Current Program

The AHRI Public Sector Research Program is a jointly funded research program supporting the goals of the ARTI Research Roadmap:

• Residential Buildings: Achieve a 50% reduction in HVAC&R annual energy consumption and peak electric energy demand in new residential buildings by 2020.
• Commercial Buildings: Realize energy consumption and peak energy demand reductions of 25% in new buildings by 2020.
• Refrigeration: Reduce refrigerant leakage in supermarket refrigeration systems by 90%, reduce refrigerant charge in supermarkets by 60% and reduce energy consumption in supermarkets by 25% by 2020.
• Emerging Technologies: Continually review and monitor research in the HVAC&R arena and elsewhere for breakthroughs that could contribute to achieving the goals within the three application sectors.

• Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Research Institute (AHRI)
• Copper Development Association (CDA)
• Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Institute of Canada (HRAI)
• New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)

Past Programs

• 21CR Program Description (1999-2005)
• MCLR Program Description (1991-2001)

Technical Results

Research project reports for all AHRI public sector research programs are available to the public.