EPA investigates own official on dual role for ASHRAE grant

The US Environmental Protection Agency will investigate its official, Eugene Tucker, for possible improper actions regarding a $200,000 federal grant for revising American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) Standard 62. The grant was recommended by the ASHRAE committee on which Tucker, a new society member, served as chairman. The investigation was initiated by Congressional House Commerce Committee on Oversight Chmn Joe Barton.
SANDIEGO--A congressional probe of a $200,000 federal grant to ASHRAE became public during the society's annual summer meeting here. The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) is [...]