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ASHRAE Society Profile
ASHRAE, the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, is
an international organization of over 50,000 persons with chapters throughout the world. The
Society is organized for the sole purpose of advancing the arts and sciences of heating,
ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration for the public's benefit through research,
standards writing, continuing education and publications.
Through its membership, ASHRAE writes standards that set uniform methods of testing and
rating equipment and establish accepted practices for the HVAC&R industry worldwide,
such as the design of energy efficient buildings. The Society's research program,
currently more than 100 research projects worth nearly $8 million, investigates numerous
issues, such as identifying new refrigerants that are environmentally safe. ASHRAE
organizes broad-based technical programs for presentation at its semiannual meetings and
co-sponsors the International Air-Conditioning, Heating, Refrigerating Exposition, the
largest HVAC and R trade show in North America.
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