AMCA Members-Only Newsletter
Aug. 31, 2022
Kim Delort Named Associate Executive Director of AMCA International
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On Aug. 15, Kim Delort joined the staff of AMCA International in the role of associate executive director.
Kim, previously business manager, critical-infrastructure services, built environment, for testing-, inspection-, and certification-services provider UL Solutions, will lead pursuit of certification and operational-excellence goals of AMCA’s recently completed 2022-2025 strategic plan.
“We will be focusing on operational efficiencies in testing, certification, and enforcement,” Executive Director Kevin Faltin explained. “We will be continually looking to improve lab capabilities while also evaluating opportunities to expand our Laboratory Accreditation Program. Our concentration on regional alignment and regional self-sufficiency supports our plans for AMCA to be recognized as a global association with a mission to advance the knowledge, growth, and integrity of the air-systems industry.”
Kim brings a wealth of financial-, strategic-, and operational-leadership expertise to AMCA. After starting her career as an accountant with a paper-and-plastics manufacturers association, she moved to UL Solutions, where she spent the next 25-plus years, holding positions in finance, corporate marketing, strategy, global customer training, acquisition integrations, and, most recently, global operations. In those roles, her duties included global team management; financial- and business-case development; risk analysis and mitigation planning; facility-expansion planning; development of commercial, operational, marketing, and sales plans for new businesses; implementation of a standardized pricing system; leadership of new-initiative development and launch; integration of acquired companies and new systems and applications; and global profit-and-loss responsibility.
Kim holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in business administration from Roosevelt University. Additionally, she is a graduate of the Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management’s Executive Scholar Certificate and Women’s Senior Leadership programs.
A native of Chicago, Kim resides in Elgin, Ill., with her husband, Rich. She enjoys reading, hiking, traveling, and spending time with family and friends.
“I am very excited to be joining the great team at AMCA International and contributing to its continued success,” Kim said. “With everyone’s knowledge and experience, I know we can take AMCA and its members to the next level of growth and global awareness.”
Kim can be reached at [email protected] or +1 847-704-6305.
Registration for 2022 AMCA Annual Meeting Closing Sept. 12
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Sept. 12 will be the final day to register for the 2022 AMCA Annual Meeting.
The first in-person AMCA Annual Meeting in three years, the 2022 event—with the theme “Expedition AMCA: Reboot. Rekindle. Reunite.”—will be held Oct. 7-9 at The Ritz-Carlton, Lake Tahoe in Truckee, Calif.
For in-person attendance, the cost is $900 for members, $600 for spouses/guests, and $300 for children 3-18 years of age. For remote attendance, the cost is $225.
To register, click here. For more information, click here, or contact AMCA Event and Meeting Manager Christine Rogers at [email protected] or +1 847-704-6254.
2021 Edition of AMCA inmotion Receives PRNEWS Platinum, TABPI Honors
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The 2021 edition of AMCA inmotion magazine this month received recognition for editorial and design excellence in two of the communications industry’s leading awards programs.
On Aug. 22, the 2021 edition of AMCA inmotion was named one of six finalists in the External Publication category of PRNEWS’ 2022 Platinum Awards. The next day, it was announced as the recipient of an honorable mention in the Front Cover, Photograph category of Trade, Association, Business Publications International’s (TABPI’s) 2022 Tabbie Awards.
The Platinum Awards recognize “the best of the best—those that have reached the pinnacle of both innovation and industry knowledge” in the communications space. The 2022 winners will be announced Oct. 12 during a gala at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City.
The Tabbie Awards program “celebrates journalism professionals worldwide who cover their industries with passion, skill, and creativity” and “who help drive excellence through their impressive ethics and talent.”
Edited by AMCA Manager of Industry Content Scott Arnold and art-directed by Chicago-based freelance designer, illustrator, and photographer Bonnie James, the 2021 edition of AMCA inmotion consists of the following articles:
- “AMCA COVID-19 Guidance for Large-Diameter Ceiling Fans” by Michael Ivanovich, Aaron Gunzner, and Scott Arnold, AMCA International.
- “Introducing Ceiling Fan Energy Index (CFEI)” by the AMCA International North America Region Air Movement Advocacy Committee.
- “Control Dampers in Ventilation Strategies for Data Centers” by Michael J. Bulzomi, AMCA North America Region Air Control Advocacy Committee.
- “Design of Parking-Garage Ventilation for Pollutant and Smoke Control” by Geoff Sheard, DSc, U.S. Technical Advisory Group to International Organization for Standardization Technical Committee 117, Fans.
- “Your Questions About Severe-Duty Louvers Answered” by Doug Petty; Michael J. Bulzomi; Anthony E. Jackson Sr., CSI, CDT, LEED GA; and Eric Sposito, CDT, AMCA Louver Marketing Subcommittee.
- “Inside the AMCA Laboratory and Certified Ratings Program” by Scott Arnold, AMCA International.
The black-and-white photograph of a large-diameter ceiling fan installed in a warehouse appearing on the cover of the 2021 edition of AMCA inmotion was contributed by Hunter Industrial.
In business for more than 75 years, PRNEWS is a “daily intellectual hub” focused on honing and growing public-relations (PR) and marketing professionals’ skills in social media, crisis management, media relations, digital PR, measurement, internal and external communications, corporate social responsibility, and diversity, equity, and inclusion through its flagship newsletter, online content, events, awards programs, and webinars.
With a motto of “fostering B2B [business-to-business] journalism, from local to global,” TABPI is committed to “uniting editors and designers working for English-language publications around the globe—in print and online—and promoting a common dedication to editorial excellence.”
In March, the 2021 edition of AMCA inmotion won the award for External Publication or Report and received an honorable mention in the category of Annual Publication or Brochure in PRNEWS’ 2022 Nonprofit Awards. Since 2019, AMCA inmotion has received a total of 13 awards and honors. For a complete list, as well as an index of articles and links to the digital editions of all back issues, click here.
AMCA wishes to thank the following advertisers for their support of the 2021 edition of AMCA inmotion: AAON, Aire Technologies Inc., American Ultraviolet, Berner International, Big Ass Fans, ebm-papst, Greenheck Fan Corp., Hunter Industrial Fan, Loren Cook Co., Mars Air Systems, Nailor Industries Inc., The New York Blower Co., Pottorff, Ruskin, and Systemair/Fantech.
Production of the 2022 edition of AMCA inmotion is under way. Descriptions of planned articles, circulation information, and advertising rates and contacts are contained in the 2022 AMCA inmotion media kit. The deadline for advertising orders is Oct. 3; the deadline for advertising materials is Oct. 6.
For more information about AMCA inmotion, contact Scott Arnold at [email protected] or +1 847-704-6335.
There still is time to participate in the AMCA 2021 Fan-Shipment-Database Project.
In response to a 2011 U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) rulemaking for commercial and industrial fans and blowers, AMCA in 2013 developed a database of fan-shipment data contributed voluntarily by 13 AMCA members. Containing more than 200,000 records, all for the year 2012, the database was instrumental in securing positive outcomes during public Appliance Standards and Rulemaking Federal Advisory Committee (ASRAC) negotiations that concluded in 2015. With the DOE now intent on finishing a regulatory test procedure for commercial and industrial fans and blowers in 2022 and an energy standard for the same in 2023, AMCA is looking to create a new database, one with fan-shipment data for 2021. Sought are data for 1-to-150-hp fans of most types and all sizes and types of air-circulating fans sold (shipped) in the United States and Canada in 2021.
AMCA members that make fans sold in the United States and Canada are strongly encouraged to participate in the project.
To allay concerns about data privacy, AMCA is partnering with a third-party contractor, clean-energy consulting firm Cadeo. Cadeo will collect all data under a non-disclosure agreement (NDA), using industry standards for data aggregation and anonymization. No one (including AMCA staff) except Cadeo will have access to members’ raw data.
For a summary of the data-collection process, click here. For a copy of the NDA, click here.
To participate in the project, send a brief e-mail message with “AMCA 2021 Fan-Shipment-Database Project” in the subject to Nate Baker, associate director, Cadeo, at [email protected]. Cadeo will follow up with a request for a short meeting to discuss the project and answer questions.
“Participation in this survey is critical, if AMCA is to be effective in shaping fan-efficiency regulations in the United States and Canada,” AMCA Senior Director, Global Affairs Michael Ivanovich said. “To date, however, response to the survey has been insufficient.
“If you are not able or are not the appropriate person in your company to participate in the survey, please forward this message to someone who is,” Ivanovich, who is serving as staff project manager, continued. “If you already have participated, thank you—your contributions will make a difference.”
The AMCA 2021 Fan-Shipment-Database Project was the subject of a July 12 webinar. To view the recording and download the presentation slides, sign in to the members area of the AMCA website, and click “Proceedings from Member Only activities.”
For more information, contact Ivanovich at [email protected] or +1-847-704-6340.
AMCA Revises High-Velocity-Wind-Driven-Rain-Resistant-Louver Standard 550
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AMCA this month announced the publication of a revised ANSI/AMCA Standard 550, Test Method for High Velocity Wind Driven Rain Resistant Louvers.
ANSI/AMCA Standard 550-22 contains a number of changes deemed significant and impactful, including clarification of the position of grid squares for calibration; restriction of wind-stream calibration measurements to an 18-in. circle centered in a grid square, with only four grid squares required for calibration; specification of minimum absorptive capacity of materials; the addition/clarification of recording/reporting requirements; the addition of accuracy requirements for flow meters and weight scales; the substitution of the flow-rate unit of measure in Subsection 8.3; and the addition of Annex C to clarify wind-stream-velocity-tolerance ranges.
The cost of ANSI/AMCA Standard 550-22 is $45 for AMCA members and $90 for non-members in PDF or printed format. To purchase ANSI/AMCA Standard 550-22, click here. For more information, contact Director of Publications and Standards Joe Brooks, PE, at [email protected] or Senior Manager of Publications and Standards Shruti Kohli-Bhargava at [email protected].
August 2022 Edition of ITR Advisor Available
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In the second quarter of 2022, U.S. real gross domestic product contracted 0.2 percent relative to the first quarter. That was the second consecutive instance of quarter-to-quarter contraction, fulfilling the criteria for a technical recession, economic research and consulting firm ITR Economics reports in the August 2022 issue of ITR Advisor, which is available as part of ITR Economics’ partnership with AMCA.
Through the AMCA-ITR Economics partnership, AMCA members have access to monthly articles providing ITR Economics’ data-driven, non-affiliated perspective on current events.
ITR Advisor provides a “snapshot of the U.S. economy with a quick overview of key indicators, overall business health, and immediate actions to take in response to unfolding events.”
Established in 1948, ITR Economics employs a unique forecasting methodology that has allowed it to achieve an unmatched accuracy rating of 94.7 percent four quarters into the future. It has been providing expert economic forecasting at AMCA meetings for years.
To sign up to receive free economic updates, stay current with ITR Economics’ outlook, and learn of special opportunities through the AMCA-ITR Economics partnership, click here.
To read the latest quarterly report customized for AMCA, click here.
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