UL Initiatives

Initiatives

As an accredited, globally influential standards development organization, we apply research and safety science to keep pace with new discoveries and technology.

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December 10, 2020

Addressing Potential Firefighting Hazards Around Photovoltaic Systems

ANSI/CAN/UL 3741: Standard for Safety for Photovoltaic Hazard Control intends to reduce the risk of electrical shock to first responders from damaged solar panel systems.

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December 03, 2020

Supporting Electrical Safety Through Improving the Legibility of Critical Information

Learn about guidance regarding the display of critical installation and safety information as well as how to help assure the legibility of this information over time.

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Using Standards to Help Mitigate COVID-19's Spread

Standards related to healthcare, air ventilation and building materials can support essential services helping to fight the virus and potentially mitigate its spread.

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Developing National Standards for Mexico

Work continues with partners across North America to help harmonize standards and promulgate UL standards across the Latin American region.

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August 02, 2019

The Safety Data Lake: Enabling Analysis of Disparate Safety Data Sets

Data from seven unique sources comprises the Safety Data Lake with additional data sources and capabilities to be added over time.

Natural Language Processing

August 02, 2019

Revealing Insights and Driving Efficiencies: Natural Language Processing

Learn about how natural language processing (NLP) makes unstructured text data analyzable, and how we use it to gain insights from safety-related incidents.

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Mitigating the Potential Disaster of Battery Fires During Flight

We developed a safety standard test for containment products which would be used to contain lithium-ion battery fires and the related effects during flight.