This DRAFT standard is an initiative of ISHRAE (Indian Society of Heating Refrigerating and Air conditioning Engineers) to introduce standards for testing of equipment in the field of HVAC&R applicable for Indian industry & environment.

This work of preparing DRAFT standard is carried out through a technical committee set up by ISHRAE. The Technical committee comprised of representatives from Consultants, user Industry, manufacturers, and International organizations, as well as the governmental and non-governmental bodies in liaison with ISHRAE standards core committee.

ISHRAE standards core committee collaborates and proposes to Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) and / or Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) on matters of performance standardization.