Policy Positions and Issues

 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”

 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 2^nd 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

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

 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

 10-05-2022 - City of Lexington, Kentucky – Energy Efficiency Day – October 5, 2022

06-26-2022 - City of Edmonton – World Refrigeration Day – June 23, 2022

 06-23-2022 - City of Edmonton – International Women in Engineering Day – June 23, 2022

 06-23-2022 - City of Victoria – Letter of Congratulations – June 23, 2022

 06-23-2022 - City of Victoria – Women in Engineering Day – June 23, 2022

 06-23-2022 - City of Victoria – World Refrigeration Day – June 23, 2022

 03-01-2022 - City of Fort Worth, Texas – Engineers Week – February 20-26, 2022

 02-16-2022 - State of Oregon – Engineers Week – February 20-26, 2022

 01-26-2022 - City of Plano, Texas – Engineers Week – February 20-26, 2022

 01-20-2022 - City of Tulsa, Oklahoma – Engineers Week – February 20-26, 2022

 01-20-2022 - City of Charlotte, North Carolina – Engineers Week – February 20-26, 2022

 01-20-2022 - Governor of the State of Oklahoma – Engineers Week – February 20-26, 2022

 10-05-2021 - Governor of the State of North Carolina – Energy Efficiency Day – October 6, 2021

 10-01-2021 - Province of British Columbia, Canada – Energy Efficiency Day – October 7, 2021

 06-24-2021 - City of Edmonton in Alberta, Canada – World Refrigeration Day – June 26, 2021

 06-01-2021 - City of Shoreline, Washington – World Refrigeration Day – June 26, 2021

02-21-2021 - City of Fresno, California – National Engineers Week – February 21-27, 2021

 02-21-2021 - City of Charlotte, North Carolina – National Engineers Week – February 21-27, 2021

 02-21-2021 - Governor of the State of Iowa –Engineers Week – February 21-27, 2021

 02-21-2021 - City of Cary, North Carolina – National Engineers Week – February 21-27, 2021

 02-12-2021- Governor of the State of Arkansas—Engineers Week—February 21-27, 2021

 02-11-2021 - City of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada – National Engineering Month – March 2021

06-26-2020 - City of Regina in Saskatchewan, Canada – World Refrigeration Day Proclamation

06-26-2020 - City of Nanaimo in British Columbia, Canada – World Refrigeration Day Proclamation

06-26-2020 - City of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada – World Refrigeration Day Proclamation

 06-18-2020 - Proclamation by the Mayor of the City of Victoria, British Columbia: International Women in Engineering Day, June 23, 2020

 02-16-2020 - Office of the Atlanta (GA) City Council Proclamation - Engineers Week

02-16-2020 - Proclamation by the Office of the Mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina: National Engineers Week, Feb. 16-22, 2020

 02-14-2020 - Proclamation by the Governor of the State of South Dakota: National Engineers Week, Feb. 16-22, 2020

02-05-2020 - Proclamation by the Office of the Mayor of Cary, North Carolina: National Engineers Week, Feb. 16-22, 2020

02-04-2020 - Proclamation by the Governor of the State of Mississippi: National Engineers Week, Feb. 16-22, 2020

 01-17-2020 - Proclamation by the Governor of the State of North Carolina: National Engineers Week, Feb. 16-22, 2020

01-15-2020 - Proclamation by the Governor of the State of Georgia: National Engineers Week, Feb. 16-22, 2020

02-05-2019 - State of Iowa Engineers Week Proclamation

02-17-2019 - State of Colorado Engineers Week Proclamation

02-19-2019 - State of Idaho Engineers Week Proclamation

01-02-2019 - State of Missouri (image)

02-21-2019 - Tucson, Arizona (image)

01-10-2018 - State of Arizona Engineers Week Proclamation

01-26-2018 - State of North Carolina Engineers Week Proclamation

02-08-2018 - State of Georgia Engineers Week Proclamation

02-19-2018 - Lexington, KY Engineers Week Proclamation

02-20-2018 - Commonwealth of Kentucky Engineers Week Proclamation