The Air Conditioning Contractors of America Educational Institute (ACCA-EI) Standards Task Team (STT) announces an American National Standards Institute (ANSI) public review period for its BSR/ACCA 12 QH -201x, “Home Evaluation and Performance Improvement” as a revised industry standard. The 30 day public review period started on May 30, 2014 with a comment deadline of June 29, 2014. This revised standard provides minimum criteria by which deficiencies in existing residential building are identified by audit, improvement opportunities are assessed, scopes of work are finalized, work is performed in accordance with industry recognized procedures, and improvement objectives were met. Changes made to the standard draft following the second public review have been consolidated into a one page document that shows underline for additions and strikethrough for deletions. These red-line changes to the normative portions of the standard (§1 – §7 and Appendix A) are open for review and comment. The ANSI/ACCA Standard 12 QH – 2011 was developed in cooperation with RESNET. This consolidated red-line edits and response form can be found at www.acca.org/ansi. Comments and questions can be addressed to standards-sec@acca.org.
