On June 30, AHRI members and certification program participants will receive an official email request to complete the 2022 Annual Sales Volume Report for the July 1, 2021 - June 30, 2022 period. AHRI will send a link to complete the report within our secure, electronic reporting website from noreply@ahrinet.org so that we may calculate 2023 membership dues and certification licensing fees. The communication will only be sent to individuals assigned the following contact roles: O-Rep, Dues Billing Rep, Cert Contact, Cert Billing Contact, and SV-Rep. The deadline to complete the report is July 31.

Please whitelist noreply@ahrinet.org to ensure that the official request and any further reminder emails are received. Contact: Accounting.

AHRI annually recognizes outstanding individuals for contributions that advance our association and the wider industry. Consider nominating one of your industry colleagues for one of three AHRI awards – the Richard C. Schulze Award, the AHRI Public Service Award, and the AHRI Distinguished Service Award. The Public Service Award is reserved for those not employed by our member companies but who have been particularly helpful to our industry and/or our association. Candidates for AHRI’s Distinguished Service Awards are typically given to those who have provided years and even decades of service to our industry and are either about to retire or have recently retired. Please complete this nomination form and email it back (instructions on bottom) on or before July 15. Here are links to past winners of the Schulze Award and the Distinguished Service Award. Contact: Francis Dietz.

On June 16, leaders of member companies of AHRI and the Alliance for Responsible Atmospheric Policy issued a letter to the leadership of the United States Senate urging expeditious action to ratify the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol. The Amendment, approved in May by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, is currently awaiting floor action. The Kigali Amendment provides for a global phasedown of hydrofluorocarbon refrigerants, an action AHRI has sought for more than a decade.

The letter informed Senate Leaders Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) that ratification “will secure a position of strength for American companies in a highly competitive global market for next-generation refrigerant technologies by creating new U.S. manufacturing jobs and stimulating further investment in the U.S. economy.” It noted that “failure to ratify would close these markets to U.S. manufacturers after 2023 because the Montreal Protocol prohibits trade with countries not party to [it] or its amendments.”

If the Amendment is ratified by the Senate, the United States will join some 129 other nations as full parties to the treaty, approved in October 2016, with the United States as a signatory. Contact: Samantha Slater.

AHRI has reaffirmed AHRI Standard 580-2014 (R2022) (SI), Non-Condensable Gas Purge Equipment for Use with Low-Pressure Centrifugal Liquid Chillers. See the standard here. Contact: Jaime Yeh.

AHRI’s Hydronic Systems Standards Technical Committee (STC) is accepting volunteers for a project to revise AHRI Standard 1500 (SI), Performance Rating of Commercial Space Heating Boilers. When complete, the standard will be proposed to become an American National Standard. Contact: Panos Fykas.

AHRI’s Waterside and Refrigeration Standards Technical Committee is accepting volunteers for a project to revise AHRI Standard 270 (SI/I-P), Sound Rating of Outdoor Unitary Equipment. Contact: Nabil Shahin.

AHRI is pleased to welcome the following certification program participants:

• Egyptian German Air Treatment Co. – Forced Circulation Air-Cooling and Air-Heating Coils (ACHC)
• Energy Industrial Company LLC – Variable Air Volume Terminals (VAV)
• Northco Company, Inc. – Unitary Small Heat Pump Equipment (USHP)

Contact: Bill Tritsis.

AHRI has issued the following call for comments:

Public Review/Deadline: June 26

• Proposed reaffirmation of AHRI Standard 575-2017 R202x (SI/I-P), Method of Measuring Machinery Sound Within an Equipment Space
• Proposed reaffirmation of and proposed reaffirmation as an American National Standard (ANS):
• BSR/AHRI Standard 1270-2015 R202x (I-P), Requirements for Seismic Qualification of HVACR Equipment
• BSR/AHRI Standard 1271-2015 R202x (SI), Requirements for Seismic Qualification of HVACR Equipment

Public Review/Deadline: July 7

• AHRI Standard 520-2004 (SI/I-P), Performance Rating of Positive Displacement Condensing Units

Public Review/Deadline: July 10

• Proposed reaffirmation of AHRI Standard 1280-2014 (SI/I-P), Sound Power Rating of Water-Cooled Chillers

Please see more information regarding these standards here. To submit comments, email this form to AHRI_Standards@ahrinet.org. Contact: Karl Best.

The Direct Expansion Dedicated Outdoor Air System (DX-DOAS) Certification Task Force will soon launch the DX-DOAS Certification Program and meet in July to discuss a plan, accept applications, and conduct qualification testing. Details will be announced when the plan is finalized. Contact: Benjamin Heyser.

AHRI MENA Technical Director Nabil Shahin

AHRI’s Middle East and North Africa (MENA) team participated in The Client Consultant Contractor Conference on June 13 in Dubai, UAE, to present the latest developments on variable refrigerant flow systems (VRF) and chillers' regional and international performance standards. The presentation took place during the session, “The Great Debate: Comparing the Merits of CHW and VRF Systems,” in which debates were held between chiller and VRF manufacturers and consultants.

AHRI is developing a new VRF global standard related to AHRI Standard 1230, which is intended to be published as an ISO standard for national and regional adoption. The association is also tailoring AHRI Standard 551/591 (SI/2020), Performance Rating of Water-Chilling and Heat-Pump Water-Heating Packages Using the Vapor Compression Cycle, to accommodate high ambient temperature region requirements by establishing a unique integrated part load value formula for calculating seasonal energy efficiency. Interested parties are encouraged to join AHRI MENA’s regional industry groups to contribute to the development of the new standards. Contact: Nabil Shahin.

On June 30, AHRI members and certification program participants will receive an official email request to complete the 2022 Annual Sales Volume Report for the July 1, 2021 - June 30, 2022 period. AHRI will send a link to complete the report within our secure, electronic reporting website from noreply@ahrinet.org so that we may calculate 2023 membership dues and certification licensing fees. The communication will only be sent to individuals assigned the following contact roles: O-Rep, Dues Billing Rep, Cert Contact, Cert Billing Contact, and SV-Rep. The deadline to complete the report is July 31.

Please whitelist noreply@ahrinet.org to ensure that the official request and any further reminder emails are received. Contact: Accounting.

AHRI annually recognizes outstanding individuals for contributions that advance our association and the wider industry. Consider nominating one of your industry colleagues for one of three AHRI awards – the Richard C. Schulze Award, the AHRI Public Service Award, and the AHRI Distinguished Service Award. The Public Service Award is reserved for those not employed by our member companies but who have been particularly helpful to our industry and/or our association. Candidates for AHRI’s Distinguished Service Awards are typically given to those who have provided years and even decades of service to our industry and are either about to retire or have recently retired. Please complete this nomination form and email it back (instructions on bottom) on or before July 15. Here are links to past winners of the Schulze Award and the Distinguished Service Award. Contact: Francis Dietz.

On June 16, leaders of member companies of AHRI and the Alliance for Responsible Atmospheric Policy issued a letter to the leadership of the United States Senate urging expeditious action to ratify the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol. The Amendment, approved in May by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, is currently awaiting floor action. The Kigali Amendment provides for a global phasedown of hydrofluorocarbon refrigerants, an action AHRI has sought for more than a decade.

The letter informed Senate Leaders Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) that ratification “will secure a position of strength for American companies in a highly competitive global market for next-generation refrigerant technologies by creating new U.S. manufacturing jobs and stimulating further investment in the U.S. economy.” It noted that “failure to ratify would close these markets to U.S. manufacturers after 2023 because the Montreal Protocol prohibits trade with countries not party to [it] or its amendments.”

If the Amendment is ratified by the Senate, the United States will join some 129 other nations as full parties to the treaty, approved in October 2016, with the United States as a signatory. Contact: Samantha Slater.

AHRI has reaffirmed AHRI Standard 580-2014 (R2022) (SI), Non-Condensable Gas Purge Equipment for Use with Low-Pressure Centrifugal Liquid Chillers. See the standard here. Contact: Jaime Yeh.

AHRI’s Hydronic Systems Standards Technical Committee (STC) is accepting volunteers for a project to revise AHRI Standard 1500 (SI), Performance Rating of Commercial Space Heating Boilers. When complete, the standard will be proposed to become an American National Standard. Contact: Panos Fykas.

AHRI’s Waterside and Refrigeration Standards Technical Committee is accepting volunteers for a project to revise AHRI Standard 270 (SI/I-P), Sound Rating of Outdoor Unitary Equipment. Contact: Nabil Shahin.

AHRI is pleased to welcome the following certification program participants:

• Egyptian German Air Treatment Co. – Forced Circulation Air-Cooling and Air-Heating Coils (ACHC)
• Energy Industrial Company LLC – Variable Air Volume Terminals (VAV)
• Northco Company, Inc. – Unitary Small Heat Pump Equipment (USHP)

Contact: Bill Tritsis.

AHRI has issued the following call for comments:

Public Review/Deadline: June 26

• Proposed reaffirmation of AHRI Standard 575-2017 R202x (SI/I-P), Method of Measuring Machinery Sound Within an Equipment Space
• Proposed reaffirmation of and proposed reaffirmation as an American National Standard (ANS):
• BSR/AHRI Standard 1270-2015 R202x (I-P), Requirements for Seismic Qualification of HVACR Equipment
• BSR/AHRI Standard 1271-2015 R202x (SI), Requirements for Seismic Qualification of HVACR Equipment

Public Review/Deadline: July 7

• AHRI Standard 520-2004 (SI/I-P), Performance Rating of Positive Displacement Condensing Units

Public Review/Deadline: July 10

• Proposed reaffirmation of AHRI Standard 1280-2014 (SI/I-P), Sound Power Rating of Water-Cooled Chillers

Please see more information regarding these standards here. To submit comments, email this form to AHRI_Standards@ahrinet.org. Contact: Karl Best.

The Direct Expansion Dedicated Outdoor Air System (DX-DOAS) Certification Task Force will soon launch the DX-DOAS Certification Program and meet in July to discuss a plan, accept applications, and conduct qualification testing. Details will be announced when the plan is finalized. Contact: Benjamin Heyser.

AHRI MENA Technical Director Nabil Shahin

AHRI’s Middle East and North Africa (MENA) team participated in The Client Consultant Contractor Conference on June 13 in Dubai, UAE, to present the latest developments on variable refrigerant flow systems (VRF) and chillers' regional and international performance standards. The presentation took place during the session, “The Great Debate: Comparing the Merits of CHW and VRF Systems,” in which debates were held between chiller and VRF manufacturers and consultants.

AHRI is developing a new VRF global standard related to AHRI Standard 1230, which is intended to be published as an ISO standard for national and regional adoption. The association is also tailoring AHRI Standard 551/591 (SI/2020), Performance Rating of Water-Chilling and Heat-Pump Water-Heating Packages Using the Vapor Compression Cycle, to accommodate high ambient temperature region requirements by establishing a unique integrated part load value formula for calculating seasonal energy efficiency. Interested parties are encouraged to join AHRI MENA’s regional industry groups to contribute to the development of the new standards. Contact: Nabil Shahin.