A year that started out on a worrying note for the Building Performance Institute Inc. (BPI) and its CEO Larry Zarker turned into a successful one as the organization celebrated its 20th anniversary.
In late February, 13 industry organizations, including the Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA), the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI), and Heating, Air-conditioning & Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI), among others, authored a letter to the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) requesting BPI’s accreditation as a standards development organization be withdrawn for “repeated violations of BPI’s approved operating procedures and specific requirements of the ANSI essential requirements.”