ECR International announced that President and CEO Ron Passafaro was re-elected as chairman of the Hydronics Institute through 2017. Passafaro has been a member of the Hydronics Institute — a product section of the Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration Institute — his entire career and has served on its executive board since 2007. He has been an AHRI board member since 2011.
Passafaro’s re-election to the HI chairmanship is likely due to three significant issues that began during his first term: U.S. Department of Energy 2020 minimum efficiency regulations; DOE testing procedures and protocols; and the Environmental Protection Agency Energy Star efficiency tiers.