Standards Actions, Public Review Drafts, and Online Comment Database

Standards Actions

ASHRAE Standards Actions contains announcements including public review drafts open for comment, call for members on ASHRAE committees, publications, new errata and interpretations, and other information related to ASHRAE standards and standards related activities.

• November 21, 2008
• November 14, 2008
• October 24, 2008
• October 3, 2008
• September 19, 2008
• September 12, 2008
• September 5, 2008
• August 22, 2008
• August 7, 2008
• July 18, 2008
• July 3, 2008
• June 13, 2008
• June 6, 2008
• Older Standards Actions Articles 

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Public Review Draft Standards

Public Review Draft Standards

The ASHRAE public review process is designed to allow anyone to comment on

• a standard that is being proposed, revised, or reaffirmed;
• a proposed or revised guideline;
• a proposed addendum to a standard; or
• a proposed title, purpose, and scope for a standard or guideline that is being developed.

The project committee for the standard or guideline will respond to each comment unless it decides to submit a revised draft for another full public review. When public review drafts are available, they will be listed in the online comment database at the link below. Each descriptive link allows you to view and download a copy of the public review draft in PDF format.

NOTE: A login is required to comment on a public review draft currently posted and/or to access those comments submitted on previous public review drafts no longer available for review and comment. Please login with your existing ASHRAE/ASHRAE Member login or if you do not have an ASHRAE account you can create a new login.

• Project Committee members must use their ASHRAE Member login in order to access the public review comments and to draft responses to those comments for which their project committee is cognizant.
• Commenters will need to use their login to access the online system to view their comments and reply to project committee responses to those comments.

To access the online comment database either to review documents currently posted for public review and comment or to respond or reply to comments from previous public reviews:

Online Comment Database

NOTE: A login is required to comment on a public review draft currently posted and/or to access those comments submitted on previous public review drafts no longer available for review and comment. Please login with your existing ASHRAE/ASHRAE Member login or if you do not have an ASHRAE account you can create a new login.

• Project Committee members must use their ASHRAE Member login in order to access the public review comments and to draft responses to those comments for which their project committee is cognizant. 
• Commenters will need to use their login to access the online system to view their comments and reply to project committee responses to those comments.

To access the online comment database either to review documents currently posted for public review and comment or to respond or reply to comments from previous public reviews:

ANSI Online

ASHRAE currently schedules its public review periods in accordance with the ANSI Standards Action Publication Schedule. Public reviews are now announced every two weeks. The “SA Publish Date (Friday)” referenced on the ANSI Standards Action Publications Schedule indicates the beginning of the public review period. Interested parties can register for a free e-mail notification service being offered for ANSI’s members and for the readers of ANSI Standards Action. Registered users will be notified via e-mail when new issues of ANSI Standards Action are posted to ANSI Online. Simply register your name and e-mail address at the ANSI Online website. Contact information will remain confidential and users may unsubscribe from the distribution list at any time.

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