This subcommittee is forming and currently recruiting new members. For more information, please email Wendy Worrell by clicking here.

The Milestones and Key Actions in the table below will help illuminate and guide the work of the Subcommittee. They are documented in the Whole-Building Design section of the Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Action Plan. The Action Plan was developed with input from the Investor-Owned Utilities, the Western HVAC Performance Alliance, and other stakeholders to help California’s HVAC sector achieve the goals described in the California Energy Efficiency Strategic Plan published by the California Public Utilities Commission.

Strategy 3.3: Accelerate HVAC related aspects of whole building design in the educational and professional communities.

Just as HVAC’s role must be more aggressively promoted in both voluntary standards (Strategy 3-2) and statewide programs (Strategy 3-1) via the Plan, California must expand the understanding and application of whole building design with the state’s traditional HVAC training schools. These training channels include the community colleges and trade schools, industry online education, credentialing programs and unions including the Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors’ National Association and the Sheet Metal Workers International Association. Although all of the education and training programs recognize the importance of integrated design, not all programs offer comprehensive integrated design content along with the primary HVAC curriculum. In order to prevent lost opportunities and help realized all savings available, expanding HVAC’s role in whole building design is a priority strategy.