ASHRAE Insights

Call for Members

A Call for Members is announced for the committees indicated below. Persons who are interested in serving on these ASHRAE committees are asked to contact Teri Davis at PCMembership@ashrae.net.

• SPC 23-2005R, Methods of Testing for Rating Positive Displacement Refrigerant.

• Compressors and Condensing Units.

• SPC 118.1-2008R, Method of Testing for Rating Commercial, Gas, Electric, and Oil Service Water Heating Equipment.

• SPC 150-2000R, Method of Testing the Performance of Cool Storage Systems.

• SPC 195P, Method of Test for Rating Air Terminal Unit Controls.

Public Review—Call for Comments

Review open until April 7.

Second Public Review of BSR/ASHRAE/USGBC/IESNA Standard 189.1P, Standard for the Design of High-Performance, Green Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings.

Title, Purpose and Scope Review open until March 17.

Standard 195P, Method of Test for Rating Air Terminal Unit Controls

To access the public review drafts, go to www.ashrae.org and click on “Standards” under the “Technology” tab and then click on “Standards Actions and Public Review Drafts.”

New Errata

New errata were issued in February 2008 for the following standard:

• ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 62.1-2007, Ventilation for Acceptable Indoor Air Quality.

Errata are available for download from the Standards page on www.ashrae.org.

New Interpretations

A new interpretation of ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 72-2005 (IC 72-2005-2) was approved on Jan. 8. Interpretations are available for download from the Standards page on www.ashrae.org.