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Public Reviews, November 2019

Public Reviews, November 2019

The following addenda are under public review:

ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 15-2019, Safety Standard for Refrigeration Systems

The following is under a 30-day Public Review from November 1 to December 1: 

1st Public Review of BSR/ASHRAE Addendum b

This addendum changes the definitions of “listed” and adds the definition of “labeled” to section 3.1.

The following is under a 45-day Public Review from November 1 to December 16:

1st Public Review of BSR/ASHRAE Addendum a

This addendum provides capacity factors for over pressure protection of pressure vessels and pressure equipment for a number of new refrigerants and expands the coverage of capacity factors for existing refrigerants based on the design pressure for the portion of the system being pressure-protected. 

BSR/ASHRAE Standard 26-2010 RA, Mechanical Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Installations Aboard Ship

The following is under a 45-day Public Review from November 1 to December 16:

1st Public Review of BSR/ASHRAE Standard 26-2010 RA

This standard provides the minimum general requirements for the design, construction, installation, operation, inspection and maintenance of mechanical refrigeration and air conditioning equipment aboard ships to permit the safe, efficient and reliable operation of such systems. 

BSR/ASHRAE Standard 28-1996 RA, Method of Testing Flow Capacity of Refrigerant Capillary Tubes

The following is under a 45-day Public Review from November 1 to December 16:

1st Public Review of BSR/ASHRAE Standard 28-1996 RA

This standard provides uniform methods for laboratory testing the flow capacity of refrigerant capillary tubes. 

ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 34-2019, Designation and Safety Classification of Refrigerants

The following is under a 30-day Public Review from November 1 to December 1: 

1st Public Review of BSR/ASHRAE Addendum g

 This addendum adds the zeotropic refrigerant blend R-470B in Table 4-2. 

ASHRAE Standard 63.1-1995 (RA 2001), Method of Testing Liquid-Line Refrigerant Driers

The following is under a 45-day Public Review from November 1 to December 16:

1st Withdrawal Public Review of ASHRAE Standard 63.1-1995 (RA 2001)

This standard has lost its ANSI designation and the committee has been disbanded due to lack of activity.

BSR/ASHRAE Standard 105-2014R, Standard Methods for Determining, Expressing, and Comparing Building Energy Performance and Greenhouse Gas Emissions 

The following is under a 45-day Public Review from October 18 to December 2:

1st Public Review of BSR/ASHRAE Standard 105-2014R

This revision of Standard 105 provides consistent methods for determining, expressing, and comparing the energy per-formance of and the greenhouse gas emissions associated with the design of new buildings and improvements to, or changes in, the operation of existing buildings. 

BSR/ASHRAE Standard 146-2011R, Method of Test for Rating Pool Heaters

The following is under a 45-day Public Review from October 18 to December 2:

2nd Public Review of BSR/ASHRAE Standard 146-2011R, Method of Test for Rating Pool Heaters This revision of ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 146 provides methods of testing for rating pool heaters, heating capacity, and energy efficiency.

ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 147-2013, Reducing the Release of Halogenated Refrigerants from Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Equipment and Systems

The following is under a 30-day Public Review from October 25 to November 24:

1st Public Review of BSR/ASHRAE Addendum f

This addendum makes changes to Section 4.1 and updates the Normative References.

BSR/ASHRAE/ASHE Standard 170-2017, Ventilation of Health Care Facilities

The following is under a 30-day Public Review from October 25 to November 24:

2nd ISC Public Review of BSR/ASHRAE/ASHE Addendum d 

This proposed addendum adds requirements and language similar to those required in Section 5 (Systems and Equipment) of ASHRAE Standard 62.1. Requirements include: (1) Air intake separation distance table adapted for 170 requirements. (2) Outdoor air verification requirements while operating. (3) Measures to prevent vehicle combustion in parking garages from entering the building. (4) Air balancing requirements. 

ANSI/ASHRAE/ICC/USGBC/IES Standard 189.1-2017, Standard for the Design of High-Performance Green Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings 

The following is under a 30-day Public Review from November 1 to December 1: 

1st Public Review of BSR/ASHRAE/ICC/USGBC/IES Addendum ao

Addendum ao to 189.1-2017 makes various changes to improve the clarity of Section 7 and create greater consistency with Standard 90.1. The climate zone requirements have been moved from Appendix A to Section 7.3.1.1. The term “occupant sensor” has been changed to “occupancy sensor.” Sections 7.3.1 and 7.4 have also been revised to ensure that the requirements of 189.1 are updated and clearly distinguished in comparison to 90.1. 

BSR/ASHRAE/NEMA Standard 201-2016 RA, Facility Smart Grid Information Model

The following is under a 45-day Public Review from November 1 to December 16:

1st Public Review of BSR/ASHRAE/NEMA Standard 201-2016 RA

The purpose of this standard is to define an abstract, object-oriented information model to enable appliances and control systems in homes, buildings, and industrial facilities to manage electrical loads and generation sources in response to communication with a “smart” electrical grid and to communicate information about those electrical loads to utility and other electrical service providers. 

BSR/ASHRAE Standard 204P, Method of Test for Rating Micro Combined Heat and Power Devices

The following is under a 45-day Public Review from November 1 to December 16:

1st Public Review of BSR/ASHRAE Standard 204P

The purpose of ASHRAE Standard 204-201x is to provide a uniform laboratory test method for determining the net electrical power generating performance and thermal power recovery performance of micro combined heat and power devices, referred to as micro-cogeneration devices. The standard specifies the equipment and instrumentation required, test methods, and calculation procedures. 

ASHRAE Guideline 28-2016, Air Quality within Commercial Aircraft 

The following is under a 30-day Public Review from October 25 to November 24: 

1st Public Review of ASHRAE Addendum e

Proposed Addendum e provides conversion factors to be used in concentration calculations detailed in ASHRAE Guideline 28 edition 2016. This is a revision to Table 4.1.1 (Conversion Factors for Concentrations Calculations) and will be included in later revisions of Guideline 28. 

Constructive comments are invited for the following public review drafts, which can be accessed on ASHRAE’s website.

All activity for reviewing and commenting on public review drafts can be accomplished completely online. To obtain a paper copy of any Public Review Draft contact:

ASHRAE, Inc.

Attn: Standards Public Review

1791 Tullie Circle NE

Atlanta, GA 30329-2305

or email standards.section@ashrae.org.

Paper copies are available for $35/copy if 100 pages or fewer and $45 if more than 100 pages.







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