories. An undetermined object is on fire and the team is looking through a window at the event.

How JCI Developed First Listed Antifreeze Solution

UL 2901 sets the bar for antifreeze safety in fire sprinkler systems.

close up view of the legs of a man on an electric scooter.

e-Mobility Moves Beyond UL 2272

A brief history behind the first safety certification Standard made for hoverboards.

Fire Testing, It's in Our DNA

UL laboratory technicians and assistants work above and beyond for a safer world.

A man in a burgundy shirt holds a light bulb in his left hand, which is placed over a smart pad.

How UL Develops Standards for a Safer, More Sustainable World

Learn more about the Standard Process in our infographic.

A city landscape with solar panels and wind turbines in the foreground.

Towers of Power Set to Boost Energy Density

Evolving energy sources poised to be a big part of cities of the future.

Roof top with BIPV solar panels

Building Safety into Building Integrated Photovoltaics

The new UL 7103 Standard is aimed at simplifying the BIPV compliance process

Battery energy storage

Our Transforming Energy Infrastructure

Energy storage systems are a critical part of our future energy development

A white clad destroyed beach house four months after Hurricane Sandy.

Built to Endure Nature's Windstorms

Building enclosure products stand against the strongest of storms.

Image of a really large solar panel for our solar power infographic

Infographic: Green Power for Your Home

Going off the grid is a reality for many now.

The sun shines brightly on the solar panels installed on the roof of a white, stucco home.

Solar Power Burns Brightly for the Future

Prospective profits will drive solar energy’s expansion

Joan Aymami strolling through his renewable energy office in Barcelona, Spain.

Take 5 for Renewable Energy Trends

Joan Aymami discusses the renewable energy industry.

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