2024
10-09-2024- Comments re: Maryland Building Energy Performance Standard Regulation
9-25-2024- Green Building Groups Affirm Support for Zero Emissions Buildings
9-19-2024- NIST FY25 Support Letter
9-13-2024 – Letter to Vice President Harris Presidential Campaign Regarding Affordable Housing and Codes
9-3-2024 – Letter to New Jersey Governor Murphy on S. 2188, “An Act Concerning Legionnaires’ Disease”
08-22-2024 - ASHRAE Letter re: California Building Energy Performance Strategy Report
07-18-2024 - ASHRAE Letter of Support for the Pro Codes Act
07-08-2024 - Committee for the Study for the review of Commission Regulation 2019/424 (Ecodesign of Servers and Data Storage Products) Task 6 Design Options
05-29-2024 - ASHRAE Letter of Support to FHFA for Updated Building Energy Code Requirements
05-22-2024 - ASHRAE Letter of Support for Building Energy Efficiency Codes
05-14-2024 - ASHRAE Letter re: Delaware Senate Bill 289, “Relating to Energy Conservation”
5-10-2024 - ASHRAE Letter Re: California 2025 Energy Code Update
5-6-2024 - ASHRAE Letter of Support for Increasing the Energy Star Budget
5-6-2024 - ASHRAE Letter of Support for Energy Star Program
5-6-2024 - ASHRAE Letter on New Jersey S. 2188, “An Act Concerning Legionnaires’ Disease”
5-2-2024 - ASHRAE Letter Supporting New Jersey Building Decarbonization Efforts
4-30-2024 - ASHRAE Letter re: Rhode Island SB 2952, “Building Decarbonization Act of 2024
4-25-2024 - ASHRAE Letter of Support for FY25 GSA Federal Buildings Fund
4-25-2024 - ASHRAE Letter of Support for Phasing Out High GWP Refrigerants in HI
4-18-2024 - ASHRAE Support Letter Regarding Timely Energy Standard Updates in New York State
04-12-2024 - ASHRAE Letter of Support for Fiscal 2025 Energy Efficiency Appropriations
04-11-2024 - ASHRAE Letter Re: South Carolina S. 1205, “State Building Construction Energy Standards”
04-11-2024 - ASHRAE Letter Re: Colorado House Bill 24-1366, “Concerning Sustainable Local Government Community Planning
04-10-2024 - ASHRAE Letter Supporting Eliminating Smoking Ban Exemptions in Rhode Island
04-08-2024 - ASHRAE Letter of Support for HUD-USDA Final Determination Will Lower Housing Costs
03-26-2024 - ASHRAE Letter Supporting South Carolina S. 1171, “2021 International Energy Conservation Code"
03-22-2024 - Letter Supporting HUD USDA Energy Standards
03-20-2024 - SDO Pro Codes Support Letter
03-20-2024 - ASHRAE Letter Supporting Oregon Code Update to Standard 90.1-2022
03-20-2024 - ASHRAE Letter Supporting Vermont H. 792, “Residential and Commercial Building Energy Standards"
03-18-2024 - ASHRAE Response to EPA Label Program for Low Embodied Carbon Construction Materials
03-15-2024 - ASHRAE Letter in Support of Colorado HB 24-1307, “HVAC Improvements in Schools”
03-13-2024 - Letter on Massachusetts House Bill 2383, “Refrigerant Transition”
03-04-2024 - ASHRAE Letter Regarding Draft Ohio Department of Health Rules
03-01-2024 - ASHRAE Response to OIG GPO IAQ Report
03-01-2024 - ASHRAE Letter of Support for FEMA Mitigation Expenditures
02-29-2024 - ASHRAE Ltr to GSA re Federal Data Centers-02-29-2024
02-28-2024 - ASHRAE Letter in Support of Alaska HB 253, “Transitioning to alternative refrigerants”
02-20-2024 - ASHRAE Letter in Support of Grants for School HVAC Energy Efficiency in Wisconsin
02-20-2024 - ASHRAE Letter in Support of Stretch Energy Code Legislation in Wisconsin
02-16-2024 - Letter to Mayor of Campbellsville, Kentucky re Ordinance No. 23-12, “Creating Exemptions to the Indoor Smoking Prohibition”
02-08-2024 - ASHRAE Letter to HI Legislature on SB 2030 Supporting Effective Energy Standard Updates
02-08-2024 - ASHRAE Letter to HI Legislature on SB 2335 Supporting Effective Energy Standard Updates
02-08-2024 - ASHRAE Letter to HI Legislature on HB 2089 Opposing Longer Energy Standard Update Cycles
01-31-2024 - ASHRAE Response to RFI Zero Emissions Building Definition (Part1)
01-30-2024 - ASHRAE Letter to IL Senate Committee on HB 3713, “School Ventilation”
01-30-2024 - ASHRAE Letter to MD Senate Committee on SB 258, “Energy Conservation”
01-26-2024 - Letter to New Jersey Senate Committee on Health re: S. 1493, “Eliminates Smoking Ban Exemption
01-26-2024 - Joint Sign On Letter In Response To Reopening The Virginia Building Code Review Process
01-23-2024 - Texas Governor Engineers Week Proclamation 2024
01-17-2024 - ASHRAE Response to RFI on Clean Energy Careers for All Program (EERE T 540.111-02: RFI)
01-02-2024 - Letter to CMS Advocating for Updating Health Care Facility Codes
2023
11-30-2023 - Letter to FHFA Advocating for Updating Energy Codes
11-21-2023 - Building Industry COP28 Letter to Governments | translation: Spanish
11-17-2023 - ASHRAE Comments re: 2025 Update to California Energy Code
11-13-2023 - Support Letter for H.R. 6104, the Mechanical Insulation Installation Incentive Act of 2023
11-03-2023 - Support Letter for S. 835 the Pro Codes Act
10-31-2023 - Letter of Support for NJ A. 5165, Refrigerant Legislation
10-25-2023 - Letter to New Jersey Senate Committee on Health re: SB 264, “Eliminates Smoking Ban Exemption”
10-25-2023 - Letter of Support for WI AB 339, Refrigerant Legislation
10-10-2023 - Illinois Energy Code Support Letter
10-4-2023 - ASHRAE Boston Chapter Letter to the Massachusetts Legislature re: H. 4098, “An Act to Improve Air Quality”
10-01-2023 ASHRAE Recommended Updates to GSA P100
09-27-2023 - Testimony of Bill McQuade to the New York City Council re: Indoor Air Quality
09-27-2023 - Workforce Coalition Letter re: Support for the Bipartisan, Bicameral Freedom to Invest in Tomorrow’s Workforce Act
09-20-2023 - Testimony of Bill McQuade to the Pennsylvania Legislature re: HB 1657 on Indoor Smoking
09-06-2023 - FY24 Coalition Conference Letter on Energy Efficiency Funding
08-07-2023 - Letter to FHFA Advocating for Use of Standard 90.1 for Government Sponsored Enterprises
07-18-2023 - Testimony of Mr. Mick Schwedler, P.E. to the Wisconsin Legislature re: Commercial Building Code Adoption
07-18-2023 - ASHRAE Letter to the U.S. House Judiciary Committee re: H.R. 1631 the Pro Codes Act
07-17-2023 - ASHRAE Response to Adoption of Energy Efficiency Standards for New Construction of HUD- and USDA-Financed Housing
06-06-2023 - ASHRAE Letter to the North Carolina Senate re: SB 528, "Public School HVAC Replacements”
05-23-2023 - ASHRAE Letter to the Texas Senate re: SB 674, "Texas Building Code”
05-23-2023 - ASHRAE Letter to the Texas House re: HB 3061, "Texas Building Code”
05-23-2023 - ASHRAE Letter to the Rhode Island Senate re: "Elimination of the Smoking Ban Exemption”
05-22-2023 - ASHRAE Letter to the Shreveport, Louisiana Mayor and City Council re: "Ordinance 46, Indoor Smoking Ban Exemption”
05-01-2023 - ASHRAE Letter to the New York Senate re: SB 1776, “Inspections for Legionnaires’ Disease”
05-01-2023 - ASHRAE Response to RFI to support New Inflation Reduction Act Programs to Lower Embodied Greenhouse Gas Emissions Associated with Construction Materials and Products (Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OPPT-2022-0924)
04-27-2023 - CCSC Coalition Letter to the North Carolina General Assembly re: HB 488, “Code Council Reorganization”
04-26-2023 - ASHRAE Response to RFI on Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) Section 50131 Technical Assistance for Latest and Zero Building Energy Code Adoption (DE-FOA-0003054)
04-20-2023 - ASHRAE Letter to the Rhode Island House re: HB 5237, “Elimination of the Smoking Ban Exemption”
03-03-2023 - Letter to Congress RE: Letter of Support for Robust FY24 U.S. DOE Energy Efficiency-Related Funding
03-29-2023 - Letter to Congress Re: Pairing Energy Efficiency with Solar
03-21-2023 - ASHRAE Letter to the Minnesota House re: HF 772, “Updates to the State Commercial Building Energy Code”
03-21-2023 - ASHRAE Letter to the Iowa Senate re: SF 479, “An Act Repealing Energy Conservation Requirements for New Construction”
03-21-2023 - ASHRAE Letter to the Indiana Senate re: HB 1575, “Residential Building Commission”
03-15-2023 - ASHRAE Letter to the New Mexico House re: HB 30, “Public School Ventilation Improvement Act”
03-13-2023 - ASHRAE Letter to the North Carolina Building Code Council re: 2024 North Carolina Energy Code
03-08-2023 - ASHRAE Letter to the Maryland House re: HB 900, “Indoor Air Quality in Public Buildings”
03-08-2023 - ASHRAE Letter to the New Jersey Assembly re: A. 2151, “Elimination of the Smoking Ban Exemption”
02-27-2023 - ASHRAE Letter to the North Dakota Senate re: HB 1229, “Indoor Smoking”
02-21-2023 - Response to SNOPR Clean Energy for New Federal Buildings and Major Renovations of Federal Buildings
02-20-2023 - ASHRAE Letter to the Indiana Senate re: SB 335, “Climate Solutions Task Force”
02-10-2023 - ASHRAE Letter to the New Jersey Senate re: S. 264, “Eliminates Smoking Ban Exemption"
02-02-2023 - ASHRAE Letter to the New Mexico House re: HB 168, “Prohibit Smoking in Racinos"
02-02-2023 - ASHRAE Letter to the New Mexico Senate re: SB 130, “Prohibit Smoking in Racinos”
01-27-2023 - ASHRAE Response to EPA Rule on Phasedown of HFCs
01-26-2023 - Letter of Response re: EESG DOE Workforce RFI
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2022
12-09-2022 - ASHRAE Letter of Support for EESG WAP
12-05-2022 - ASHRAE RFI: Better Indoor Air Quality Management To Help Reduce COVID-19 and Other Disease Transmission in Buildings: Technical Assistance Needs and Priorities to Improve Public Health
11-29-2022 - ASHRAE RE: Request for Expedited Consideration in the House Energy and Commerce Committee and on the House Floor in Support of the National Climate Adaptation and Resilience Strategy Act of 2022 (H.R. 6461/S. 3531)
11-18-2022 - ASHRAE Letter to White House re: IAQ Standard
11-08-2022 - ASHRAE and Building Industry Organizations Assume Leadership Role in Global Decarbonization Efforts
11-04-2022 - ASHRAE Letter of Response to Internal Revenue Service Notice 2022-48
10-10-2022 - ASHRAE Letter to the Pennsylvania Senate re: SB 1125, “An Act Concerning Legionnaires’ Disease”
09-22-2022 - E-Access Act (HR 8519) Coalition Support Letter
08-15-2022 - ASHRAE Boise Chapter Letter to the Idaho State Building Code Board
06-21-2022 - Letter to HUD on Building Energy Codes Determination
06-17-2022 - ACEEE letter re Building Code Provisions in HR 5673
06-10-2022 - ASHRAE Letter to the California Senate re: SB 1144, “Water Efficiency and Quality Assessment Reports: State Buildings and Public School Buildings.”
06-09-2022 - ASHRAE Comments to the Appliance Standards and Rulemaking Federal Advisory Committee (ASRAC)
06-02-2022 - Building Action Letter to Congress Regarding Buildings in Climate and Energy Bill
05-17-2022 - Letter from President Schwedler to the California Senate re: SB 1144, “Water Efficiency and Quality Assessment Reports: State Buildings and Public School Buildings.”
05-12-2022 - Letter to Congress re DHS FY23 Appropriations Support
04-22-2022 - Letter to Congress re Reconciliation Package Priorities
04-22-2022 - Pennsylvania Chapters’ Letter to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives re: HB 2079, “Amendments to the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act”
04-20-2022 - Letter from President Schwedler to Minnesota House of Representatives re: HF 831, “An Act Relating to the State Building Code”
04-20-2022 - Letter from President Schwedler to Connecticut General Assembly re: HB 5479, “An Act Concerning Indoor Air Quality in Schools”
04-15-2022 - Letter from President Schwedler re FY23 Appropriations Support
04-08-2022 - Letter to Congress re Energy Efficiency Provision in Budget Reconciliation
03-31-2022 - Letter to President Biden re Energy Efficiency Investments as Part of Defense Production Act Authority
03-29-2022 - Workforce Development Support Letter
03-25-2022 - ASHRAE Letter to Congress re Bipartisan Innovation Act and Standards Development
03-14-2022 - ASHRAE Letter to Senate Foreign Relations re: Kigali Amendment
03-09-2022 - Letter from President Schwedler to EERE BTO re: BPS Coalition
03-07-2022 - Letter from President Schwedler to New Jersey Senate re: S. 1006, “An Act Concerning Legionnaires’ Disease”
02-28-2022 - ASHRAE Comments EIS DOE Proposal on Manufactured Housing
02-26-2022 - Letter to New York State Assembly re: A. 8143, “Advanced Building Codes, Appliance and Equipment Efficiency Standards Act of 2021”.
02-24-2022 - Letter from President Schwedler to Maryland House of Delegates re: HB 831, “Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Commercial and Residential Buildings”
02-22-2022 - Letter from President Schwedler to Maryland House of Delegates re: HB 806, “Building Standards and Emissions Reductions – High Performance, State, and Local Government Buildings, State Operations, and Eligible Projects”
02-21-2022 - State of Iowa – Engineers Week – February 20-26, 2022
02-18-2022 - Letter from President Schwedler to Maryland House of Delegates re: HB 1165, “Capital Projects and High Performance Buildings”
02-09-2022 - Letter from President Schwedler to Maryland House of Delegates re: HB 405, “Mechanical Insulation Installation Tax Credit”
02-01-2022 - FY22 Building Energy Codes Program Support Letter
01-28-2022 - Letter from President Schwedler to Maryland Senate re: SB 302, “Legionnaires’ Disease Prevention Act”
01-28-2022 - Letter from President Schwedler to Maryland House of Delegates re: HB 248, “Legionnaires’ Disease Prevention Act”
2021
12-1-2021 - Alberta Chapters Letter Re: COVID Mitigation Strategies for Schools
11-29-2021 - ASHRAE Letter to Department of Education Regarding ARP Funding
11-22-2021 - ASHRAE Letter to Department of Education Regarding Infrastructure Bill - Section 40541
11-12-2021 - ASHRAE Comments on EPA Strategic Plan
10-25-2021 - Letter Supporting the Inclusion of Energy Efficiency Criteria for Buildings in Congressional Budget Reconciliation Bill
10-22-2021 - ASHRAE Comments DOE Proposal on Manufactured Housing
9-13-2021 - ASHRAE Comments on 2nd 2021 DOE Process Rule Proposal
9-7-2021 - Letter from Wisconsin ASHRAE Chapters to State Commercial Building Code Council re: Building Code Updates
8-26-2021 - Sign-on Letter Supporting FEMA Funding for Code Adoption/Implementation in Reconciliation
8-2-2021 - Atlanta Chapter Letter to Augusta, GA Mayor Re: Cigar Bars and Lounges
6-23-2021 - Letter from President Gulledge to New Jersey Senate re: SB 1878, “Elimination of the smoking ban exemption for casinos and simulcasting facilities”
6-23-2021 - Letter from President Gulledge to the New Jersey Casino Association re: Indoor Air Policies at Casinos and Similar Establishments
5-28-2021 - Letter from President Gulledge to Nevada Senate re: AB 257, “Establishing provisions governing indoor air quality in public schools”
5-25-2021 - Letter to Congress on Resilient Buildings and Infrastructure
5-25-2021 - Letter from President Gulledge to Texas House re: HB 351, “Air filtration efficiency standards at certain educational and child care facilities”
5-25-2021 - Letter from President Gulledge to North Carolina House re: HB 909, “Legionnaires’ Disease Prevention Act”
5-17-2021 - ASHRAE Letter to Administrator Regan re Legionella
5-5-2021 - Comments of President Gulledge to the Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Policy Committee re: Legionella Prevention
5-3-2021 - Letter to Congress Supporting Modern Construction Codes & Standards In Infrastructure
4-26-2021 - Letter of Support for Robust FY22 EERE Funding
4-16-2021 - FY2022 ENERGY STAR Support Letter
4-13-2021 - AIM Act Petitions for EPA HFC Phasedown
3-9-2021 - ASHRAE Letter to DOE on the Buildings-To-Grid Integration Report
3-8-2021 - ASHRAE Letter Congratulating U.S. DOE Secretary Granholm
2-16-2021 - Big Sky Chapter Letter Re: Montana HB 285, “Cigar Bars”
2-16-2021 - Region IX Letter Re: North Dakota HB 1152, “Relating to Cigar Bars and Lounges”
2-11-2021 - ASHRAE’s Perspective on Recent Changes to the 179d Tax Deduction
1-28-2021 - Letter to U.S. Secretary of Education Nominee, Commissioner Cardona
1-28-2021 - Letter to the National Governors Association, Education and Workforce Committee
1-28-2021 - Letter to State and Local Education Commissioners and School Officials
1-28-2021 - Letter to the Department of Education
2020
12-14-2020 - Letter Supporting the GREEN Buildings Jobs Act
12-07-2020 - Letter from President Gulledge to Mayor and City Council of South Fulton, GA re: Smoke-Free Ordinance
11-24-2020 - Letter from President Gulledge to New Jersey Assembly re: Assembly Bill 4855 (A. 4855), the Statewide Plan for Infection Control and Prevention Infrastructure Improvements in Nursing Homes
11-23-2020 - Letter to Congress Supporting Funding for U.S. DOE’s Building Energy Codes Program (BECP)
11-20-2020 - Letter from President Gulledge to New Jersey Senate re: Senate Bill 3033 (S. 3033), the School and Small Business Energy Efficiency Stimulus Program
11-10-2020 - Letter to Co-Chairs of President-Elect Biden's COVID Advisory Board
10-27-2020 - Letter from the Central Indiana Chapter to the Indianapolis City-County Council re: Benchmarking Ordinance
09-30-2020 - Letter from President Gulledge to Montgomery County, Maryland re: 2018 IgCC Adoption
08-31-2020 - Letter from President Gulledge to Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts re: 2018 IgCC Adoption
08-26-2020 - Missouri Chapters Letter re: Senate Bill 12, “Smart and Safe Schools Act”
08-24-2020 - Letter from President Gulledge to the California State Fire Marshal re: HFC Regulation
08-20-2020 - Testimony to the Gwinnett County Board of Education, Suwanee, GA - Meghan McNulty
08-07-2020 - Testimony of Mr. Corey Metzger, P.E. Schools Team Lead of the ASHRAE Epidemic Task Force
08-04-2020 - Letter from President Gulledge to California Air Resources Board Re: HFC Regulation
07-27-2020 - Letter from President Gulledge re the California Assembly Bill 841 (AB 841), the School and State Building Energy Efficiency Stimulus Program
07-21-2020 - Letter to Education Secretary DeVos re COVID-19
07-16-2020 - Letter on COVID-19 Relief Package and the Energy Sector
06-15-2020 - Letter Supporting the Inclusion of Minimum Energy Efficiency Codes in the Housing is Infrastructure Act
05-26-2020 - ASHRAE Epidemic Task Force Letter to Michigan Department of Health and Human Resources re HEPA
05-15-2020 - Letter to Congressional Leadership re the Essential “Building” Workforce and COVID-19
05-04-2020 - Letter to the Ontario Government re Energy Efficiency
04-29-2020 - ASHRAE Letter to Canadian Government re Model Codes
04-27-2020 - ASHRAE Answers to Senator Whitehouse QFRs on AIM Act
04-09-2020 - Letter to the U.S. Congress Re: COVID-19 Stimulus and Energy Efficiency
04-08-2020 - Written Testimony of Darryl K. Boyce, P. Eng. ASHRAE President to the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
03-30-2020 - House FY2021 Appropriations Letter for Energy Efficiency Programs
03-30-2020 - Senate FY2021 Appropriations Letter for Energy Efficiency Programs
04-01-2020 - ASHRAE Letter to Government Officials re COVID-19
04-01-2020 - ASHRAE Letter to the Canadian Government re COVID-19
03-23-2020 - ASHRAE Letter to the World Health Organization (WHO)
03-23-2020 - Letter to Congress to urge HUD to Update their Use of Minimum Building Energy Efficiency Standards
03-20-2020 - Letter Urging the U.S. Senate to Support the ENERGY STAR Program
03-17-2020 - HVACR Industry COVID19 Joint Travel Restriction Statement
03-16-2020 - 2020 Best Practice Guidelines for the EU Code of Conduct on Data Centre Energy Efficiency
03-09-2020 - Letter to the House re the FY21 budget for NIST’s Physical Infrastructure and Resilience programs
03-09-2020 - Letter to the Senate re the FY21 budget for NIST’s Physical Infrastructure and Resilience programs
03-06-2020 - Joint Comments in Response to FEMA’s Draft Policy to Implement DRRA Section 1206
02-14-2020 - ASHRAE Letter Thanking the Committee on Energy & Commerce for Their Consideration of H.R. 5544
02-13-2020 - Letter from President Darryl Boyce re the 2020 Budget for Canada
01-08-2020 - ASHRAE Letter to the House re H.R. 5544
01-08-2020 - ASHRAE Letter to the Senate re S. 2754
2019
2018