Articles Tagged with ''regional standards''

In this podcast, Jon Melchi, HARDI's director of government affairs, updates us on regional standards, discusses HARDI’s recent visit to Washington, D.C., and touches on a few other issues affecting distributors.

HARDI president Brian Cobble responds to a column by The NEWS' editor-in-chief Kyle Gargaro regarding the ongoing regional furnace standards lawsuit.

I tend to pull for the little guy. And if you get that little guy fighting the government, well I am as excited as Lindsay Lohan at an open bar. However, eventually Dr. Drew needs to step in and put an end to the madness.

Readers discuss the Department of Energy's decision to not enforce its regional standards for nonweatherized furnaces.

The court granted an emergency motion filed by the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) to stay the standards which would’ve required residential nonweatherized natural gas furnaces installed in 30 Northern states to have an AFUE rating of at least 90 percent.

While contractors are admittedly embracing this temporary sense of certainty, they’re still left with more questions than answers.

Contractors discuss the regional standards lawsuit and comment on how business is going so far this year.