The Air-Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration
Institute said it will share its equipment and component performance standards
with the Indian Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning
Engineers.
The two organizations signed the agreement June
23 during a ceremony in Salt Lake City.
“This agreement is
consistent with the spirit of the HVACR industry’s goal to reduce regulatory
differences and facilitate international trade while maintaining high levels of
performance,” said AHRI’s Executive Vice President Mark Menzer. “We are pleased
ISHRAE is focused on strengthening its country’s HVACR performance standards
and we are willing and ready to help the organization achieve this monumental
task.”
According to ISHRAE’s President Ashish Rakheja, India
has a rapidly growing need for solid, respected HVACR equipment performance
standards.
“Our country has become a hub for multinational
companies and we are experiencing major growth, especially in the construction
of multimillion-square-foot buildings,” he said. “The engineers responsible for
these projects are bringing with them an awareness of the importance of
standardization and international best practices. In addition, India is
becoming a major force in the green movement, led by the Indian Green Building
Council and supported by a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)
rating system and the launch of the energy conservation building code last
year. For these reasons, we need to strengthen our equipment performance
standards, which is why we turned to AHRI for assistance in this area through
this agreement.”
The agreement sets forth a framework that
promotes a process for effectively sharing AHRI’s standards. The agreement
provides ISHRAE with the ability to more widely disseminate AHRI’s standards
among the nation’s standards developers. It also establishes a process to
ensure ISHRAE is notified when AHRI standards are revised and updated, and it
provides ISHRAE greater access to AHRI’s standards developers to assist them
with technical issues relating to India’s specific needs and conditions.
AHRI to work with industry in India
September 1, 2008
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