As businesses, corporations, associations, and other entities prepare to have their employees return to offices, building owners, operators, and engineers need reliable information on steps they can take to help make the commercial spaces they control as safe and welcoming as possible. A large part of that effort will involve a building’s HVAC and water heating infrastructure. As part of its indoor air quality campaign, AHRI provided detailed guidance to ensure safer commercial buildings. A properly installed, properly maintained system, with adequate ventilation using outside air, proper filtration, and appropriate humidity control – all of which are accomplished through readily available technologies -- can go a long way toward mitigating potential viral spread. Learn more here. Contact: Francis Dietz.

The Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s Advanced Manufacturing Office will host a workshop on integrated sensor systems January 25-26, from 11 a.m. – 5 p.m., EST. It is the first in a series of semiconductor research and development (R&D) workshops, which will focus on technical aspects of semiconductors that have the potential to transform the efficiency and competitiveness of U.S. manufacturing.

This first workshop will focus on R&D challenges around integrated sensor systems, with particular emphasis on manufacturing applications. The workshop will solicit feedback on the needs and challenges of various stakeholders, including potential integrated sensor users and the researchers developing new sensor systems. Learn more here. Contact: Xudong Wang.

Beginning this Monday, January 25, Certification Program Application Services will move to FreshDesk, AHRI’s online ticketing system that supports Membership Services, the AHRI Directory of Certified Product Performance, and iSTARS. This new feature will support users with questions about the AHRI Certification Program and prospective applicants, and allow AHRI staff to effectively manage application tracking. The system will provide prospective program applicants with detailed information about the application process. Applicants will receive on-demand access to their application, including status details and their AHRI communication history.

Users will be able to submit their requests through the “Support” widget on ahrinet.org and the AHRI Directory of Certified Product Performance. With the launch of the ticketing system, certification@ahrinet.org will be deactivated. AHRI will create tickets for manufacturers that are already in the progress of applying to a certification program so there is no delay in the application process. Contact: Domanique Taylor.

Following an analysis to identify necessary changes that will address a high failure rate in the Forced-Circulation Air-Cooling and Air-Heating Coils (ACHC) program, the Compliance Committee decided to increase the percentage of basic model groups (BMGs) tested when applying to the program (applicants) and when adding a new BMG from 30 percent to 100 percent. The committee also is re-editing the ACHC Operations Manual (OM) to reflect these changes. It will be submitted to the OM Board and the Certification Committee for approval. Learn more and join Working Groups on AHRI Connect. Contact: Sarp Hamamcioglu.

As businesses, corporations, associations, and other entities prepare to have their employees return to offices, building owners, operators, and engineers need reliable information on steps they can take to help make the commercial spaces they control as safe and welcoming as possible. A large part of that effort will involve a building’s HVAC and water heating infrastructure. As part of its indoor air quality campaign, AHRI provided detailed guidance to ensure safer commercial buildings. A properly installed, properly maintained system, with adequate ventilation using outside air, proper filtration, and appropriate humidity control – all of which are accomplished through readily available technologies -- can go a long way toward mitigating potential viral spread. Learn more here. Contact: Francis Dietz.

The Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s Advanced Manufacturing Office will host a workshop on integrated sensor systems January 25-26, from 11 a.m. – 5 p.m., EST. It is the first in a series of semiconductor research and development (R&D) workshops, which will focus on technical aspects of semiconductors that have the potential to transform the efficiency and competitiveness of U.S. manufacturing.

This first workshop will focus on R&D challenges around integrated sensor systems, with particular emphasis on manufacturing applications. The workshop will solicit feedback on the needs and challenges of various stakeholders, including potential integrated sensor users and the researchers developing new sensor systems. Learn more here. Contact: Xudong Wang.

Beginning this Monday, January 25, Certification Program Application Services will move to FreshDesk, AHRI’s online ticketing system that supports Membership Services, the AHRI Directory of Certified Product Performance, and iSTARS. This new feature will support users with questions about the AHRI Certification Program and prospective applicants, and allow AHRI staff to effectively manage application tracking. The system will provide prospective program applicants with detailed information about the application process. Applicants will receive on-demand access to their application, including status details and their AHRI communication history.

Users will be able to submit their requests through the “Support” widget on ahrinet.org and the AHRI Directory of Certified Product Performance. With the launch of the ticketing system, certification@ahrinet.org will be deactivated. AHRI will create tickets for manufacturers that are already in the progress of applying to a certification program so there is no delay in the application process. Contact: Domanique Taylor.

Following an analysis to identify necessary changes that will address a high failure rate in the Forced-Circulation Air-Cooling and Air-Heating Coils (ACHC) program, the Compliance Committee decided to increase the percentage of basic model groups (BMGs) tested when applying to the program (applicants) and when adding a new BMG from 30 percent to 100 percent. The committee also is re-editing the ACHC Operations Manual (OM) to reflect these changes. It will be submitted to the OM Board and the Certification Committee for approval. Learn more and join Working Groups on AHRI Connect. Contact: Sarp Hamamcioglu.