The National Fenestration Rating Council (NFRC) ANS Standards Committee has a new U-factor standard open for public comment.
NFRC approved a plan to submit a previously unimplemented, member-approved ballot change to NFRC 100; Procedure for Determining Fenestration Product U-factors. The public review and comment period is scheduled to run from April 28 to May 28, 2017.
A change to Section 5.9.3.1.3.D open to public comment appeared in Standards Action on April 28, 2017. With the document section being available in fewer than five pages, the comment period will be 30 days, closing on May 28, 2017.
The document up for review (with changes from previous version shown in underline/strikethrough format), additional details, and applications for joining the Committee are available on the ANS Standards Committee group page, which is open to the public.
Questions may also be directed to Robin Merrifield at 240-821-9513.
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