ASHRAE has announced the formation of a new ASHRAE Region in Europe — Region XIV, which will begin July 1, 2017. With this new region will also come a new chapter in Ireland, which the society says will be vitally important for industry collaboration throughout Europe.
Additionally, the society announced two strategic partnership agreements with the signing of new Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) with high-profile European societies. The first is a trilateral agreement with the Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE), which is based in the U.K., and the Federation of European Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning Associations (REHVA). REHVA is a federation of 26 European HVACR societies with more than 100,000 members. The second MoU is directly between ASHRAE and REHVA.