NFRC's First Virtual Committee Week Closes with BOD Meeting, Chair Commends Staff for Managing Power Outage

NFRC’s inaugural Virtual Committee Week Meeting drew to a close this afternoon with the Board of Directors (BOD) meeting.

Chairs from the Research and Technology, Technical, and Ratings Committees addressed the BOD, which approved all eleven motions that were presented.

Research and Technology Committee

Chair, Warren Lichtenberger, presented three motions to the BOD.

1.) A motion to extend the Window 6/Therm 6 Validation Research project deadline until the fall 2010 membership meeting was approved by the Board, 8-0-0.

2.) A motion to extend the Complex Visible Transmittance (VT) Ratings Research project deadline until the fall 2010 membership meeting was approved by the Board, 8-0-0.

3.) A motion to approve the Ventilating Rating Task Group scope was also approved by the Board, 8-0-0.

The scope of the Ventilating Rating Task Group project involves creating an NFRC Ventilation rating system utilizing net clear opening less a screen factor. The process for developing the rating will be in three phases: 1) Standardize the method for calculating fenestration net clear ventilation area dimensions, 2) Standardize the effect of screen mesh for two or three representative screen cloth categories, and 3) Develop a rating system for NFRC certification purposes based on current standardized sizes.

Technical Committee

Chair, Jeff Baker, brought forth seven motions.

1.) A CMA Subcommittee motion to approve Sneh Kumar as co-chair of the CMA Subcommittee under Technical was approved by the Board, 7-0-0 with one recused.

2.) A Solar Heat Gain Subcommittee motion to approve the NFRC 200 Garage Door Ballot with implementation upon publication was approved by the Board, 8-0-0.

3.) A Solar Heat Gain Subcommittee motion to approve the NFRC 200 Section 4.5.G Ballot with implementation upon publication was approved by the Board, 8-0-0.

4.) A Software Subcommittee recommendation for approval of W6/T6 version 6.3 for both programs when available in accordance with the stipulations indicated in the June 1, 2010 letter revised at Software Subcommittee was approved by the Board, 8-0-0.

5.) A U-factor Subcommittee motion to approve the NFRC 100 Garage Door Ballot with implementation upon publication was approved by the Board, 8-0-0.

6.) A U-factor Subcommittee motion to approve the NFRC 100 Table 4-3 Wall and Sloped Glazing Ballot with implementation upon publication was approved by the Board, 8-0-0.

7.) A Technical Committee motion for Tina Jenkins of Simonton to serve as the Vice-Chair of the Technical Committee was approved by the Board, 8-0-0.

Ratings Committee

Chair, Steve Strawn, presented the BOD with one motion.

1.) A motion that originated in the CMA Subcommittee for Sneh Kumar to serve as Co-Chair for the CMA Subcommittee under Ratings was approved by the Board, 7-0-0 with one recused.

Concluding Remarks

The BOD meeting concluded with NFRC Chairman, Joe Hayden, commending the NFRC staff for successfully managing yesterday’s power outage, which he said could have been catastrophic to the proceedings but amounted to nothing more than the proverbial blip on the radar.