# Presentation: 313807

## A presentation for

**A presentation for**

-        June 24, 2002

**Energy Star Ceiling Fan Industry Meeting**

- World Trade Center, Dallas, Texas

## ITS Global Network

**ITS Global Network**

**Largest product and commodities testing organization in the world**
**More than 2 million annual inspections, certifications, and tests performed worldwide**
**254 laboratories around the world**
**504 offices in 99 countries**
**More than 10,400 employees worldwide**
**Publicly offered on the London Stock Exchange**

## Over 100 Years of History

**Over 100 Years of History**

**Founded by Thomas Edison in 1896 to verify light bulbs his company was manufacturing**
**Expanded into performance testing of a broad spectrum of manufactured goods**
**First product certification program was developed with Certified Ballast Manufacturers (CBM) in 1941**

## NRTL Accreditation - What It Is

**NRTL Accreditation - What It Is**

**NRTL accreditation is the benchmark for excellence for product safety certification laboratories in the United States.**
**Laboratories are accredited by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration for 5 years, and then audited by OSHA for continued accreditation.**
**An NRTL must be qualified both to test products and to certify products.**
**Certification includes periodic factory audits to assure that manufacturers continue to produce products in accordance with the factory audit manual.**

## Services Available at ITS Cortland Include:Time to Market - One Stop Shopping - All Services in One Location

**Services Available at ITS Cortland Include:****Time to Market - One Stop Shopping - All Services in One Location**

**Noise - our Acoustical department offers a fully qualified 470 cu. meter reverberation room and hemi anechoic chamber**
**Airflow - per Energy Star specification, AMCA, HVI**
**Electrical Safety - testing conducted in accordance with UL 507**
**R & D - failure analysis, life cycle, product comparison, durability**

## Energy Star Testing of Lighting Products

**Energy Star Testing of Lighting Products**

**NVLAP Accredited Photometric Testing Laboratory**
**Regularly perform all lamp and ballast tests as required by Energy Star, including fixtures, traffic signals, & Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFL)**
**For Energy Star Testing of Lighting Products:**
**All lamp and ballast combinations must be tested**
**Typical turnaround 3-4 weeks**

**Contact Todd Straka, Sr. Account Manager, for pricing: 607-758-6280 or tstraka@etlsemko.com**

**Life Testing at our Cortland, NY Facility**

## Cortland, NY Facility

- 160,000 square-foot facility on 45 acres in Upstate New York
- 250 engineers, technicians, managers, and administrative staff
- Facility runs 24 hours/day, 7 days/week
- Several one-of-a-kind test facilities
- Test facility design and construction specialists

**Cortland, NY Facility**

## Cortland Ceiling Fan Test Facility

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## Ensuring Prompt and Accurate Testing and Reporting 

**Ensuring Prompt and Accurate Testing and Reporting **

-  Submit new products complete with correct model number and manual
- Use shipping label that was provided or reference quote number on box
- Runtime: all samples should be new, unused product. Additional runtime, other than what is already established can effect results
- Failed units, must submit new sample for re-test light kits must be attached

## Thank you!