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Buildings and Appliances Task Force
 
NIST Standards in Trade Workshop
In Support of the Asia Pacific Partnership (APP)
On Harmonization of Test Procedures

27-31 August 2007
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, Maryland


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Agenda
    Presentations:
    - Monday, August 27, 2007

    - Tuesday, August 28, 2007
    - Wednesday, August 29, 2007
    - Thursday, August 30, 2007
    - Friday, August 31, 2007


Monday, August 27:

Overview of NIST
Dr. Belinda Collins
Director, Technology Services
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Overview of the Asia Pacific Partnership (APP) and the Buildings and Appliances Taskforce (BATF)

Juan Lopez

Senior Program Analyst
Office of the Federal Environmental Executive 

Dr. Jun-Young Choi
Principal Researcher, Secretariat of BATF
Korea Testing Laboratory (KTL)
(BATF Overview)

Overview: Status of current state of harmonization of test procedures in the electronics and HVAC/R sectors 

Katharine Kaplan
Product Development Manager, ENERGY STAR
Consumer Electronics and IT
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Electronics Focus

Dr. Jun-Young Choi
Principal Researcher, Secretariat of BATF
Korea Testing Laboratory
HVAC/R
 

Overview of Test Procedures and Standards Landscape

U.S. Representative

Gary Kushnier

Vice President, International Policy
American National Standards Institute (ANSI)

Laura Van Wie McGrory
Program Manager
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)

Australia Representative

Rachael Clarke
Assistant Director, Equipment Energy Efficiency Team
Australian Greenhouse Office, Department of the Environment and Water Resources

China Representative

Li Aizhen
Director for International Cooperation Department
China Standard Certification Center (CSC)

India Representative

G. Pandian
Energy Economist
Bureau of Energy Efficiency
Ministry of Power, Government of India
 

Republic of Korea Representative

Hu-Seok Seo
Assistant Manager
Korea Energy Management Corporation (KEMCO)

Japan Representative

Kotaro Ohkuni, Ph.D.
Research Specialist
Energy Conservation Equipment Promotion Department and ENERGY STAR Program Office

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Tuesday, August 28

Overview of the Harmonization of Test Procedures in the Electronics Sector

U.S. Representatives

Brian Markwalter
Vice President, Technology and Standards
Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)

Victor P. Petrolati
General Engineer
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)

Australia Representative

Richard Collins
Technical Consultant to the Equipment Energy Efficiency Team
Punchline Energy

India Representative

G. Pandian
Energy Economist
Bureau of Energy Efficiency
Ministry of Power, Government of India

Republic of Korea Representative

Young Hwan Kim
Team Leader
Korea Testing Laboratory

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Wednesday, August 29

Overview of Harmonization of Test Procedures in the HVAC/R Sector


U.S. Representatives

Bill Tritsis
Senior Director Certification
Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute (ARI)

Byron Horak
Director of Program Development
Intertek

Australia Representative

Gregory Charles Groppenbacher
Consultant
Australian Greenhouse Office

China Representative

Junqiang Liang
Division Director
Building Energy Efficiency and New Materials Division
Science and Technology Department
Ministry of Construction

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Thursday, August 30

Harmonization of Test Procedures in the HVAC/R Sector (continued)

India Representatives

Bhupinder Godara
Chief Technology Officer Home Appliances
Mirc Electronics Limited

Rahul Sood
Consultant
E.I. Dupont India Private Ltd.

Republic of Korea Representative

Sung Hyuk Hong
Senior Research Engineer
LG Electronics Inc.   

Global Energy Efficiency Performance Testing

Chris Stone
General Manager of Design Services
Intertek

Global Energy Efficiency Regulations and Market Surveillance

Byron Horak
Director of Program Development
Intertek 

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Friday, August 31

Discussion: Emerging Trends and Similar Issues

Terry Townsend
Immediate Past President
ASHRAE
Townsend Engineering

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