Government Affairs
Tom Kendell
Government Affairs Chair
Onsite Energy Manager – Efficiency Nova Scotia
Phone: 902-802-4419
The Government Affairs Committee is responsible for organizing ASHRAE members to educate local, provincial, and national government bodies and officials in areas of interest to ASHRAE members, and to promote effective cooperation between ASHRAE members and government. The committee works to coordinate government affairs efforts and is responsible for developing the extent and the manner in which ASHRAE implements and pursues actions to influence government affairs and public policy.
Relevant Position Documents
The following position documents have been approved by ASHRAE Society’s Board of Directors, and are available to assist governments and other organizations in developing science-based solutinos to these issues:
- Building Decarbonization (Approved June 26, 2022)
- Limiting Indoor Mold and Dampness in Buildings (Revised November 2021)
- Climate Change (Reaffirmed June 2021)
- Combustion of Solid Fuels and Indoor Air Quality in Primarily Developing Countries (Reaffirmed Jan 2022)
- Energy Efficiency in Buildings (Approved November 15, 2019)
- Environmental Tobacco Smoke (Revised July 2020)
- Filtration and Air Cleaning (Reaffirmed February 2, 2021)
- Indoor Air Quality (Revised July 2020)
- Indoor Carbon Dioxide (Approved February 2, 2022)
- Infectious Aerosols (Approved April 14, 2020) – PARTICULARLY RELEVANT FOR COVID
- Refrigerants and their Responsible Use (Reaffirmed June 2020)
- Resiliency in the Built Environment (ASHRAE and CIBSE) (Approved June 26, 2019)
- Unvented Combustion Devices and Indoor Air Quality (Reaffirmed June 2020)
Local Involvement
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Contact Tom (info above) if you have any questions, or require the support of our committee for your organization.