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GineersNow HVACR Leaders Issue 003.
Exclusive: ASHRAE, Gulf O Flex, Rubber World Industries, Faisal Jassim, Gardner Denver, Airfilter, Johnson Controls (JCI), Carrier, Trane, Iceotope, LG chillers, Daikin, Airmaster, Mitsubishi Electric, Panasonic.
Special Feature Stories: Heating, Ventilation, Temperature Control, Climate Control, AC, Chillers, Compressors, Controls, Ducts, Heaters, Insulations, MEP, Pumps, Pipes, Refrigeration, Valves.
Country Focus: United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, United Kingdom, Singapore, Hong Kong, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, India, Australia.
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inclusive community united by a common<br />
passion to optimize <strong>the</strong> design and performance<br />
<strong>of</strong> buildings. Is it possible to be global without<br />
speaking <strong>the</strong> same language and without using<br />
<strong>the</strong> same units <strong>of</strong> measure? The answer is yes.<br />
<strong>ASHRAE</strong> has approximately 56,000 members<br />
with 20 percent located outside <strong>of</strong> North America,<br />
representing more than 130 countries. We<br />
have more than 180 chapters and 269 student<br />
branches. Our membership growth is steady in<br />
both North America and in Europe, but we also<br />
have solid growth in Asia and <strong>the</strong> Middle East.<br />
Forty-two <strong>of</strong> <strong>ASHRAE</strong>’s 44 Chapters chartered<br />
since 1990 have been formed outside <strong>of</strong> North<br />
America.<br />
We only have two regions that are entirely outside<br />
North America: Region XIII that encompasses<br />
East and Sou<strong>the</strong>rn Asia, and Region at Large<br />
(RAL) which encompasses Europe, <strong>the</strong> Middle<br />
East and parts <strong>of</strong> Asia (India, Pakistan, etc.).<br />
Europe is challenged as most <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> 1,800<br />
members do not have <strong>the</strong> benefits <strong>of</strong> a local<br />
Chapter.<br />
To better serve <strong>ASHRAE</strong> European members and<br />
to improve <strong>the</strong> influence <strong>of</strong> <strong>ASHRAE</strong> members in<br />
Europe, <strong>ASHRAE</strong> has created a new European<br />
region, Region XIV.<br />
This new region will streng<strong>the</strong>n <strong>the</strong> grassroots<br />
Chapter and Regional infrastructure, a strategy<br />
that has proven successful around <strong>the</strong> globe.<br />
With this new region will also come new chapters<br />
in Ireland and UK, which will be vitally important<br />
for collaboration.<br />
Working toge<strong>the</strong>r with <strong>the</strong> individual national<br />
HVAC&R Societies throughout Europe is critically<br />
important. To help drive <strong>the</strong>se relationships,<br />
<strong>ASHRAE</strong> has recently announced new<br />
strategic partnership agreements with CIBSE<br />
(<strong>the</strong> Chartered Institute <strong>of</strong> Building Services<br />
Engineers), which is based in <strong>the</strong> UK, and REHVA<br />
(<strong>the</strong> Federation <strong>of</strong> European Heating, Ventilation<br />
and Air-Conditioning associations). REHVA is a<br />
federation <strong>of</strong> 26 European <strong>HVACR</strong> Societies with<br />
more than 100,000 members. These agreements<br />
will increase <strong>the</strong> knowledge transfer both ways<br />
between North America and Europe.<br />
<strong>ASHRAE</strong> history has proven that <strong>the</strong> impact <strong>of</strong><br />
creating a new region can be very significant.<br />
Take Region XIII, for example, which covers<br />
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