2022
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 Califormia 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
12-18-2019 - Coalition Letter re Intellectual Property and Research Articles
10-30-2019 - FY2020 Appropriations Letter for Energy Efficiency Programs
10-30-2019 - Letter of Support for the ENERGY STAR® Program
10-15-2019 - ASHRAE Letter Applauding the Georgia Department of Public Health for Establishing Legionella Prevention Working Group
10-07-2019 - ASHRAE Letter Supporting Energy Code Updates to the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission
09-13-2019 - ASHRAE Responds to Questions from the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce - Climate Legislation
09-11-2019 - Letter suporting provisions in S. 2137 – the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act
08-23-2019 - ASHRAE Letter to US-DOE on Resilience Standards
07-08-2019 - Letter in support of the Federal Energy and Water Management Performance Act
06-12-2019 - Ohio H.B. 6, "The Clean Air Program Fund"
05-07-2019 - HB 330 Letter to North Carolina General Assembly
05-06-2019 - ASHRAE Letter to US-DOE on Process Rule
05-02-2019 - FY2020 ENERGY STAR Support Letter
05-01-2019 - Energy Efficiency Tax Incentives Letter and Proposal Support Letter
04-25-2019 - Letter to the Texas House of Representatives re PACE Program
04-19-2019 - ASHRAE Letter re NC H.B. 675, “2019 Building Code Regulatory Reform”
04-16-2019 - NYSERDA Buildings of Excellence Event - Solara Net Zero Apartments Grand Opening Solara Apartments, Rotterdam, NY
04-03-2019 - Letter to the House re the FY20 budget for NIST’s Physical Infrastructure and Resilience programs
04-03-2019 - Letter to the Senate re the FY20 budget for NIST’s Physical Infrastructure and Resilience programs
03-29-2019 - Support for FY2020 Appropriations for DOE EERE Energy Efficiency Programs
02-25-2019 - Letter Supporting Modern Building Codes & Standards in Infrastructure
02-06-2019 - Letter from ASHRAE President Sheila Hayter to Florida Building Commission
01-31-2019 - Letter to State of Illinois Regarding Statewide Plumbing Code
01-30-2019 - Title IX Comments from Scientific Societies
01-30-2019 - Letter to Senator Isakson re the Government Shutdown Impacts
01-30-2019 - Letter to Senator Perdue re the Government Shutdown Impacts
01-30-2019 - Letter to Representative Lewis re the Government Shutdown Impacts
01-15-2019 - Letter in Support of Embedding Energy Efficiency in Infrastructure Investments
2018
11/20/2018 - ASHRAE Leadership Testimony to Canada House of Commons Standing Committee on Natural Resources
11/14/2018 - Letter in Support of Tax Extenders
11/14/2018 - DRRA Letter to FEMA on Energy Codes
11-14-2018 - ASHRAE Comments on EPA Refrigerants Proposed Rule
11-09-2018 - Energy Codes Letter to the House’s Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on DRRA’s Implementation
10-25-2018 - President Sheila Hayter Writes FEMA Regarding Post Disaster Safety Assessments
10-23-2018 - Iowa Chapter Support Energize Des Moines Program
07-25-2018 - ASHRAE Comments EU Ecodesign Regs for Data Storage
07-17-2018 - President Sheila Hayter Writes Atlanta Georgia Mayor and City Council on Proposed Smoke Free Ordinance
07-13-2018 - Letter to the Senate Supporting the DRRA's Building Code Provisions
07-11-2018 - Appropriation Letter in Support for DOE EERE Programs and ENERGY STAR in Conference Negotiations
06-26-2018 - Senate Letter on Perkins Reauthorization
06-18-2018 - Support Letter for Provisions in the Disaster Recovery Reform Act (DRRA)
05-22-2018 - Energy and Water Appropriations Letter
04-27-2018 - Support for the ENERGY STAR Program
04-17-2018 - Letter of Support for Triennial Code Review in Florida
03-29-2018 - Senate FY2019 Appropriations Letter
02-02-2018 - Energy Efficiency Appropriations Caps and Impoundment Letter
02-02-2018 - Letter of Support for NIST