ASHRAE Journal Supplement - AMCA In Motion - Fall 2016 - 35

JOSEPH BROOKS, DIRECTOR OF CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS LISA ULLRICH, CERTIFIED RATINGS PROGRAM MANAGER A M C A C R P U P D AT E AMCA inmotion will now contain an update focusing on the AMCA Certified Ratings Program (CRP). This is the first article in that series, aiming to keep readers abreast of news and improvements in what is AMCA's most valuable industry offering-the CRP. The AMCA CRP continued its steady growth this year. As of June 30, there was a total of 3,500 product lines certified, compared with 3,340 at the end of the last fiscal year. This shows a growth of 4.8 percent in the last year. The total number of companies with certified products is 241, which is a 5.7 percent gain since last year. AMCA's certification department has highlighted education as a major focus in the upcoming year. Improvements on in-house processes and on certification training and education for licensees is a main goal. An educational PowerPoint has been made available to assist licensees with louver certification guidelines for generating catalogs and is available on AMCA's website, found on the "Articles and Research" page under the "Resources" tab.1 Worldwide CRP Participation CRP and AMCA Member AMCA Member Worldwide CRP participation. All images courtesy of AMCA International. Louver Listing Program The louver listing program has jumped in growth since last year. AMCA now has six listees, compared with the two from last year. There are 60 louvers listed, compared with 26 from last year. Currently, there are discussions underway regarding revisions to the program and the possibility of folding AMCA Publication 512 into AMCA Publication 511. AMCA Publication 11 The work on a revision to this publication, the CRP's operating manual, has concluded, and the revision is in the approval chain. Sand Louver Certification In January 2016, AMCA published a new test standard for wind-driven sand within its ANSI/AMCA Standard 500-L .2 Wind-driven sand testing is being performed at Thomas-Bell Wright International Consultants. AMCA is now accepting applications for W W W. A M C A . O R G wind-driven sand certification. AMCA Publication 5113 outlines the procedures for certifying sand louvers and explains how a product can be licensed to bear the CRP seal (Figure 1). CRP Resources AMCA developed a web tool that estimates the wasted electricity resulting from a fan operating with higher energy consumption than expected, based on its manufacturer's rating data. This fan energy waste calculator can be found on the AMCA website under the "Resources" tab.4 There are also three CRP-focused AMCA white papers that are accessible to the public. "An Introduction to the AMCA Certified Ratings Program" summarizes how the CRP works, describes the AMCA CRP publications that lay out its certification rules and clears up some misconceptions about the program. Figure 1. The air performance and "Guideline Specifications for Selected AMCAwind-driven sand Certified Products" describes how products attain AMCA certification and how to properly specify CRP seal. AMCA inmotion Summer 2016 35 http://www.amca.org http://www.amca.org http://www.amca.org http://www.amca.org http://WWW.AMCA.ORG

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