ASHRAE, the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers is an international organization of 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.
The MIT branch of ASHRAE was created through
an initiative of MIT's Building Technology Program students and professors in late 1995. On March 4, 1996 MIt's ASHRAE branch was officially approved by the Society's Board of Directors.
The objects of the Branch are exclusively scientific and educational and include, but are not limited to:
the advancements of the sciences of heating, refrigerating
and air conditioning engineering and related sciences;
the continuing education of the members and other interested persons in said sciences, through lectures, demonstrations and publications;
the rendition of career guidance to students of the sciences;
"This home page is maintained by the MIT Student Chapter of the American Society of
Heating, Refrigerating and Air- Conditioning Engineers, Inc. ASHRAE chapters may
not act for the Society and the information presented here has not had Society
review. To learn more about ASHRAE activities on an international level,contact
the ASHRAE home page at http://www.ashrae.org."
This page is under construction.