Quality and Performance Mark for HVAC/R Equipment

The Quality and Performance Mark will help you demonstrate your commitment to quality for your HVAC/R equipment.

A lot happens in a product’s lifecycle: The more you master the product lifecycle the better your product and greater your marketing success. Performance testing gives you the knowledge you need to gain unprecedented levels of control. From design engineering/evaluation to prototype testing/validation to final product comparison/ benchmark testing, Intertek offers independent, unbiased, third-party performance testing - efficiently and cost-effectively anywhere and everywhere in a product’s lifecycle. With testing labs all over the world and over six decades of experience in the HVAC/R industry, Intertek is your complete one-source performance testing company.

Mark of Quality
Intertek’s comparison and benchmark testing can help you make critical choices between designs, choose the right supplier, select materials or determine whether your product is better or more durable than the competition.

• Reduce warranty costs: Performance testing not only proves your product, it helps you forecast warranty costs. This, in turn, allows you to more precisely plan for warranty expenses.
• Ensure quality while reducing costs: Performance testing can reduce costs and help you retain quality. You can also verify your supply chain by testing and comparing multiple components.
• Build brand trust and loyalty: When you test your product’s marketing claims, you have independent, third-party, laboratory proof that your claims are much more than promises. You have compelling proof to show the market.

How the Quality and Performance Mark Works

Choose from five baseline quality tests; meeting or surpassing the baseline allows you to post the results on advertising, on the web and in other marketing materials. The five test areas include:

Durability
Evaluates the range of conditions a product can handle and continue to function.

Functionality
Evaluates performance of a product’s main functions & features under normal use.

Life Cycle
Basic function in ideal conditions to a specified end of life (How long it lasts in normal operation).

Usability
Assess ease of use for the intended tasks.

Workmanship
Verify a product’s physical characteristics as indicators of high quality fabrication and handling techniques.

Once the Quality and Performance Mark is issued, the certification is good for one year; there are no follow up services requirements.

Check/Plus Performance

In addition, specific manufacturer claims can also be tested through a sixth test called CheckPlus Performance. Once validated by Intertek, the claims can be described in your advertising, point-of-purchase and on the product and packaging to differentiate the product from competitors.

Accelerated Stress Testing (AST)
A series of tests that serve as a fast way to identify real world failures. AST compresses many conventional tests by up to 50% and eliminates other tests altogether. The result ensures product reliability and fewer warranty claims.

Claims Verification
Is your product faster, better, easier to use? When you get independent verification of the performance claims that differentiate your product, you get solid information for marketing to use, confirmation of internal tests, data that helps you secure endorsements from industry associations and a way to prove your claims versus the competition.

Comparison Testing
By benchmarking your products against the competition, you’ll know your strengths and your competition’s weaknesses.

Durability/Endurance Testing
Make sure your product’s useful life meets consumer expectations, matches product claims and conforms to warranty parameters.

Energy Verification
Demonstrate voluntary energy efficiency compliance by ensuring essential compliance with California Energy Commission, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), EU energy labeling, EuP Directive and others.

Environmental Testing
Test against rain, wind, ultraviolet exposure or almost any other environmental condition. This ensures that your products perform when they should, where they should in every environment.

Materials Testing
Measures physical, chemical and mechanical properties of plastics, textiles, metals, glass and other materials. This allows you to make the best design or sourcing choices based on performance, durability and customer satisfaction.

Electrical Testing
Know how your product behaves under a variety of electrical conditions. Measure electrical function in the systems, subsystems and components of a product. Tests include current, voltage, power draw, functionality, HALT/HASS, data acquisition and others.

Acoustical Testing
Verification of products’ acoustical and airflow performance–including mechanical equipment and accessories (HVAC units, fans, blowers, etc).

Contact us to see how Intertek can help your organization with Quality and Performance Mark for HVAC/R Equipment.