AMCA inmotion e-News — Fall 2023

Set for distribution with the November issue of ASHRAE Journal this week is the 2023 (21st) edition of Air Movement and Control Association (AMCA) International’s award-winning magazine, AMCA inmotion.
A play on artist James Montgomery Flagg’s iconic 1917 “I Want You” Army recruitment poster, the cover of the 2023 edition of AMCA inmotion teases AMCA International Senior Director, Global Affairs Michael Ivanovich’s article “Dawn of a New Era: The Regulation of Commercial and Industrial Fans and Blowers.” In a long-anticipated but no less monumental development, regulation has come to the U.S. market for commercial and industrial fans and blowers in the form of a test procedure—soon to be followed by an energy standard—published by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and an efficiency regulation approved by the California Energy Commission (CEC). 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. Ivanovich takes a look at where the federal test procedure and energy standard and the California efficiency regulation stand and where they likely are headed.