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AHJ OFFICIALS – In our December Newsletter we referred to a study completed by Bowling Green State University’s Environmental Health Program. Sixty foodservice operations were studied containing a total of 89 exhaust hoods. Click to the Full Story.
 

ASHRAE– ASHRAE meets twice each year. Sunny Orlando, FL is the location this winter for the 2005 Winter Meetings. The technical committee meeting, TC 5.10 Kitchen Ventilation will be held on Sunday, February 6. Full story.
 

FIRE SAFETY – UP YOUR STACK™.com is undertaking a quick survey. If you use or know the acronym HAW to describe a smoke removal device in a commercial kitchen, email george@upyourstack.com now. If the term is unfamiliar, email info@upyourstack.com and tell us what you think it means.
 

DESIGN TIPS – In our December UP YOUR STACK™ Newsletter, we described terms that the ACGIH uses in our Design Tips article covering Type I and Type II hoods. Before you look back at the archived newsletters, email george@upyourstack.com if you know the answer or use the term HAW. If you do not use or understand the acronym, email info@upyourstack.com.

 
EDUCATION– If you are a student and new to the commercial kitchen ventilation (CKV) industry, describing a smoke removal device over cooking equipment could be confusing. Full Story.
 

PUBLISHER’S CORNER – We began to think about communication even more than usual after our December Newsletter Design Ideas article. In that article we referred to a Bowling Green University study published in the December Journal of Environmental Health. Full Story.
 

MEMBER ONLY SERVICE – In December we added databases that contain Codes & Standards listings for ASHRAE, ICC, NFPA and UL. This month we are adding a fifth resource, that of NSF. Full Story.
 

REGISTER – This is the fifth edition of the UP YOUR STACK™ Newsletter. It is a free publication available to anyone visiting our web site and signing up. We protect your privacy. Visit us at www.upyourstack.com now. Archived issues are posted.
 

WEBSITE FEATURES – Over the last month throughout the Holiday period, we kept working to add resource data that is of interest to the commercial kitchen ventilation (CKV) community. Visit www.upyourstack.com to see what is new. Full Story.