HVI Membership Basics:
an introductory guide to HVI membership and product certification

Benefits

The benefits to becoming an HVI member are numerous.

• Opportunity: The HVI Certified Ratings Program (CRP) maximizes exposure for members.
• Credibility: The HVI certification label on products tells customers that this is a quality product that performs as advertised.
• Integrity: The HVI certification process is the best-suited program in the world for certification, verification, and challenge of standardized, off-the-shelf products.
• Recognition: HVI certification is getting an ever-wider recognition in building codes as well as other programs, such as Energy Star, where performance specification is required for residential products.
• Awareness: There is an ever-growing awareness of the HVI certification program among inspectors, engineers, contractors, and builders.
• Information: The HVI website provides up-to-date information to consumers in regards to the actual performance of products, allowing corrections as needed when changes and updates are made to products.
• Input: HVI members develop common industry positions on government, NHBA, and building code issues. Test standards, procedures, and guidelines are reviewed and revised on a regular basis.
• Marketing: HVI participates in marketing programs that increase awareness of the benefits of home ventilation to consumers and the trade industry.

As you can see, becoming an HVI member is an important first step in raising the credibility of your company through certified ratings, complying with standards and procedures, and market awareness.

How to Join
There are two types of membership depending on whether you sell complete residential ventilation products or supply products and services to such a company.

>Annual Dues, Fees, & Assessments

Regular Member: any business (company, corporation) that is engaged in marketing and selling complete residential ventilation products unders its trade name(s) in the United States and/or Canada and has control over the design or manufacture of these products is eligible to apply for regular membership.

>Regular Member Application

Associate Members: any business (company, corporation) that is engaged in supplying products and/or services to Regular Members of the Home Ventilating Institute (HVI) is eligible to apply for associate (nonvoting) membership.

>Associate Member Application