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Appeals Court Denies AHRI Petition Regarding Commercial Refrigeration Standards

August 9, 2016

The Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) responded to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruling in favor of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on its lawsuit, filed in 2014 with AHRI member company and Midwest manufacturer Zero Zone, which challenged DOE’s 2014 efficiency standard and test procedure rulemakings for commercial refrigeration equipment.

AHRI Updates Guideline for Recycling Refrigerant Containers

Includes recommended practices for flammable refrigerant containers

July 14, 2016

The Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) has published updates to AHRI Guideline Q, Content Recovery and Proper Recycling of Refrigerant Cylinders, which now includes best practices for end-of-life recycling of flammable refrigerant containers.

Rees Foundation Awards Scholarships to SkillsUSA HVACR Winners

Designed to support students with an established interest in the HVACR industry

July 13, 2016

The Clifford H. "Ted" Rees Jr. Scholarship Foundation has announced scholarships for 56 students who competed at the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference in the HVACR category.

AHRI Removes Refrigerant Container Color Assignments

Existing individually assigned container paint colors should be transitioned by 2020

July 11, 2016

More than half of respondents to an AHRI survey of refrigerant handlers found that container colors had caused confusion. This confusion was likely to increase as new refrigerants are added to the market.

Say goodbye to the rainbow of refrigerant canister colors

AHRI Removes Paint Color Assignments for Refrigerant Containers

Revisions to Guideline N specify light green-gray on all containers by 2020

July 4, 2016

All refrigerant containers should have one uniform paint color, a light green/gray (RAL 7044), and existing individually assigned container paint colors should be transitioned to that color by 2020. That’s the word from the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI), which announced changes to its Guideline N.

Revised AHRI Guideline Removes Color Assignments for Refrigerant Containers

Now specifies that all refrigerant containers should have one uniform paint color

June 29, 2016

The Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) has announced significant changes to refrigerant paint color designations in the revised version of AHRI Guideline N, Assignment of Refrigerant Container Colors.

Facts + Figures: Commercial Electric Water Heater Shipments Soar in April

June 27, 2016

Industry figures are estimates that are derived from the best available figures supplied by a sample of AHRI member companies.

AHRI President Asks for EPCA Reforms

Updates should ‘reflect new technologies and economic realities’

June 27, 2016

Yurek told subcommittee members that while the Clinton administration issued six major efficiency rules over eight years, the current administration issued eight such rules in 2014 alone.

AHRI President Asks for EPCA Reforms

June 22, 2016

Stephen Yurek, president and CEO, Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI), recently called on Congress to reform the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA), the law governing product energy-efficiency standards.

AHRI Announces $5.2M Refrigerant Study

AHRI, ASHRAE, US DOE partnership devotes $5.2 million to broaden knowledge

June 20, 2016

The research program is part of an ongoing global effort to phase down the use of high-GWP refrigerants and identify appropriate climate-friendly alternatives. The DOE will contribute $3 million; ASHRAE, $1.2 million; and AHRI, $1 million.