FORT WAYNE, Ind. — WaterFurnace Renewable Energy, a leading manufacturer of residential and commercial geothermal and water source heat pumps, announced that the WaterFurnace Engineering Laboratory has received ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation through ACLASS (ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board), which the company said makes it the first geothermal manufacturer to achieve this recognition.
Published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), ISO/IEC 17025 recognizes a laboratory’s capabilities and areas of competence. The accreditation focuses on the operation and effectiveness of the quality management system within a laboratory and the factors that determine the correctness and reliability of the tests and calibrations performed there. It is the main standard used by testing and calibration laboratories to document a laboratory’s ability to consistently produce valid results.