HVI Media Kit

Press Releases

Choose one of the following press releases to view the most up-to-date HVI news:

HVI Presents Distinguished Service Award to Rick Olmstead

HVI Elects Officers and Directors

HVI Adopts Six-Mic Array Method for Sound Testing at Energy Systems Lab (ESL)

HVI Becomes Founding Member of Efficiency First

Publications
HVI provides consumers with convenient publications for easy-to-use reference guides.

2009 Fresh Ideas Guide

Bathroom Exhaust Fans Consumer Brochure

HRV/ERVs Consumer Brochure (English)

HRV/ERV Consumer Brochure (French)

Range Hoods Consumer Brochure (English)

Range Hoods Consumer Brochure (French)

I'm an HVI-Certified Fan! Brochure

About HVI

Founded in 1955, HVI today represents a wide range of home ventilating products manufactured by companies in the United States, Canada, Asia, and Europe, producing the majority of the residential ventilation products sold in North America including:

Bathroom fans
Exterior mounted fans
Kitchen rangehoods
Balanced ventilators
Downdraft kitchen fans
Whole house cooling fans
Inline fans
Powered attic ventilators
Heat/energy recovery ventilators
Passive fresh air inlets
Single and multi-port exhaust fans
Static ventilation devices for attics and crawl spaces

The Certified Rating Programs of HVI were created to provide a fair and credible method of comparing ventilation performance of similar products. Not only are products Certified, but a random verification program ensures that those products still meet their original performance. All testing for certification and verification is performed by laboratories independent of any manufacturer. The test standards utilized for testing are, in most cases, developed by HVI using national and international consensus methods. In a few cases test standards previously developed by other agencies are recognized and adopted by HVI. A complete list of Certified Products, Manufacturers and Products can be found in the HVI Certified Product Directory on this website.

HVI Certification has been accepted and recognized as the method of performance assurance by many agencies some of which are:

Energy Star Residential Ventilation Products Program
Energy Star Indoor Air Package
Canadian National Building Code
ASHRAE Standard 62.2
2006 Washington State Ventilation and Indoor Air Quality Code
2008 California Title 24 Energy Code
Minnesota State Energy Code
Texas State Mechanical Code
U.S. Green Building Council LEED for Homes Program
U.S. Department of Energy Building America Program
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA)
National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/International Code Council (ICC) National Green Building Standard
Residential Energy Services Network (RESNET) Home Rating System
Building Performance Institute Home Rating System
American Lung Association (ALA) Health House Program
R2000 Housing Program – Canada
Ontario Provincial Building Code
British Columbia Provincial Building Code
Quebec Provincial Building Code

For further information contact HVI at:
HVI - Home Ventilating Institute
1000 N Rand Rd.
Suite 214
Wauconda, IL 60084

847-416-7257 phone
480-559-9722 fax
media@hvi.org