TheAir Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI), formed in 2008 by a merger of the Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute (ARI) and the Gas Appliance Manufacturers Association (GAMA), is a North Americantrade association of manufacturers ofair conditioning,heating, and commercialrefrigeration equipment.[1]
The organization performspolitical advocacy on behalf of its member industries, maintains technical standards, certifies products, shares data, conducts research, and awardsscholarships.[1][2]
It also has a research arm, theAir-Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Technology Institute (AHRTI).[3]
AHRI's 2017 annual meeting was held atTrump National Doral Miami. AHRI paid Trump Doral $700,650 for the event. Two weeks later, the Trump administration announced support for theKigali Accord to theMontreal Protocol, a move that was lobbied for and celebrated by AHRI.[4][5][6][7]
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)We didn't anticipate having to go through a transition again as quickly as we have," said Francis Dietz, a vice president at The Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute, an industry trade group representing manufacturers like Honeywell and Chemours. "At the time, we were not thinking about climate change all. That was not the issue. The issue was ozone depletion.
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