Testing Adjusting and Balancing (TAB)

Sheet Metal Workers Local 46 makes new TAB lab dream a reality

Just like with everything, the new testing, adjusting and balancing (TAB) lab at the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation (SMART) workers Local 46 in Rochester, New…

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January 11, 2022

Veterans Affairs adds TABB as an accepted certification body

ANSI accreditation assures personnel have expertise to test HVAC systems The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) added the Testing, Adjusting and Balancing Bureau (TABB) as a third certification body for…

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December 14, 2021

Mentorship leads to career change for Pennsylvania balancer

Adriana Farren has always been into numbers. She earned a bachelor’s degree in human resources with a minor in finance and worked in the front office of the former Sheet…

June 23, 2021

Family aims to build a legacy with new company

In January 2021, Rick, Tony and Daniel Farrington opened the doors of their Sumner, Washington-based Farrington Air Quality Services, which specializes in testing, adjusting and balancing (TAB), smoke control testing…

May 7, 2021

Paper discusses ventilation pathogen transmission reduction

Committee of experts compose white paper with key information for HVAC industry FALLS CHURCH, Va. – In a new white paper, “Return Ductwork Requirement for Airborne Pathogens Through the Airstream,”…

March 19, 2021

Five things customers can do to make their indoor air quality safe

At the beginning of last year, the National Energy Management Institute (NEMI) and the University of California-Davis Western Cooling Efficiency Center were in the process of creating an industry white…

March 15, 2021

Davenberry named one of Engineered Systems Magazine’s 20 Women to Watch

Soph Davenberry, chief technology officer at National Energy Management Institute Committee (NEMIC), was recently recognized as one of 20 Women to Watch by Engineered Systems Magazine. More than 75 women…

March 9, 2021

TABB contractors on the front lines during COVID-19

Whether the general public realizes it or not, the heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) industry has been center stage during the COVID-19 pandemic. Testing, Adjusting and Balancing Bureau (TABB)-certified…

December 11, 2020

Certifying agency favorably positioned in third-party white paper

Testing, Adjusting and Balancing Bureau only ANSI-accredited program in study FAIRFAX, Va. – The University of California, Davis Western Cooling Efficiency Center released a study, “Testing, Adjusting and Balancing HVAC…

September 1, 2020

TABB COO Hamilton joins ASHRAE Epidemic Task Force

In March, John Hamilton, Testing, Adjusting and Balancing Bureau (TABB) chief operating officer, joined the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) Epidemic Task Force. The task force’s…