AHRI Announces 2012 Leadership: Ajita Rajendra
The Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (Arlington, Va.) has announced new leadership, including its new chairman, Ajita Rajendra, president & COO of A.O. Smith, during its 2011 Annual Meeting, held November 12-15, 2011, in Bonita Springs, Fla.
In his address to the membership, Rajendra emphasized the need for AHRI to work with industry partners to pass key legislation on Capitol Hill, including two consensus agreements establishing new federal minimum efficiency standards for small duct, high velocity air conditioners and heat pump pool heaters, and requiring DOE to develop a new test procedure for water heaters.
He also called on members to work together to make AHRI’s certification program even more credible in the United States and across the globe.