ASHRAE expands to Indonesia.

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ASHRAE has chartered its 170th chapter, based in Indonesia, 85 years after creating its first chapter outside the U.S. According to Kent Peterson, ASHRAE president, bringing members together via chapters enables them to work together, share ideas, and advance the standards of practice to improve the built environment. ASHRAE's continued growth is part of its overall strategic plan, which calls for the Society to be a global leader in the HVAC&R community.



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ASHRAE Continues Building Community of HVAC&R



ATLANTA - Eighty-five years after creating its first chapter outside the United States, ASHRAE has chartered its 170th chapter, based in Indonesia.

"ASHRAE recognizes that technology developed outside North America enhances our knowledge base," Kent Peterson, ASHRAE president, said. "One way we can share that knowledge is by bringing members together via chapters, which allows them to work together, share ideas, and advance the standards of practice to improve the built environment. We see our chapter program as a way to build the community of HVAC&R."

ASHRAE's continued growth is part of its overall strategic plan, which calls for the Society to be a global leader in the HVAC&R community.

In addition to chapters in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada and Mexico, ASHRAE has chapters in Brazil, Argentina, Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Taiwan, Philippines, Thailand, India, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Lebanon, Kuwait, Greece, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, the United Arab Emirates, Portugal, Romania, Poland, Bahrain, Spain and Indonesia.

ASHRAE formed its first non-U.S. chapter in Toronto in 1922. The first chapter outside North America was formed in Singapore in 1984.

ASHRAE, founded in 1894, is an international organization of some 50,000 persons. ASHRAE fulfills its mission of advancing heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration to serve humanity and promote a sustainable world through research, standards writing, publishing and continuing education.

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