AHRI and Document Center Inc. have just signed a new distribution agreement for the AHRI standards. This adds AHRI standards in both pdf single copy format and as multi-user subscriptions to Document Center’s rapidly expanding catalog. For those of you in the air-conditioning, refrigeration, and heating industry, you’ll appreciate the extension of our services for the AHRI standards set.
What is AHRI? AHRI is the Air-Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Institute. The organization has a long history, starting with the Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturers Association and the Air-Conditioning and Refrigerating Machinery Association. These two entities merged in 1953 to form the ARI, Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute. So many of you know this standards set as the ARI standards.
In 2008 ARI then merged with GAMA, the Gas Appliance Manufacturers Association, thus forming AHRI as we know it today. The Institute maintains over 115 Standards as well as approximately 16 Guidelines (some are published both in inch-pound and metric formats). And the number of these publications continues to grow each year.
You’ll also be interested to know that it is part of AHRI’s mission to promote HVACR Industry issues both at the U.S. federal level and with various states around the country. This involves an active advocacy program as well as education, training and regulatory support. AHRI considers the HVACR community to be an essential component for meeting energy conservation goals around the world. In particular, it’s workforce training program is geared to help develop the 57,000 skilled workers needed for this critical industry.
Where does Document Center Inc. come into all this? Here at Document Center we have a clearinghouse of standards from around the globe. Our customers can use our catalog at www.document-center.com to search for and order standards from a wide selection of standards developing organizations. The addition of AHRI standards in pdf format and as part of our Standards Online multi-user platform will be of value to our customer base and to the standards community at large.
We’re pleased to have AHRI join our family of standards developers. The new agreement for AHRI and Document Center will mean your standards purchasing options have been expanded. Here at Document Center we look forward to providing you, the AHRI standards user, with the services and formats you need when you’re making the standards purchasing decision. Remember, Document Center Inc. has been working with standards since 1982. Make us your Standards Experts!