ASHRAE Journal Supplement - AMCA InMotion - November 2023 - 1

Regulation of Fans, Blowers Comes to U.S.
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The New York Blower Co.
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Greenheck Fan Corp.
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Twin City Fan Cos.
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It is a new day in the air-movement industry, with
the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) publishing a
test procedure (soon to be followed by an energy
standard) and the California Energy Commission
(CEC) approving an effi ciency regulation for commercial
and industrial fans and blowers. The journey
to this point has been long and, at times, arduous.
Involved every step of the way has been AMCA
International, which has worked collaboratively
with the DOE, the CEC, and various industry stakeholders
to ensure the rules are equitable and any
unintended consequences are minimized. In this edition of AMCA inmotion,
we take a look at where the federal test procedure and energy standard and
the California effi ciency regulation stand and where they likely are headed
(Page 2). Separately, we examine the federal test procedure's coverage of
air-circulating fans that are not ceiling fans, along with an updated federal
test procedure for ceiling fans, with a focus on large-diameter ceiling fans,
or, as they are more widely known, high-volume, low-speed fans (Page 12).
During the spring and summer of 2023, as the sky in cities across North
America turned an eerie orange from smoke from wildfi res raging out of
control in eastern and western Canada, local health offi cials issued air-quality
alerts and encouraged people to stay inside. This edition of AMCA inmotion
discusses results of studies of an air curtain's effectiveness in preventing
airborne particulates from entering a building and of an ultraviolet-lampequipped
air curtain's ability to disinfect air (Page 20).
From air pollution, we go to noise pollution, specifi cally that resulting from
the operation of mechanical equipment, and various means of controlling it
(Page 26).
Lastly, we clarify confusion surrounding the selection of the proper ceiling
radiation damper for a given application (Page 34).
I hope you fi nd this edition of AMCA inmotion useful. As always, your feedback
is welcome. If there is an air-systems-related topic you would like to see
covered, please contact me at sarnold@amca.org or +1 847-704-6335.
Features
02 Dawn of a New Era: The Regulation
of Commercial and Industrial Fans
and Blowers
12 U.S. Regulations for Air-Circulating Fans
20 Maintaining Indoor-Air Quality with
Air Curtains
26 Mitigating Environmental Noise from
the Operation of Mechanical Equipment
34 Selecting Ceiling Radiation Dampers
ON THE COVER: On May 1, 2023, the
U.S. Department of Energy published
a fi nal rule establishing a federal
test procedure for fans and blowers.
To learn more, see Page 2. Credit:
AlessandroDellaTorre/Adobe Stock
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for commercial HVAC, industrial-process, and power-generation applications. Its mission is to
advance the knowledge, growth, and integrity of the air-movement-and-control industry.
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