Volume IV, Issue 19

June 1, 2012

Important Information Regarding the Development of ASHRAE Standards and Guidelines

STANDARDS ACTIONS

PUBLIC REVIEWCALL FOR COMMENTS

Constructive comments are invited for the following Public Review Drafts. Public Review Drafts can be accessed by going to ASHRAEs Standards, Research & Technology/ Public Review Drafts web page and following the instructions to access the online comment database, or click on the following link: http://www.ashrae.org/public-review-drafts. All activity for reviewing and commenting on public review drafts can be accomplished completely online within this site. A login is required to complete the comment process. Please see the website for additional information. To obtain a paper copy of any Public Review Draft contactASHRAE, Inc. Attn: Standards Public Review, 1791 Tullie Circle, NE, Atlanta, GA 30329-2305 or email: standards.section@ashrae.org. Note: Paper copies are available for $35.00/copy if 100 pages or less and $45.00 if over 100 pages.

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ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 135.1-2011, Method of

Test for Conformance to BACnet

ANSI/ASHRAE/ACCA 180-2012, Standard Practice

for Inspection and Maintenance of CommercialBuilding HVAC Systems

45-day Public Review from June 1, 2012, to July 16, 2012

INTERIM MEETINGS

Interim meetings have been scheduled for the committee Advisory Public Review of BSR/ASHRAE Standard indicated below. A complete listing of project committee 179P, Methods of Test for Life Testing Positive Dis- interim meetings is provided on ASHRAEs website and can be found by clicking on the following link: placement Refrigerant Compressors http://www.ashrae.org/pc-interim-meetings. The purpose of this standard is to provide methods of test for life testing positive displacement refrigerant com- SSPC 189.1, Standard for the Design of High-Performance pressors and to define a test method and protocol that Green Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings, can be used to demonstrate a reasonable minimum will hold conference calls from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm (Eastern) on the following dates: level of compressor durability.

1st Public Review of BSR/ASHRAE Standard 198P, July 31, 2012 August 28, 2012 Method of Test for DX-Dedicated Outdoor Air Sys September 25, 2012 tems for Moisture Removal Capacity and Moisture
Removal Efficiency The purpose of this standard is to prescribe test methods

For additional information contact Bert Etheredge, Staff Liaison to SSPC 189.1 (betheredge@ashrae.org).

for rating DX-Dedicated Outdoor Air Systems (DXDOAS) Units.

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CALL FOR MEMBERS

CALL FOR MEMBERS cont.

A Call for Members is announced for the committees indi- 2.5 This standard does not apply to: cated below. Persons who are interested in serving on (a) dehumidifiers operating at other than atmospheric these ASHRAE committees are asked to indicate their inpressure, terest and obtain the necessary membership forms by click(b) dehumidifiers not utilizing a desiccant for dehuing on the following link: http://www.ashrae.org/standardsmidification, (c) dehumidifiers not utilizing heat for regeneration of research--technology/standards-forms--procedures or by the desiccant, or contacting Stephanie Reiniche at: ASHRAE, 1791 Tullie (d) ancillary equipment which may be used in any deCircle, N.E., Atlanta, GA 30329-2305; phone: 678-539humidification process such as fans, pre or post condi1143; fax: 678-539-2143; email: tioning equipment, etc. Standards.Section@ashrae.org.

SPC 139, Method of Testing for Rating Desiccant

Dehumidifiers Utilizing Heat for the Regeneration Process 1. PURPOSE: The purpose of this standard is to provide test methods for determining the moisture removal capacity of heat-regenerated desiccant dehumidifiers as well as the coincident thermal energy performance so that comparative evaluations of capacity and performance can be made irrespective of the type or make of the device. 2. SCOPE: 2.1 This standard applies to desiccant based dehumidifiers operating at atmospheric pressure. The dehumidifier may utilize solid or liquid desiccants that are regenerated utilizing heat energy. 2.2 Normally, equipment within this standard would consist of one or more desiccant contact stations through which the air to be dehumidified is moved, a means to expose the moisture-laden desiccant to a source of heat energy for regeneration, and a heating device. 2.3 Ancillary devices are normally utilized to move air to be dehumidified through the device and provide ventilation for regeneration, but they are not a part of this standard. 2.4 This standard is intended to: (a) describe a uniform method of testing for obtaining performance data, (b) describe and specify test instruments and apparatus, (c) describe and specify test data to be recorded, and (d) describe and specify calculations to be made from test data.
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