Membership in ASHRAE, the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, is open to any person associated with heating, ventilation, air conditioning or refrigeration through such disciplines as indoor air quality and energy conservation, for example. Membership in ASHRAE allows access to state-of-the-art HVAC&R technology and provides many opportunities to participate in the development of that technology. Participation is available locally, through our chapter, and through membership on Society committees, such as standards projects committees, which are responsible for the development of standards, and technical committees which advise the Society on research needs, emerging technologies, and technical matters.

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Join the 50,000 ASHRAE members advancing their careers through and ASHRAE membership. ASHRAE, an individual membership society, is an international organization operated for the exclusive purpose of advancing the arts and sciences of HVAC&R, the allied arts and sciences and the related human factors for the benefit of the public.

Reasons to join ASHRAE

Technical education and information is the greatest benefit of ASHRAE membership. Other benefits include:

• Knowledge
• Bookstore Discount
• Free Annual Handbook
• Monthly ASHRAE Journal
• Networking with Other Members

For all associate members, you can qualify to be a member. Here is how you can do it.

Membership Grades

Member
A Member shall have the equivalent of twelve Society-approved years of experience composed of an approved combination of (a) completed education beyond high school, (b) work experience, and (c) professional engineering or related professional registration or license issued by a legally authorized body.

All technical and scientific education shall be based on curricula approved by the Board of Directors.

Approved engineering curricula shall be equivalent to that accredited by the Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology in the United States of America or the Canadian Engineering Accredidation Board. Scientific education in fields other than engineering shall be from a college or university course of study which has been accredited by an organization charged with monitoring standards of performance.

One and one-half years of credit for each year of completed education for graduates of approved technical curricula.

One year of credit for each year of education for non-graduates who have completed at least two years of approved technical curricula.

One year of credit for each year of completed education for graduates of colleges or universities which do not have accredidation. Those holding associates degrees from technical institutions shall also be credited for one year for each year of education.

One year for each year of the qualifying work experience in the performance of duties in work related to ASHRAE fields of interest, as verified by the applicant's reference, and shall have included research, teaching, design, contracting, engineering sales or engineering management.

Three years of credit for professional registration or license issued bya a legally authorized body in engineering or related fields, the requirements of which as to education, examination, and active practice are satisfactory to the Board of Directors.

Qualifying Work Experience
The following defines qualifying work experience in ASHRAE-related fields:

1. Research—Must have demonstrated competence in independent and original research of an engineering or scientific nature which has been published.
2. Teaching—Assistant Professor or higher in an engineering or scientific discipline.
3. Design—Responsible for engineering or scientific design including calculations, system and equipment selection and layout, and performance.
4. Contracting—Responsible for the installation, start-up and operation of significant systems. Must demonstrate capability of initiating or evaluating the effect of engineering or scientific design changes of any type on the performance of the system.
5. Engineering Sales—Must be responsible for assistance to system designers in the engineering, equipment selection and application of components of heating, refrigeration, air-conditioning, ventilation and allied systems.
6. Engineering Management—Must be directly responsible for and involved in the management of technical, scientific and engineering phases of the company.
   

ASSOCIATE MEMBER
An Associate Member shall have had experience in technical matters or in design, operation, or maintenance in heating, refrigeration, air-conditioning, or ventilating fields; shall have an interest in the advancement of the Society's aims; and shall possess sufficient qualifications to coorporatd with heating, refrigerating, air-conditioning, or ventilating engineers in the advancement of relating to heating, refrigerationg, air-conditioning, or ventilating engineering and its application.

For all the associate members you could qualify to be a member.
All members shall have the equivalent of twelve society-approved
years of experience composed of an approved combination of :

1. Completed education beyond high school
2. Work experience
3. Professional engineering or related professional
   registration of license issued by a legally authorized
   body.

Please let me know if you qualify I will take care of upgrading
your membership.

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