Member Grade is open to anyone who has a combination of education, professional licensure and work experience equivalent to twelve years in the HVAC&R industry. You will be asked to provide information regarding your education, work, and professional licensure when applying for Member Grade.
Dues: $230 annually
Qualifications: The equivalent of 12 Society-approved years of experience composed of an approved combination of:
- Completed education beyond high school;
- Work experience (including research, teaching, design, contracting, engineering sales, or engineering management); and
- Professional engineering or related registration or license issued by a legally authorized body.
Benefits:
- Subscription to the ASHRAE Journal and quarterly High Performing Buildings (HPB) magazine.
- An annual revised copy from the four-volume ASHRAE Handbook series.*
- Access to the ASHRAE Handbook Online, which provides access to all four Handbook volumes.
- Free online access to the Technology Portal, and Science and Technology for the Built Environment.
- Discounts on publications, courses, standards, and conference registrations.
- Can hold office and vote at Chapter, Regional and Society level.
*Because of the high cost of printing and shipping the printed Handbook and for purposes of sustainability, ASHRAE asks you to consider receiving the searchable PDF of the Fundamentals Handbook as your benefit of membership this year. The Society appreciates your choosing not to receive the printed Handbook if you can use the electronic version instead.
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