Design and installation of ground source heat pump systems for commercial and residential buildings

CSA Group
Standards Development Organisation:
Canadian Standards Association (operating as CSA Group)
Working Program:
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Designation Number:
CSA/ANSI/IGSHPA C448 Series
Standard Type:
National Standard of Canada - Domestic
Standard Sub-Type
Joint Canada-U.S. National Standard
Standard Development Activity:
New Edition
ICS code(s):
91.140.10
Status:
Open for SDO comment
SDO Comment Period Start Date:
SDO Comment Period End Date:
Posted On:

Scope:

Note: The standard designation and scope of this Notice of Intent (originally published on November 9, 2021) were updated by the responsible SDO on 3 July 2024.

 

1 Scope

1.1  Standard Application

This Standard applies to ground source heat pumps and systems using groundwater, surface water, waste water, or the ground as a thermal source or sink for heating and/or cooling, with or without a supplementary heating source.

1.2  New and Retrofit Installations

This Standard applies to new and retrofit installations.

1.3  Minimum requirements

This Standard covers minimum requirements for equipment and material selection, site survey, system design, installation, testing and verification, documentation, and commissioning and decommissioning.

Project need:

This proposed New Edition is being developed at the request of TC 423. It will provide the industry with updating a more standardized approach to ground source heat pump technology.

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