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Court Grants AHRI's Motion to Intervene in NRDC v. DOE Lawsuit

Protecting members’ interest

August 29, 2017

On Friday, August 25, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute's (AHRI’s) motion to intervene as a defendant in two identical federal lawsuits: one filed by the Natural Resources Defense Council, Sierra Club, Consumer Federation of America, and Texas Ratepayers' Organization to Save Energy; the other by 11 states and one city.

US DOE Finalizes WICF Regulations

Ruling closes a three-year process drenched in litigation

Samantha Sine

August 28, 2017

New rules dictating energy usage in walk-in coolers and freezers (WICF) will become law Sept. 7, according to a recently published final rule, courtesy of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).

AHRI Files Motion to Intervene in NRDC v DOE Lawsuit

Lawsuits seek to finalize regulations

July 27, 2017

The Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) filed a motion to intervene as a defendant in two identical federal lawsuits brought in the Northern District of California. One suit was filed by the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Sierra Club; the other by eleven states' attorneys general and one city attorney.

AHRI Files Motion to Intervene in NRDC v DOE Lawsuit

Lawsuits seek to finalize regulations

July 27, 2017

The Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) filed a motion to intervene as a defendant in two identical federal lawsuits brought in the Northern District of California. One suit was filed by the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Sierra Club; the other by eleven states' attorneys general and one city attorney.

HVAC a Primary Driver of Energy-efficiency Jobs

HVAC named one of four technologies stimulating energy-efficient job growth

Samantha Sine

July 24, 2017

Per the DOE’s second annual “National Energy Employment Analysis,” a total of 6.4 million Americans now work in the traditional energy and energy-efficiency industries. More than 300,000 net new jobs were added in 2016, which accounted for 14 percent of the nation’s job growth.

DOE Promotes James M. Owendoff

July 17, 2017

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced that James M. Owendoff, who has served as a senior advisor to the assistant secretary in the office of Environmental Management (EM) since January 2010, has been named principal deputy assistant secretary in the office of Environmental Management.

DOE Publishes a Final Rule

Rule pertains to certain equipment classes of WICF refrigeration systems

July 13, 2017

The U.S Department of Energy (DOE) has published a final rule in the Federal Register in the certain equipment classes of walk-in cooler and freezer (WICF) refrigeration systems — 82FR31808 (July 10, 2017).

Emerging From the Regulatory Tunnel

Freezer and cooler manufacturers are primed to get back to customer-centric innovation

Ron Rajecki

July 10, 2017

These are interesting times for manufacturers of freezers and coolers and the contractors who install and service these essential commercial refrigeration units.

Visit to Museum Provides Perspective in Uncertain Times

New innovations will continue to spring from our industry’s brilliant minds

Ron Rajecki

July 5, 2017

We all know that these are interesting times in Refrigerationland. CFCs are history, HCFCs are on their way out, and HFCs are being scrutinized and phased down; dozens of new refrigerants are in the works or have already arrived on the scene; naturals are poised to claim a bigger share of the market; we’re in the Paris agreement and then we’re out, and no one knows what that might mean for the Kigali Amendment; and the Department of Energy is always lurking about, ramping up efficiency standards.

Industry Preps for Impending RTU Standards

New rooftop regulations heralded as the ‘largest energy-saving standards in American history’

Samantha Sine

June 19, 2017

A set of recently enacted energy conservation standards for commercial air conditioners, heat pumps, and warm-air furnaces, otherwise known as rooftop units (RTUs), are set to go into effect in 2018 and 2023 and should, most definitely, be on the radar of all commercial HVAC contractors and manufacturers.