Written by: Jeff Quibell
The C448 had its earliest roots in the 1992 publication of the CSA C445 standard, and later 2002 publication of the first edition of the C448 Standard with later 2013 and 2016 updates. The current extensive update is a bi-national effort recognized through CSA as a National Standard of Canada, recognized through ANSI, as an American National Standard in the US, and recognized as an industry standard by the International Ground Source Heat Pump Association (IGSHPA).
Falcon Engineering is honoured to have been actively involved in the update of the new Standard and in contributing to developing substantial new sections of the standard. Falcon’s Jeff Quibell acted as Chair for Task Force C448.7 – Groundwater Heat Exchange Systems, and Jeff additionally acted as a participant member of C448.2, C448.3, and C 448.8 Task Forces. Falcon’s Andrew Stringer along with Jeff Quibell contributed to the new section C448.3, Planning, design, installation, and commissioning of district energy systems.
The update of the C448 Standard was a full fours years in the making involving dozens of subject matter experts from Canada, USA, and beyond. The new standard promises to lead to improved marketplace confidence for adopting GSHP technologies as an effective and reliable means for decarbonizing building energy systems, and lead to improved performance outcomes. We’re so grateful for the enormous and skillful coordinating efforts made by the C448 Chair Jeff Hammond, and Vice Chair Mark Metzner, and the CSA Project Manager Andrew Kostruba.
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