United States. NADCA, along with six other like-minded nonprofits, held a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) during the last Indoor Air Quality Association (IAQA) Annual Meeting and Expo in West Palm Beach. NADCA President and Chairman of the Board Richard Lantz signed the agreement on behalf of the association.
The purpose of the MOU is to identify and recognize current standards and credentials developed and managed by Allied Industry partner organizations and related industry organizations, including the evaluation, cleaning, and restoration of HVAC systems, better known as ACR, The NADCA Standard, as well as the Dryer Exhaust Duct Performance Standard (DEDP), both developed by NADCA.
"This partnership was established in an effort to strengthen our industry and represent our collective memberships to the best of our ability. Many voices are louder than one and we stand together for this purpose," said Lantz, ASCS, CVI. Understanding the importance and sharing the common goal of establishing and maintaining the high-level experience through education, certification and compliance is what helped us get here."
The organizations that make up the Allied Industry Partners group are the National Air Duct Cleaners Association (NADCA), the Indoor Air Quality Association (IAQA), the American Bio Recovery Association (ABRA), the Environmental Information Association (EIA), the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA), the American Conference of Government Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH), and the Basement Health Association (BHA).
As part of the memorandum of understanding, all stakeholders have agreed to cooperate and coordinate at a level that ensures maximum efficiency, uses available resources and is consistent with everyone's principles. Allied Industry Partners will maintain close liaison at the top level by the most effective means available to ensure that each organization is aware of the applicable functions and activities of the other. They will encourage their members to work cooperatively on mutual review of industry standards and authorized representatives from each organization will meet in person, annually, to assess progress in the implementation of the MoU and review and develop new plans as needed.
The partners will also serve as a unified voice on regulation and legislative issues, where appropriate.
"There is no doubt that there is a need for collaboration within an industry like ours that has so much crossover," Lantz added. "The combined expertise and expertise of everyone involved is unmatched and Allied Industry Partners will leverage that collaboration in mutual support and from IAQ's broader industry."
