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Why Join ASHRAE

ASHRAE Membership

ASHRAE membership is open to any person associated with heating, ventilation, air conditioning or refrigeration. ASHRAE is unique because its membership is drawn from a wide range of disciplines relating to the HVAC&R field. Approximately 51,000 individuals from more than 100 nations belong to the Society

Discounts on Publications

ASHRAE members earn 15% off publications through www.ashrae.org/bookstore. Hundreds of titles are available including the complete collection of ASHRAE Standards including 90.1, 62.1 and 189.1.

Develop Leadership Skills

When you join ASHRAE, you are making an investment in yourself. When you become active in the Society by giving your time and sharing your knowledge, you get even more out of that investment.

Network with Industry Professionals

Each month, all over the world, ASHRAE chapters convene for an informational program featuring a speaker or topic that is key to professionals in the industry. Meet with your peers and share ideas!
 
 
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Standards, Research & Technology
 

 

 

Standard 189.1-2011

Standard 189.1 provides a "total building sustainability package" for those who strive to design, build and operate green buildings. Originally published in 2009, the 2011 version has just been issued.
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Research Reports

Research Project Final Reports document the results of ASHRAE-sponsored research. ASHRAE members have free access.    Non-members can purchase individual Research Reports for $30 each. Learn More >

Energy Guidance

The third 50% guide, ASHRAE 50% Advanced Energy Design Guide (AEDG) for Medium to Big Box Retail Buildings was just recently released. Available for purchase in the online store or as a free download from ASHRAE.
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Standards

Generic ASHRAE Standard - blue borderASHRAE develops standards for both its members and others professionally concerned with refrigeration processes and the design and maintenance of indoor environments.

ASHRAE writes standards for the purpose of establishing consensus for: 1) methods of test for use in commerce and 2) performance criteria for use as facilitators with which to guide the industry. ASHRAE publishes the following three types of voluntary consensus standards: Method of Measurement or Test, Standard Design and Standard Practice. ASHRAE does not write rating standards unless a suitable rating standard will not otherwise be available.

Consensus standards are developed and published to define minimum values or acceptable performance, whereas other documents, such as design guides, may be developed and published to encourage enhanced performance.

ASHRAE is accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and follows ANSI's requirements for due process and standards development.

 

ASHRAE Standards Addenda

Addenda for ASHRAE Standards, including continuous maintenance standards, are available online in PDF format. Standards that are on continuous maintenance are continuously updated through addenda and ASHRAE makes these available free online.

Complete listing and access to Standards Addenda

 

ASHRAE Standards Errata

When it is determined that a published standard or guideline contains an error or errors, an errata sheet may be published.

Standards Errata

 

Standards Interpretations

An official interpretation is defined as a written explanation of the meaning of a specific provision of a standard or guideline, as determined by an existing cognizant Project Committee (PC) or an Interpretation Committee (IC), in response to a written request. An unofficial or personal interpretation is a written explanation of the meaning of a specific provision of a standard or guideline.

Standards Interpretations

 

TCs, TGs, and TRGs

ASHRAE Technical Committees approved a General Section Realignment at the Kansas City Annual Meeting, June 2003. The organizational changes include revising the scopes and renaming and renumbering several Technical Committees and the change of five Task Groups to Technical Committees.

A complete list of the changes can be found in the  Complete List of Current ASHRAE TC/TG/TRGs with Scopes.

 

Preview Standards

You may preview the following Standards by clicking the links below.

Standard 62.1-2010

Standard 62.2-2010

Standard 90.1-2010

Standard 90.2-2007

Standard 189.1-2011

 
 

Research Project Manual

The complete version of the Research Project Manual (PDF), including all appendices has been posted. The purpose of this manual is to present, in one document, all of the information and procedures needed by individuals who initiate, approve, conduct, monitor and utilize ASHRAE research.

 

Research

Since 1960, ASHRAE has sponsored research studies at universities and research firms. The results of these studies have been used:

To prepare chapters in the ASHRAE Handbook series

As foundational material in special publications

In the formulation of standards

To train university students as they prepare for service in the HVAC&R industry

To spread the knowledge gained through presentation at Society Conferences and publication in ASHRAE Transactions or  conference proceedings.

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Service Life & Maintenance Cost Database

Engineers depend on accurate owning and operating data to make decisions involving the life cycle and functionality of buildings. This database, sponsored by ASHRAE Technical Committee 7.8, Owning and Operating Costs, exists to provide current information to engineers. Data can be submitted after registration. Learn more

 

New Terminology Resource

ASHRAEwiki—a centralized resource for the building industry to reference terminology definitions. Each term has one or more primary definition(s) and an indication denoting in which standard(s) the term is used. The 6,000+ terms are related to buildings, with a particular focus on mechanical, envelope, electrical, lighting, load calculations, design, water design/conservation, and energy use and measurement metrics. Learn More >

 

Titles, Purposes and Scopes

Useful tools for those who want to know about the status of any ASHRAE Standard can be found in the Indexes of Current & Withdrawn Standards and Discontinued Projects.