HRAI Responds To Toronto's Proposed A/C Setback Bylaw
Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Institute of Canada (HRAI) President Warren Heeley recently forwarded a letter to the Toronto Policy Planning department expressing the industry's concerns about a proposal to implement a citywide setback bylaw for residential air conditioning.
In his letter, Heeley informed the city that HRAI had spent a number of years on an Ontario Ministry of the Environment (MOE) committee with other stakeholders (including the city of Toronto) to revise section 216 of the Ontario Model Noise Bylaw as it applies to sound emissions from residential air conditioning units. This section of the Model Noise Bylaw contains maximum sound levels and a comprehensive method to measure sound emissions from an air conditioning unit at point of reception on adjoining property.