Western HVAC Performance Alliance

California HVAC, HVAC Programs, HVAC Standards

The newly formed WHPA Executive Committee and WHPA Council of Advisors held their first sessions November 17, 2011. The group represents the HVAC industry, utilities, and the CPUC.

The Western HVAC Performance Alliance was established in 2009. Its mission is to provide input from the HVAC community to the Investor-Owned Utilities (IOUs) in the State of California in support of the goals of the California Long-Term Energy Efficiency Strategic Plan.

  1. Maximize the many benefits of cooling, heating, indoor air quality, and energy efficiency services to consumers.

  2. Minimize the use of gas and electricity via sustainable practice and programs.

  3. Benefit the individuals and organizations that ably deliver the above to consumers and society.

Through this collaboration, the residential and small commercial HVAC industry will be transformed to ensure that technology, equipment, installation and maintenance are of the highest quality to promote energy efficiency and peak load reduction.

The CLTEESP sets four goals for the HVAC sector.  They are:

Goal 1: Consistent and effective compliance, enforcement, and verification of applicable building and appliance standards. Goal 2: Quality HVAC installation and maintenance becomes the norm. The marketplace understands and values the performance benefits of quality installation and maintenance. Goal 3: Building industry design and construction practices that fully integrate building performance to reduce cooling and heating loads. Goal 4:  Develop new hot/dry climate HVAC technologies (equipment and controls, including system diagnostics) and greatly accelerate their marketplace penetration.

Click here for a more in depth description of the CLTEESP's four goals.

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PG&E and SCE Launch Commercial QM Programs

PG&E’s Commercial HVAC Quality Maintenance Program utilizes the new HVAC industry standard, ASHRAE/ACCA Standard 180, which supports increased HVAC performance with enhanced planned maintenance.

Southern California Edison's HVAC Optimization Program is a winning combination of an enhanced planned HVAC maintenance and financial incentives. The enhanced maintenance plan is based on HVAC research and leads to better energy efficiency, while SCE's program incentives help offset the incremental cost of the planned maintenance.

January 3, 2012 - NATE Achieves Prestigious ANSI Accreditation

North American Technician Excellence (NATE), a WHPA charter member, has officially been recognized as an ANSI-accredited certification body. ANSI, which stands for the American National Standards Institute, has served as the coordinator of the U.S. private sector, voluntary standardization system for more than 90 years.

CLICK HERE for more information.
November 16, 2011 - HVAC Action Plan Presentation 

The HVAC Action Plan, published in June 2011 to help California's HVAC sector achieve the goals described in the California Energy Efficiency Strategic Plan, was launched at a special event Wednesday, November 16, 2011 at the IHACI Trade Show.

Here is the video presentation by California Public Utility Commissioner Mark Ferron. CLICK HERE  to view a larger screen version.

May 16, 2011 - SCE Incentive Calculators for Commercial QM

CLICK HERE for rest of message and to access the Incentive Calculators -one for the Service Agreement incentives and one for the Cooling Service Analysis incentives.
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