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National Politics Dominates Talk at AHRI Annual Meeting

What a Trump administration means to the HVACR industry

January 16, 2017

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — AHRI’s annual meeting occurred less than a week after Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. With that as a backdrop, there was much discussion during the event about what a Trump administration means to the HVACR industry and what people can expect in energy and environmental policies in the future.

DOE Launches New Manufacturing Institute Focused on Recycled Materials

January 6, 2017

As part of the Manufacturing USA initiative, the Department of Energy announced its new Reducing Embodied-energy and Decreasing Emissions (REMADE) Institute, which will be headquartered in Rochester, New York and led by the Sustainable Manufacturing Innovation Alliance.

DOE Published Notice Extending the Comment Period Pertaining to Commercial and Industrial Fans and Blowers

December 16, 2016

The Department of Energy (DOE) has published Federal Register notice extending the comment period pertaining to commercial and industrial fans and blowers. 81 FR 91049 (December 16, 2016).

Revised Residential Energy Standard Is Open for Comment

Residential sector consumes approximately one-fifth of all primary energy

December 5, 2016

Recognizing the amount of energy used by the residential building sector, ASHRAE and the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) are revising their residential energy standard with a goal of making it 50 percent more efficient than the 2006 International Energy Conservation Code, which serves as the industry benchmark.

DOE Breaks its Silence on Furnace Rule

Supplemental notice indicates the DOE’s unwillingness to waver on its 92 percent mandate

Joanna R. Turpin

November 28, 2016

The U.S. Department of Energy released a supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking (SNOPR) pertaining to residential furnaces in September.

Department of Labor Overtime Rule Blocked by Federal Judge

The rule was set for implementation on Dec. 1, 2016

November 23, 2016

A federal Texas judge has issued a nationwide injunction against the U.S. Department of Labor’s new overtime rule, stating that the administration overstepped its authority by raising the salary cap from $455 a week to $921 a week or $47,892 a year.

Infographic: The Dark Side of Government Regulation

November 21, 2016

American Action Forum, a political think-tank organization, recently released its “Discounting Consumers: How the DOE’s Wishful Thinking Leads to Higher Costs, Fewer Jobs,” study.

ASHRAE/IES Publish 2016 Energy Efficiency Standard

It contains 125 addenda published since the 2013 standard

November 7, 2016

ASHRAE and the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IES) have announced their newly published 2016 energy efficiency standard, which contains numerous energy savings measures resulting from industry input.

Online Thermal Comfort Tool Included with New ASHRAE User’s Manual

The manual includes tables, illustrations, and examples to aid users

November 4, 2016

ASHRAE announced that a new user’s manual for its thermal comfort standard provides an overview for new users while also including more detailed information for those more familiar with its requirements. A free online thermal comfort tool is also included.

California Law Creates Industry Framework for PACE Financing

Renovate America, Renew Financial welcome consumer protections in new law

October 18, 2016

Renovate America and Renew Financial, two of the nation’s leading Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing providers, welcomed a new California law that will provide an industry-wide framework for PACE financing.