With the theme of “Beyond,” the 2024 AMCA Annual Meeting will include:

• For the first time, association-leadership summits—“Foundation for Effective Collaboration” and “Achieving ‘Beyond’ Together”—featuring Kevin Faltin, executive director, AMCA; Stephen Yurek, president, Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI); Jacki Donner, chief executive officer, Home Ventilating Institute (HVI); Michael Michaud, executive director, Hydraulic Institute (HI); and Francesco Scuderi, secretary general, Eurovent.
• An interactive discussion—“Working Beyond Our Individual Organizations”—featuring energy-advocacy leaders from AMCA, the Appliance Standards Awareness Project (ASAP), the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA), and Stator.
• A “fireside chat” with the executive committee of the AMCA board of directors.
• Opening keynote “Moral Capitalism and the Immorality of Climate Change Hysteria” by Tony Rossi, adjunct faculty/student advisor, Marian University, School of Business.
• Daily keynote “Beyond Leading: Elevating Excellence in the Air Movement Industry” by Lisa Ryan, CSP, founder and chief appreciation strategist, Grategy.
• Closing keynote “Economic and Labor Market Update—a Shift in Momentum” by Alex Chausovsky, director of analytics and consulting, Bundy Group.
• Meetings of the AMCA Air Control and Air Movement divisions.
• Networking opportunities.

For more information about the schedule and speakers, click here to download the event brochure.

For attendees looking for something fun and interesting to do away from the meeting, AMCA will be hosting two events for additional fees:

• A tour of the USS Missouri museum battleship on Oct. 25.
• A driving tour of Honolulu on Oct. 26.

On Oct. 24, AMCA will offer a complimentary tour of Oahu in a glass-bottom boat for guests of meeting attendees only.

For more information about the excursions, click here to download the activities brochure.

The deadline to register for the 2024 AMCA Annual Meeting is Sept. 30. For details, click here, or contact AMCA Meeting and Events Manager Ashton Kasouf at [email protected].

For information about sponsorships, download the sponsorship brochure, or contact AMCA Senior Director of Association Engagement Robb Clawson at [email protected] or +1 847-704-6325.

AMCA members have a prime opportunity to engage buildings professionals around the world and support the association on its mission “to advance the knowledge, growth, and integrity of the air-movement-and-control industry” by advertising in the 2024 edition of award-winning AMCA inmotion magazine.

Production of the 2024 edition of AMCA inmotion is under way. Content is being prepared by AMCA committee and staff members and will be edited by AMCA Senior Manager, Industry Engagement and Content, Scott Arnold, who, prior to joining AMCA in 2017, was an editor for HPAC Engineering magazine for 18 years. For descriptions of the articles the team has in store, see the 2024 AMCA inmotion media kit.

Approximately 50,000 copies of the 2024 edition of AMCA inmotion will be polybagged with the November issue of ASHRAE Journal and mailed to consulting engineers, architects, educators, and chief engineering officers focused on the design, specification, and maintenance of HVACR systems in the United States, Canada, and the Middle East. Digitally, the 2024 edition of AMCA inmotion will be e-mailed to all approximately 115,000-plus ASHRAE Journal digital and High Performing Buildings (HPB) subscribers around the world and be available for free downloading on the AMCA, ASHRAE, and HPB websites. Additionally, the 2024 edition of AMCA inmotion will be distributed and featured in the digital magazine resource center at the 2025 International Air-Conditioning, Heating, Refrigerating Exposition (AHR Expo)—“the essential event for HVACR professionals”—Feb. 10-12 in Orlando, Fla.

For information on advertising opportunities, which are available only to AMCA member companies, AMCA associates, and companies represented on AMCA committees, see the 2024 AMCA inmotion media kit, or contact Greg Martin, ASHRAE Media Advertising, at [email protected] or +1 678-539-1174.

Now in its 19th year, AMCA inmotion has become a world-class publication, receiving 18 awards and honors since 2019, sharing awards stages with campaigns from the likes of ESPN, Delta Air Lines, WWE, Mastercard, LinkedIn, Anheuser-Busch, and Aflac. In June, the 2023 edition of AMCA inmotion was named a recipient of honorable mentions in the Annual Publication or Brochure and External Publication or Report categories of the 2024 PRNEWS Nonprofit Awards, and in April, it was named a winner of a Bronze “Stevie” in the Other Publication - Association or Non-Profit category of The 22nd Annual American Business Awards.

For more information about the 2024 edition of AMCA inmotion, contact Scott Arnold at [email protected].

“Fan and Blower Applications Engineering I: Foundations” and “Fan and Blower Applications Engineering II: Troubleshooting and Efficiency,” the first two installments in a planned three-part series of online technical seminars taught by Ron Wroblewski, PE, president, Productive Energy Solutions, and William (Bill) Howarth, president, Ventilation & Fan Consulting Service International LLC, will be presented back-to-back starting in September.

A combination of live virtual instruction and self-paced online learning, the seminars will be held as follows:

• “Fan and Blower Applications Engineering I: Foundations”—Fridays, Sept. 13 (9 a.m. to noon CDT), Sept. 20 (9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. CDT), Sept. 27 (9 a.m. to 11 a.m. CDT), and Oct. 4 (9 a.m. to noon CDT).
• “Fan and Blower Applications Engineering II: Troubleshooting and Efficiency”—Fridays, Oct. 11, Oct. 18, Oct. 25, and Nov. 1, from 9 a.m. to noon CDT.

For each seminar, students who complete all program requirements will receive 18 professional-development-hour (PDH) credits.

Fan and Blower Applications Engineering I: Foundations

“Fan and Blower Applications Engineering I: Foundations” is comprised of the following modules:

• Fan and System Curves
• Pressure Considerations in Fan Systems
• Fan Affinity Laws Simplified
• Motors
• Centrifugal- and Axial-Fan Characteristics
• Losses in Elbows and Ducts
• Fan-System Controls
• Pressure Losses and Duct Systems
• System Effect in Fan Systems
• Power and Compressibility of Fans
• Fan Affinity Laws Advanced
• Certified Ratings and Fan Selection

In addition to course-specific workbooks and notes, “Fan and Blower Applications Engineering I: Foundations” students will receive a digital copy of the AMCA Fan Application Manual, which consists of AMCA publications 200, Air Systems; 201, Fans and Systems; 202, Troubleshooting; and 203, Field Performance Measurement of Fan Systems.

The cost to enroll in “Fan and Blower Applications Engineering I: Foundations” is $699 USD for AMCA members ($599 USD if company registers more than one person), $999 USD for non-members ($874 USD if company registers more than one person), and $349 USD for students (proof of enrollment required).

Class size is limited to 35 students.

To register for “Fan and Blower Applications Engineering I: Foundations,” click here. For more information and also to register, click here.

Fan and Blower Applications Engineering II: Troubleshooting and Efficiency

“Fan and Blower Applications Engineering II: Troubleshooting and Efficiency” is comprised of the following modules:

• Selecting and Specifying the Best Fan for an Application
• Diagnosing and Identifying Sources of Fan Problems
• Psychrometrics for Fan Systems
• Fan-System Troubleshooting
• Heat Recovery in Industrial and Commercial Fan Systems
• Bearings in Fan Systems
• Balance Quality and Vibration
• Intro to FEI
• Calculating FEI
• System Effect in Fan Systems
• Belts and Couplings
• VFDs in Fan Systems

Ron Wroblewski, PE

William (Bill) Howarth

ANSI/AMCA Standard 300-24

Superseding ANSI/AMCA Standard 300-14, ANSI/AMCA Standard 300-24 establishes methods of determining the sound-power levels of fans of all types and sizes. It is limited to the determination of airborne-sound emission for the setup specified in the standard; neither measurement of vibration nor determination of sensitivity of airborne-sound emission to vibration effects is covered.

ANSI/AMCA Standard 300-24 includes a number of substantial changes and numerous minor changes, including:

• The requirement that new test data be recorded in one-third octave bands.
• The removal of references to the use of weighting filters.
• Revised formulas for calculating end reflections aligning with ANSI/AMCA Standard 320-23, Laboratory Method of Sound Testing of Fans Using Sound Intensity.
• Clarification of requirements for Type E installations (whole-fan test, total discharge, inlet, and cabinet).
• The changing of the reference-sound-source calibration to the method found in AHRI 250, Performance and Calibration of Reference Sound Sources.
• The expansion and clarification of the section (7.1) on background-sound corrections.
• The retitling of Annex B to “Room Qualification: Discrete Frequency” and the clarification of the test procedure within.
• The addition of an informative annex (D) describing an alternate and simpler procedure for discrete-frequency room qualification.
• Clarification of the definition of reverberation room.

To obtain a copy of ANSI/AMCA Standard 300-24, click here.

AMCA Publication 201-23

Superseding AMCA Publication 201-02 (R2011), AMCA Publication 201-23 includes general information about how fans are tested in laboratories and how their performance ratings are calculated and published. Also, it reviews some of the more important reasons for decreased performance once a fan is installed in a system. Allowances, called system-effect factors (SEF), are given. SEF must be taken into account by system designers, if a reasonable estimate of fan/system performance is to be determined.

AMCA Publication 201-23 includes findings from several research projects performed by AMCA and other laboratories. As a result of the research, the definition of outlet system effect was revised.

To obtain a copy of AMCA Publication 201-23, click here.

For more information about ANSI/AMCA Standard 300-24 and AMCA Publication 201-23, contact Director of Publications and Standards Joe Brooks, PE, at [email protected] or Senior Manager, Publications and Standards, Shruti Kohli-Bhargava at [email protected].

AMCA participated in two podcasts produced by trade publications recently:

• On July 25, AMCA President Mike Wolf, PE, was interviewed for an episode of HPAC Engineering’s “HPAC on the Air” podcast series. Wolf discussed benefits of certified ratings programs for manufacturers and end users, the role of third-party certification in an age of government regulation, utility incentive programs, and more. To listen to the 26-minute “Certifying Fans and Blowers, with AMCA's Mike Wolf,” click here (registration required).
• In May, ASHRAE Journal posted “Progression of Energy Efficiency Regulations on Fans,” Episode 36 in its podcast series, an interview with Michael Ivanovich, AMCA senior director, global affairs, and Christian Taber of the AMCA board of directors. To listen to the 53-minute podcast, click here.

For a third consecutive year, AMCA aided the Society for Standardization Professionals (SES) in its mission to increase awareness and the use of standards by co-sponsoring the organization’s Student Scholarship Award.

During the 2024 SES Annual Conference in Pittsburgh April 10, AMCA Senior Manager, Publications and Standards, Shruti Kohli-Bhargava presented a scholarship to Pooyan Vahidi Pashaki, a PhD student in biomedical engineering at North Dakota State University.

Vahidi Pashaki excels in the field of standardization and manufacturing, having made notable contributions to ISO 19744, Test Conditions for Numerically Controlled Broaching Machines—Testing of Accuracy—Vertical Surface Type Broaching Machines, and computer-numerical-control- (CNC-) tool accuracy. The recipient of multiple scholarships, he plays a crucial role in International Organization for Standardization Technical Committee (ISO/TC) 39, Machine Tools, integrating key ISO and ASTM International standards into his research on polymers and machine tools.

AMCA Senior Manager, Publications and Standards, Shruti Kohli-Bhargava presents a Society for Standardization Professionals (SES) student scholarship to Pooyan Vahidi Pashaki.