Chain and Cord Safety: Understanding the New Industry-wide Window Covering Regulations
Earn 1 AIA HSW LU.
Recently, window covering industry safety standards have undergone considerable revision. This transformation saw the introduction of significant product changes in 2022, 2023, and 2024. The impactful product changes during these years have greatly affected consumers’ product choices. This course aims to explain how these changes came about and how likely they are to spur further window-covering design advancements.
Learning Objectives
- Recognize new safety-compliant product changes/characteristics.
- Explain the origin of contemporary window covering safety compliance across North America.
- Identify the organizations driving recent/contemporary window covering safety compliance.
- Prepare for future, ongoing product changes and differences to appear in the window covering marketplace.
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Jessica Maddocks
Technical Operations Manager
Hunter Douglas Architectural
