2017 RETA Breeze Sept-Oct

Thank You, Thank You, Thank You RETA Family

By Kent Harmon, Education Chair The RETA family had a very successful Conference in Hershey, Pennsylvania. A lot of RETA members do not know that RETA is an ANSI accredited organization, one of only about 60 organizations — in all disciplines, not just refrigeration — in the world. This makes belonging to RETA a very prestigious and extraordinary organization. However, for RETA to maintain this ANSI accreditation, all RETA study resources must be reviewed and updated every five years per our policies and procedures. As the Education Chairman, I had a goal of 100 volunteers on the Education Committees. At the end of Conference, thanks to members being willing to volunteer, the incredible RETA Board, Executive Committee, and RETA HQ we now have a total of 125 members. I know this sounds like a lot of committee members; however, RETA is now becoming a world-renowned organization. With the help of Bret Swanson, the Membership Chairman, RETA now has over 6,000 members and is

pushing into Australia, New Zealand, Canada, England, and France as well as other countries. TO MEET THE DEMAND OF REVIEWING THE MATERIALS WE NEED YOUR HELP Listed below are the current committees: • CO2 Study Course: A cooperative work with the North American Sustainable Refrigerant Council (NASRC). This book will address CO2 commercial and industrial systems • Industrial Refrigeration Controls: An update to the RETA controls books • Refrigerated Facility Energy Efficiency Study Guide: A study resource for the CRES Certification. This work is in its final stages and we hope to have it available in the near future • PSM: A more in-depth version of the Ammonia Refrigeration Compliance Guidelines. This will facilitate the creation of two new certifications — one for operators, one for managers

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