A Makeover For A Trusted Seal Of Approval

There's news for consumers who are shopping to update their houses' heating & cooling systems. A widely known seal of approval has undergone a redesign.



After accrediting the performance of more than 150,000,000 a/c, heat pumps and other cooling and heating parts for houses and businesses for nearly 50 years, the Board of Directors of the Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute (ARI) has approved the redesign of its item efficiency certification seal.



The Institute's accreditation programs offer a sound engineering basis for score the performance of HVACR equipment, permit product contrast that benefits consumers and producers, and offer reward to makers to enhance effectiveness in order to gain market share.



Said William G. Sutton, ARI president, "The certification seal ensures consumers that the products they are buying-- those used in homes, businesses, factories and all structures in between-- will perform as asserted."

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The Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute is the trade association representing producers of more than 90 percent of North American-produced main air-conditioning and industrial refrigeration equipment.



It has actually been administering its industry-directed voluntary programs considering that 1959, when ARI released its first item directory. With only 26 participants, the directory site was just 19 pages and had only 600 items noted.



Today, it publishes an on-line variation of its directory sites at www.ari.org/cert. The current listing has more than 200 participants and over 150,000 items noted.